Sifted

What Sifted does

Sifted (Sifted, LLC) is a workplace food service company founded in 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia, by co-founders Kimberly Lexow and Jess Legge. The company delivers chef-led meal programs — primarily daily lunch — to culture-driven, high-growth technology companies that view food as a strategic employee engagement investment rather than a perk. As of 2025, Sifted serves clients across eight US markets: San Francisco, Seattle, Denver, Austin, Atlanta, New York, Chicago, and Salt Lake City. Named customers historically include Eventbrite, Lyft, Emma, DayNine, iCitizen, and Aceable.

Sifted's core offering combines two models: fully-managed corporate catering (carry-in programs for offices without kitchens) and full on-site café design and operation for headquarters and larger sites. These are complemented by add-on lines including Grab & Go ready-to-eat meals, Action Stations (live-cooking experiences), Special Events catering, an Eater Portal for employee feedback, and an Employee Gifts program. An in-house technology platform underpins operations, tracking 80+ data points daily across consumption, attendance, preferences, and waste to enable real-time menu adaptation, predictive portioning, and waste reporting. Sifted has positioned itself as the first national caterer to commit to zero food waste and 100% leftover donation, formalized through a partnership with Copia and supported by Eco-Products compostable packaging and regional composting partners.

Revenue is generated through a subscription-recurring pricing model billed monthly, with fees scaled by team size (30 to 1,000+ employees) and service frequency (daily to monthly). Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. Sifted sells exclusively through direct enterprise sales supported by a website lead capture form, dedicated account managers, and on-site hosts; there is no self-service or marketplace channel. The company is bootstrapped with no external venture funding and had grown to 300+ employees by 2019, the year it ranked #188 on the Inc. 5000 (#7 in Food & Beverage).

Name

Sifted

Legal name

Sifted, LLC

Website

https://sifted.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Sifted is a workplace food service company that delivers chef-led meal programs to culture-driven tech companies across 8 US cities. It replaces fragmented catering with a data-driven, subscription-based system combining corporate catering, on-site cafés, and grab-and-go services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corporate Catering Services

NAICS

Caterers (722320), Food Service Contractors (72231), Caterers (72232), Food Service Contractors (722310)

SIC

Retail-Eating Places (5812), Retail-Eating & Drinking Places (5810)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate Catering & Office Food Programs (HSACAGAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Corporate/Office Catering & Group Ordering Platforms (CRAFAFAJ), Corporate & Office Catering (THAFAIAA), Corporate/Workplace Meal Programs & Bulk Prepared Meals (CRAHAJAJ)

Keywords

• Corporate catering services
• Workplace food programs
• On-site cafe operations
• Office meal programs
• Chef-led catering

Headquarters

HQ city

Atlanta

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Workplace Food / Catering Subscription: Sifted operates on a recurring catering subscription model where companies pay for ongoing workplace food programs. Pricing is subscription-based and varies by team size, frequency of service, and program type (daily lunch, grab-and-go, on-site cafes, or special events). The company provides a single partner for all workplace food needs across multiple locations, with menus, service, and reporting included.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Sifted plans, produces, and serves workplace meals for culture-driven companies, operating fully-managed corporate catering programs for offices without kitchens and designing and operating full on-site cafés for headquarters and larger sites. The company serves teams of 50 to thousands with daily lunch, grab-and-go, action stations, and special events, all powered by an in-house technology platform that tracks 80+ daily data points for real-time menu adaptation, consumption forecasting, and waste reduction.

Product overview

Sifted is a workplace food service company that operates as a single unified system rather than a platform-with-modules architecture. The core offering consists of Corporate Catering (fully-managed carry-in programs for offices without kitchens) and On-site Cafés (full café design and operation for HQ and larger sites). These are supported by add-on offerings including Grab & Go (ready-to-eat meals), Action Stations (interactive culinary experiences), Special Events (corporate event catering), the Eater Portal (employee engagement and feedback tool), and Employee Gifts (referral reward programs). All services are powered by Sifted's in-house technology that tracks 80+ data points daily for real-time adjustments, consumption forecasting, and sustainability reporting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Corporate Catering Fully-managed carry-in corporate catering program for offices without kitchens. Sifted prepares meals offsite, delivers fresh daily, and hosts lunch with setup, service, and cleanup handled by trained staff. Includes 300+ rotating globally inspired menus, dietary accommodations, and real-time data-driven portioning.
• On-site Cafés Design and operation of full cafés and on-site kitchens for headquarters and larger office sites. Combines Sifted's chef-led production, data-driven menu planning, and hospitality-driven service into a custom on-site café experience.
• Grab & Go Ready-to-eat chef-crafted meals available anytime for hybrid schedules. Includes smart, data-driven stocking and inventory management to keep the right meals available with reduced food waste, using eco-friendly packaging.
• Action Stations Interactive culinary experiences with live chef interaction, custom dishes prepared to order, and experiential dining for team events and celebrations. Sifted handles setup, execution, and breakdown.
• Special Events Bespoke event catering for company gatherings, milestone celebrations, holiday parties, and team appreciation events, with custom menus, dietary accommodations, theme alignment, and end-to-end logistics handled by Sifted.
• Zero Food Waste Donation Program National food donation program that donates 100% of leftover food to nearby nonprofits through a partnership with Copia, including reporting on community impact. Includes composting partnerships across markets (Compost Now, Compost Nashville, Break It Down, Alpine Waste & Recycling, Cedar Grove).

Quantifiable outcome

• 80+ data points tracked and analyzed daily, enabling real-time menu adaptation and waste reduction
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability3 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

15 partnerships are on record, tiered core, supporting and minor.

• CopiacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 February 2019Sifted partnered with Copia, a market-leading food donation platform, to become the first national caterer to donate 100% of leftover food to nearby nonprofits. Copia's technology streamlines the donation process — Sifted enters leftover food type and quantity via Copia's app, which instantly matches the donation to a nearby nonprofit and dispatches a driver for pickup and delivery. This partnership enables Sifted's zero food waste commitment across all markets and provides reporting to clients on community impact.
• Compost NowsupportingOthersSifted uses Compost Now as its composting service partner in Atlanta. Compost Now delivers sealed compost bins to Sifted's office, collects food scraps twice a week, and processes them at their facilities, enabling Sifted's zero food waste commitment.
• Compost NashvillesupportingOthersSifted partners with Compost Nashville for composting services in the Nashville market.
• Break It Down (Austin)supportingOthersSifted partners with Break It Down in Austin for composting services to support their zero food waste goals.
• Alpine Waste & RecyclingsupportingOthersSifted partners with Alpine Waste & Recycling in Denver and Boulder markets for composting and waste diversion services.
• Cedar GrovesupportingOthersSifted uses Cedar Grove for composting services in Seattle and Phoenix markets.
• Eco-ProductssupportingOthersEco-Products provides Sifted with eco-friendly, 100% compostable packaging. Eco-Products funds methane recapture projects to offset their carbon footprint, contributing to Sifted's sustainability commitments.
• Eden.iominorOthersSifted recommends Eden.io, an eco-friendly office cleaning service, to clients seeking to maintain environmental sustainability standards in their offices beyond food programs.
• Sun Valley Youth Center (Denver)supportingOthersA Denver nonprofit receiving food donations from Sifted through Copia, serving youth who face food insecurity in the Denver area.
• The Bread of Life Mission (Seattle)supportingOthersSeattle nonprofit receiving Sifted food donations, providing meals, counseling, and shelter to people experiencing homelessness.
• Serafina (Austin)supportingOthersAustin nonprofit receiving Sifted food donations, working to improve the lives of elderly and handicapped people through food distribution and nutrition classes.
• Keep Austin FedsupportingOthersAustin volunteer-based nonprofit that collects excess food from commercial kitchens and distributes to people in need, aligned with Sifted's food waste reduction mission.
• Food Bank of the RockiessupportingOthersDenver-based food bank receiving Sifted donations and distributing nutritious food to families in need across Colorado and Wyoming, serving 134,000 meals each day.
• Nashville Rescue MissionsupportingOthersNashville nonprofit receiving Sifted food donations, providing 640,000 meals and 300,000 nights of shelter annually to people in need.
• The Giving Kitchen (Atlanta)minorOthersSifted recommends The Giving Kitchen to the restaurant and hospitality community in Atlanta, which provides emergency financial assistance to restaurant workers in crisis.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Broad incumbents

• Sodexo: Sodexo is a global food services and facilities management company providing on-site dining, catering, and corporate meal programs. Comparable to Sifted for HQ/large-site on-site café operations; differs in being a massive incumbent with broader facilities services beyond food.
• Compass Group: Compass Group is the world's largest contract foodservice company, providing on-site café and workplace dining to enterprises globally. Comparable to Sifted's on-site café and HQ operations; both serve culture-driven corporate clients with managed food programs, but Compass operates at much larger scale with broader service lines.
• Aramark: Aramark is a major contract foodservice and uniform services provider serving corporate, education, healthcare, and sports/entertainment clients. Comparable on the corporate dining and managed on-site café side of Sifted's business; broader in scope and serves non-workplace segments.

Others

• Sun Basket / Factor: Factor (formerly part of Sun Basket) is a prepared meal delivery service that ships ready-to-eat meals to consumers and offices. Thematically adjacent to Sifted's Grab & Go offering, but consumer-direct rather than enterprise-managed; represents a potential substitute but not a direct enterprise competitor.

Direct peers

• Fooda: Fooda operates on-site workplace food programs and pop-up restaurant concepts for employers, including daily lunch service and food hall style offerings. Closest direct competitor to Sifted, serving overlapping culture-driven corporate and tech clients with on-site and managed catering models.
• Platterz: Platterz is a corporate catering platform for group orders and office meals, primarily serving Canadian and US businesses with curated local restaurants. Direct competitor to Sifted in the corporate catering space, particularly for offices without kitchens needing managed group meals.
• ezCater: ezCater is a corporate catering marketplace connecting businesses with local caterers for office meals and group orders. Direct competitor to Sifted's corporate catering offering for tech and enterprise clients; differs in marketplace model vs. Sifted's vertically integrated managed-program approach.
• ZeroCater: ZeroCater provides managed corporate catering and snack programs for tech companies, with a similar focus on data-driven meal planning and workplace food as an employee perk. Highly comparable to Sifted's subscription catering model and target buyer (tech employers offering lunch as a benefit).

Emerging players

• CaterTrax: CaterTrax provides online catering ordering and management software used by restaurants and corporate clients to streamline corporate catering. Adjacent to Sifted's enterprise catering offering on the technology/ordering side, though CaterTrax is software-first versus Sifted's vertically integrated service model.
• Office Eats: Office Eats (formerly MealPal Workplace) offers workplace food programs and group catering for employers seeking variety and flexible meal options. Comparable to Sifted as an emerging workplace food program player targeting culture-driven employers; smaller scale and different geographic footprint.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/siftedco

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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