1960

Palama Meat introduced May’s brand to retail stores

1964

H&W Foods moves to the Primo Brewing Building on Dryer Street and is renamed H&W Distributors

1961

H&W Foods was established by Herbert Souza and ALfred Wilsey at the Kilpatrick Sold Storage in Downtown, Honolulu

1952

Palama Meat Company was established by Donald Lau

HISTORY OF H&W FOODSERVICE

1996

Joseph Azzaro Sr. acquires H&W Distributors

1998

H&W Distributors acquires Palama Meat Company

1967

H&W Distributors moves to their new facility on Colburn Street, Kahili

HISTORY OF H&W FOODSERVICE

2004

Palama Holdings LLC purchases H&W Foodservice and Palama meat Company. Palama Meat became the branded value-added proteins for H&W Foodservice

2016

Palama Holdings LLC sells the May’s Hawaii brand to Gouvea’s Purity

2000

H&W Distributors and Palama Meat Company fully integrate into the newly built Kapolei manufacturing and distributing facility

HISTORY OF H&W FOODSERVICE