Lakeside Foods Inc.

Lakeside Foods Inc., doing business as Lakeside Foods, supplies canned and frozen vegetables and canned meat products to the U.S. Department of Agriculture as a prime contractor, competing without set-asides on full-and-open procurement vehicles. The company is a for-profit manufacturer headquartered in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, operating multiple production facilities across Wisconsin and Minnesota (locations include Owatonna, Plainview, New Richmond, Belgium, and Weston facilities) and registered in the System for Award Management since November 1998. Lakeside Foods competes on commodity procurement contracts under primary NAICS 311421 (Fruit and Vegetable Canning) and NAICS 311423 (Meat Canning), with secondary activity in frozen vegetables (NAICS 311411), delivering to domestic U.S. government food donation programs including the National School Lunch Program and Emergency Food Assistance Program.

Customer concentration is extreme and single-agency dominant. The Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service accounts for 54% of awards (490 awards, $777.2 million combined potential value) and 61% of total dollars across a $1.28 billion portfolio. The Department of Agriculture Agricultural Marketing Service Washington Office contributes 93 awards and $267.5 million (21% of dollars). Together, these two USDA sub-agencies represent 94% of award count and 93% of combined potential value. The remaining USDA customers—the Farm Service Agency Kansas City Commodity Office (12 awards, $109.7 million), the Agricultural Marketing Service Specialty Crops Program (62 awards, $34.5 million), and the base Agricultural Marketing Service (194 awards, $7.1 million)—round out the portfolio. No other federal agencies appear in the top-five customer list.

Lakeside Foods holds positions on five primary parent vehicles, all Indefinite Delivery Contracts issued by USDA divisions. The largest by task-order volume is IDC 123J1424D0208 (46 task orders, $33.7 million combined potential value); IDC 123J1425D0053 supports 37 task orders worth $14 million; IDC 123J1423D0122 carries 20 task orders valued at $8.5 million; IDC 123J1422D0039 comprises 11 task orders for $14.1 million; and IDC 123J1425D0067 includes 22 task orders at $4.4 million. The most recent IDVs, awarded in 2025 and 2026, carry ceiling values of $18.3 million (April 2026), $17.9 million (October 2025), and $5.6 million (October 2025). These vehicles procure firm fixed-price delivery orders for canned whole kernel and cream-style corn, canned carrots, canned peas, canned green beans, canned mixed vegetables, canned pork, canned beef, and frozen vegetables in standard commercial configurations, all designated exclusively for USG food donations on FOB origin or destination basis.

Award activity has accelerated significantly. The past five fiscal years show growth from 27 awards in 2022 to 76 in 2025, with 30 awards recorded through mid-2026. The company received 908 total prime awards since 1982 with a combined potential value of $1.28 billion; obligated dollars ($1.33 billion) exceed potential value, indicating task-order utilization has driven invoiced revenue above ceiling estimates. Within the next twenty-four months, 14 awards carrying $11.9 million in combined potential value reach ultimate completion date, creating recompete exposure. Recent representative work includes a $48 million delivery order for canned beef (August 2023, Food and Nutrition Service, June 2024 completion); a $4.7 million definitive contract for canned pork and beef (May 2023, Food and Nutrition Service, December 2023 completion); a $5.6 million delivery order for canned pork and beef (December 2023, Food and Nutrition Service, March 2024 completion); and multiple 2025-2026 task orders under the current IDC vehicles for individual commodities (canned peas, corn, green beans, carrots, and mixed vegetables) ranging from $20,000 to $4.1 million each. Lakeside Foods performs substantially all work in-house as the prime contractor with no identified subcontractors.

The vendor's commodity supply footprint is narrow and specialized. Contract awards under NAICS 311421 (Fruit and Vegetable Canning) dominate the portfolio at 526 awards; secondary activity in NAICS 311423 (Animal Slaughtering) comprises 184 awards reflecting canned beef and pork procurement. PSC 8915 (Fruits and Vegetables) covers 607 awards, while PSC 8930 (Meat, Poultry, and Fish) encompasses 293 awards. This concentration reflects Lakeside Foods' exclusive focus on commodity goods procurement for federal food assistance—no IT, logistics, packaging, or service-delivery work appears in the award portfolio. The company does not utilize small business set-asides, 8(a), HUBZone, SDVOSB, or WOSB designations; all awards are full-and-open competitive procurements structured as firm fixed-price delivery orders or definitive contracts on multiple-award IDV vehicles.