The Mile Hi Companies organization traces its humble beginnings to 1901 when Michael Taddonio began peddling fresh fruits and vegetables in and around Denver, Colorado in a horse-drawn wagon. Across four generations of the Taddonio family, that wagon has evolved into three successful companies that include Mile Hi Foods, Mile Hi Bakery, and Mile Hi Warehousing & Logistics.
When the first McDonald’s restaurant was built in Denver in 1956, Mile Hi Fruits & Vegetables at the time won the potato-supply contract and a decades-long business partnership was born. Mile Hi established a full-service distribution center in Denver in 1976 distributing McDonald’s products. Today, Mile Hi Foods distributes all food and paper-related products to 337 McDonald’s restaurants in Colorado and surrounding states.
The first Mile Hi Bakery was built in 1985 to provide all the buns for McDonald’s in the Rocky Mountain region. The Mile Hi Warehousing & Logistics division was created in 2018 to independently provide distribution and warehousing, as well as refrigerated, frozen, and dry-storage space within a 30,000-square-foot facility.