The company was originally formed in 1972 by three partners, Jim Gossen, Billy Landry, Floyd Landry, in Morgan City, Louisiana. On April 1976 Don’s Seafood, opened in Houston on Post Oak. Through the following years Dennis Wilson, Jody Larrriviere & Nathan Peck joined the company to own and manage Willie G’s, Jimmy G’s, Magnolia Bar and Grill and Landry’s Seafood restaurants. During the development of the restaurants Jim Gossen determined the need for a central kitchen in order to maintain key “center of the plate”products. In addition, sourcing oysters and other fresh seafood from the Louisiana gulf region became a critical requirement in order to maintain a consistent quality and supply of product. As a result Louisiana Foods started trucking product in from Louisiana and selling the excess product daily to sell to other foodservice establishments. Landry’s and Willie G’s restaurants were sold in 1989 to what now is Landry’s Corporation excluded from the sale was Jimmy G’s, Magnolia Bar and Grill, the central kitchen and the fresh seafood distribution all of which are growing viable entities today.
Tuesday, August 28, 2012 - Sysco Corp. recently reached an agreement to acquire Louisiana Foods, a Houston-based seafood and distribution business, and its 95 employees.