Premium beef distributor serving steakhouses and fine-dining restaurants across North America
Allen Brothers is a 130+ year-old beef distributor operating out of Chicago with 501–1,000 employees across production, logistics, and sales. The hiring mix is heavily weighted toward operations and manufacturing roles, with an accelerating velocity across 55 open positions — indicating active capacity expansion. Current projects span GFSI certification, recall drills, preventive maintenance programs, and vendor qualification, suggesting a company modernizing supply-chain rigor and food-safety controls alongside traditional B2B sales growth.
Allen Brothers supplies USDA Prime, USDA Choice, and Wagyu beef to fine-dining restaurants, steakhouses, and foodservice operators across North America. Founded in Chicago in 1893, the company sources cattle from small family farms within ~250 miles of its Midwest facilities, maintaining long-standing relationships with regional producers. The product mix includes hand-cut, aged steaks and premium seafood. Distribution and production infrastructure spans multiple facilities across the United States and Canada. The business is organized around operations, manufacturing, logistics, sales, and support functions, with ongoing efforts to streamline inventory management, reduce delivery costs, and expand market reach.
Primary stack is Microsoft Office suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook), IBM i systems for operations, and GPS for logistics. No major recent tech migrations or cloud platform adoption recorded.
United States and Canada. Hiring velocity is accelerating, particularly in operations and production roles.
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