Food & subsistence supply
Full-line grocery sourcing through an established distributor network, including canned goods, dry staples, dairy, frozen, meats and specialty foods.
Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business
Government food supply, shipped direct from the source.
Optimum Core Solutions supplies grocery, subsistence, prepared meals and kosher and halal products to federal, state and institutional buyers. You issue a purchase order; our manufacturer and distributor partners ship straight to your destination by the pallet or the truckload.
SBA VetCert SDVOSB
SAM.gov + Disaster Response Registry
DLA
NJSTART
PA Supplier Portal
BidNet
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Core Capabilities
OCS combines a veteran-owned supply company with more than 20 years of institutional food procurement and foodservice management.
Supply
Meals
Prepared frozen meals
Bulk and individual frozen entrées produced by a teaming partner, for congregate feeding, institutions and emergency programs.
Specialty
Kosher & halal supply
Kosher meals and kosher and halal products for correctional, healthcare and community feeding programs.
Relief
Disaster & emergency feeding
Listed on SAM.gov's Disaster Response Registry. Shelf-stable product and truckload capacity for FEMA and relief organizations, anywhere in the U.S.
Consulting
Foodservice consulting
Procurement strategy, product selection and testing, quality assurance, menu and nutrient-specific program sourcing, and GPO contract work.
Brand
Private label
Private-label programs for buyers who want product under their own brand.
You issue a PO
Purchase order to OCS for pallet or truckload quantities.
OCS places it at the source
We confirm the order with the manufacturer or distributor partner.
Ships direct
Product ships from the source straight to your dock. No added handling.
Inspect & invoice
Damaged product can be returned during delivery inspection. Net 14 terms.
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Products
Wholesale pricing is available on request. Volume and truckload pricing and periodic specials are available.
Shelf-stable
Sunday Harvest canned line
Canned items packed 24 cans per case at 15 oz, shipped direct from the manufacturer by the truckload.
Pack 24 / 15 oz
Shelf life 180+ days
Lead time 11–14 days
53' trailer
Frozen
Grove / Servora frozen entrées
Bulk and individually portioned frozen meals for institutional, congregate and emergency feeding.
Bulk
Individual meals
Grocery sourcing
Full-line grocery
- Beans, rice & pasta
- Peanut butter
- Cheese & dairy
- Shelf-stable milk
- Cereal
- Canned fruit
- Juice & juice boxes
- Bottled & gallon water
- Ground beef & beef patties
- Meats & specialty foods
Specialty
Kosher & halal
Kosher meals and kosher and halal grocery products, sourced through dedicated suppliers.
Need a product that isn't listed? Through our distributor network OCS can source nearly any grocery item. Send your spec or bid number.
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Company Data
For contracting officers and supplier-diversity teams.
Profile
| Legal name | Optimum Core Solutions LLC |
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| Entity | New Jersey multi-member LLC |
| Socioeconomic | Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB), SBA certified 04/22/2026 (renewal 04/22/2029) |
| PSC / FSC | 8900 series Subsistence (Food) · 8940 Special Dietary Foods · S203 Food Services · R499 Other Professional Services |
| UEI | LRN6SM5FKCG3 |
| CAGE code | 19NA6 |
| Registrations | SAM.gov (incl. Disaster Response Registry), DLA, NJSTART, PA Supplier Portal, BidNet |
| Service area | Nationwide, including OCONUS |
| Order minimum | 1 pallet or 1 full truckload |
| Payment terms | Net 14 |
| Insurance | General liability, $2,000,000 aggregate |
| Point of contact | Kentrel Granger, Managing Member |
NAICS codes 33 codes · primary highlighted
| Code | Description |
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About & Past Performance
Twenty years buying food for the institutions that feed people every day.
Kentrel Granger
Managing Member
U.S. Marine Corps, Food Service Specialist, 1997–2000
Service-disabled veteran
U.S. Marine Corps, Food Service Specialist, 1997–2000
Service-disabled veteran
OCS was founded by Kentrel Granger, a Marine Corps veteran who started in military food service and has spent more than 20 years in institutional food procurement and foodservice management.
As a procurement and contract specialist for institutional foodservice operators, he manages roughly $20 million in annual food purchasing. That work covers quality assurance, new meal programs and logistics routes, product selection and testing, GPO contracts, sourcing for nutrient-specific programs, and commissary procurement for FDA-registered operations in several states.
He also designs labor consulting models and runs higher-end procurement programs for independent-living communities through distributor and manufacturer programs, and has brokered volume loads and opportunity buys for regional foodservice distributors.
CDM, CFPP
ServSafe Instructor / Proctor
Certified Holistic Nutritionist (AFPA)
Board Certified Holistic Health Practitioner (ANMA)
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Request a Quote
Send a solicitation number, product spec or volume need. We respond with delivered pricing.
Company
Optimum Core Solutions LLC
1661 Lexington Ave
Pennsauken, NJ 08110 Phone 609-605-0814 Email info@optimumcoresolutions.com Contact Kentrel Granger, Managing Member
1661 Lexington Ave
Pennsauken, NJ 08110 Phone 609-605-0814 Email info@optimumcoresolutions.com Contact Kentrel Granger, Managing Member