Who We Are / History
Our History
A legacy dating to 1967
Foodservice Design Professionals is built on the combined experience of three respected food service consulting firms — H. G. Rice & Company, Blasdel & Associates, and Millunzi & Associates — with more than 100 years of combined expertise and roots reaching back to 1967.
- 1967
H. G. Rice & Company
The oldest of FDP's founding firms is established, beginning a legacy of food service consulting that carries through to today.
- 1975
Blasdel & Associates
Blasdel & Associates, Inc. is founded, deepening the expertise that would later come together under FDP.
- 1997
Millunzi & Associates
Millunzi & Associates, Inc. is established — the third firm in FDP's lineage.
- 2022
Foodservice Design Professionals
CEO Melissa Moore, FCSI, and President Lance Brooks acquire Millunzi & Associates and rename the firm Foodservice Design Professionals, LLC — uniting 100+ years of combined food service excellence.
- Today
Dallas & Houston
FDP designs food service facilities across the United States and internationally from two Texas offices, carrying that legacy forward.
From the archive
Original drawings & media
Decades of original drawings, plans, and photography from the FDP archive. Select an item to open the full-resolution scan.
Carrying it forward
Nearly six decades of built work — and counting.
Have a facility on the drawing board? Proposals go to proposal@fdp.org.