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Top 25 Specialty food suppliers based in the United States

Name: Specialty food suppliers based in the United States
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026 962 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 962 specialty food suppliers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026 and tracks 34,653 professional contacts across them, including 11,407 with verified work emails. New York is the largest hub.

This list covers specialty food suppliers headquartered in the United States, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 22, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 22, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest specialty food suppliers based in the United States

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 962 specialty food suppliers based in the United States, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to specialty food suppliers: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Gordon Food Service	Partial evidence	Grand Rapids, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	10001+	9,445 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We’ve grown to become the largest family-operated broadline food service distributor in North America by upholding the same business approach since 1897-being passionately…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
2	Kehe Distributors	Indirect evidence	Naperville, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	5,001-10,000	3,713 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At KeHE, we’re all about goodness.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
3	The Chefs' Warehouse	Strong evidence	Ridgefield, CT, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,347 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The Chefs' Warehouse, North America's top specialty food distributor since 1985, offers over premium products to elite restaurants, hotels, and gourmet shops.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
4	Lipari Foods	Strong evidence	Warren, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	914 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Headquartered in Warren, Michigan, Lipari Foods is a leading independent distributor built around global and specialty foods.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
5	Sunopta	Indirect evidence	Eden Prairie, MN, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	910 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “SunOpta Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
6	Baldor Specialty Foods, INC	Strong evidence	Bronx, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	796 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Baldor is one of the largest importers and distributors of fresh produce and specialty foods in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
7	Swiss Chalet Fine Foods	Partial evidence	Miami, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	n/a	771 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Swiss Chalet Fine Foods has provided food service professionals with unique, premium quality products from Europe and abroad.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
8	Kehe & DPI Specialty Foods	Strong evidence	Ontario, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	719 contacts →
	Strong evidence “The team at DPI Specialty Foods has worked for decades to become the premier Western United States distributor of specialty food products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9	Food Innovations	Partial evidence	Bonita Springs, FL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	n/a	377 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Food Innovations, Inc.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
10	Plum Market	Indirect evidence	Farmington Hills, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	501-1,000	318 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We're here to inspire our guests to - Live Well, with Taste.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
11	Fortune Fish & Gourmet	Strong evidence	Bensenville, IL, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	305 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Fortune Fish and Gourmet is a founder-run importer, processor, and distributor of premium seafood, specialty meat and gourmet food products.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12	Dorothy Lane Market	Indirect evidence	Dayton, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	501-1,000	299 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Dorothy Lane Market is the Midwest's award-winning gourmet grocer.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
13	Harvest Sherwood Food Distributors	Partial evidence	Detroit, MI, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	297 contacts →
	Partial evidence “In April 2017, Harvest Food Distributors of National City, California and Sherwood Food Distributors of Detroit, Michigan merged to form Harvest Sherwood Food Distributors - the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14	Ferraro Foods	Partial evidence	Piscataway, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	283 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Established in 1975 in Green Brook, New Jersey, Ferraro Foods initially operated out of a small garage with just a single truck.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15	Nassau Candy Distributors, INC	Strong evidence	Hicksville, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	283 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Nassau Candy is one of North America's largest and most respected wholesale candy distributors, fine food suppliers, and private label manufacturers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
16	What Chefs Want	Partial evidence	Louisville, KY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	276 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At What Chefs Want, we exist to make life easier for the people who bring food to the table.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17	Harbor Wholesale	Indirect evidence	Lacey, WA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	501-1,000	267 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Harbor Wholesale is dedicated to supporting our local entrepreneurs that provide jobs in their communities, bring convenience to busy lives, and invite us all to experience life…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
18	Inland Foods	Partial evidence	Tucker, GA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	501-1,000	267 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Wholesale Food Distributor and Manufacturer As the largest seafood distributor in the Southeast and one of the most innovative companies in our industry, Inland has built its…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
19	Atalanta Corporation	Strong evidence	Elizabeth, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	256 contacts →
	Strong evidence “For over 70 years, Atalanta Corporation has been one of the foremost specialty food importers of cheese, charcuterie, deli meat, grocery and seafood products from around the world.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
20	WINCO	Partial evidence	Lodi, NJ, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	226 contacts →
	Partial evidence “A leading One-Source supplier, servicing the foodservice industry, since 1992.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
21	Roland Foods, LLC	Partial evidence	New York, NY, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	205 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Since 1934, Roland Foods has inspired people around the world to explore their culinary passions with our portfolio of premium global ingredients.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
22	Keany Produce & Gourmet	Indirect evidence	Hyattsville, MD, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	203 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Keany Produce & Gourmet began in 1978 with a man, a truck and a restaurant.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
23	Haliburton International Foods, INC	Partial evidence	Ontario, CA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	201 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Established in 1992 with the goal of marrying food science and culinary excellence to improve the quality and reduce the cost of manufactured foods, Haliburton has grown into a…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
24	Northern Haserot	Partial evidence	Bedford, OH, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	197 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Northern Haserot is a broadline foodservice distributor, specializing in center-of-the-plate.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
25	DI Bruno Bros	Indirect evidence	Philadelphia, PA, United StatesHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	190 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Since 1939, Di Bruno Bros.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: specialty food suppliers. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names specialty food suppliers.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of specialty food suppliers, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name specialty food suppliers. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Specialty food suppliers based in the United States at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026

32.9%Verified-email coverage

36.0Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

3.7%Largest-city concentration · New York

Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

410

11-50

340

51-200

126

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United States, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United States, over 962 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among specialty food suppliers, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in the United States whose own description of what they do matches “specialty food suppliers”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names specialty food suppliers), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among specialty food suppliers, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United States are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 11,407 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Specialty food suppliers by metro

Specialty food suppliers in New York36
Specialty food suppliers in Miami25

Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names specialty food suppliers, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many specialty food suppliers are there based in the United States?

RevenueBase identified 962 specialty food suppliers headquartered in the United States as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Gordon Food Service, headquartered in Grand Rapids, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most specialty food suppliers?

New York leads with 36 headquartered companies, followed by Miami (25) and Los Angeles (23).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 11,407 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 962 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 22, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.