Innovative Food Holdings, Inc.

Innovative Food Holdings, Inc. sells specialty foods that are difficult to find through traditional channels. The company focuses on building relationships with producers, growers, makers, and distributors of specialty products, selecting suppliers based on quality, uniqueness, and reliability. Its team evaluates and certifies the food safety and supply chain capabilities of small batch producers. Innovative Food Holdings sources gourmet cheese, meat, produce, and premium ingredients, distributing them directly from its network of vendors and warehouses typically within 24-72 hours of an order. The company also sources, packages, and brands a meaningful segment of these products itself. Innovative Food Holdings serves Professional Chefs in settings such as restaurants, hotels, country clubs, national chain accounts, casinos, hospitals, and catering houses. It provides products not typically found through broadline distributors. The company distributes products directly to Professional Chefs in Chicago through its subsidiary, Artisan Specialty Foods, Inc., and nationally through its e-commerce businesses on Amazon.com and its own website. It also drop ships specialty foods to Professional Chefs nationally through the websites of broadline distributors, such as US Foods, Inc. The company operates from two warehouses: a 28K square foot facility in the greater Chicago area and a 22K square foot facility in the greater Denver area.