S&S Cafeterias offers customers their choice of meals, with a selection of more than 115 items at each location. We pride ourselves in providing quality food and excellent customer service at all our cafeteria locations through the Southeast. J. A. Smith III grew up in the food business as his father founded the company. J. A. Smith Jr., Mr. Smith’s father, was a veteran of the food service business before he opened the first S&S Cafeteria in Columbus, Georgia in 1936.