Scariano Brothers

What Scariano Brothers does

Scariano Brothers is a wholesale and retail food and meat distributor headquartered in Hammond, Indiana, United States. Founded in 1930, the company operates as a private business with 11-50 employees. Beyond this high-level classification, the available input data does not document Scariano Brothers' specific product portfolio, customer segments, pricing mechanics, technology platforms, or operational footprint.

Notably, Scariano Brothers' Hammond, Indiana base coincides with one of Quirch Foods, LLC's Central region distribution centers. Quirch Foods describes itself as a 'diverse family of companies' with 'combined roots dating back to the early 20th century' — a timeline consistent with Scariano Brothers' 1930 founding year. This co-location raises the possibility of corporate affiliation, acquisition, or operational integration, but no direct ownership, subsidiary, or contractual linkage between the two entities is confirmed in the provided source material. The remaining input corpus pertains almost entirely to Quirch Foods rather than Scariano Brothers.

Scariano Brothers' website (scarianobrothers.com) is the only direct first-party reference available, and no management team, funding history, social media presence, certifications, or geographic operating data were documented for the company. No M&A activity, regulatory actions, or leadership changes were recorded. This profile should therefore be treated as preliminary, with material gaps in operational and financial detail.

Name

Scariano Brothers

Website

https://scarianobrothers.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1930

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Scariano Brothers is a private wholesale and retail food and meat distributor founded in 1930 and based in Hammond, Indiana, with 11-50 employees. No direct product, customer, or operational detail was documented in available sources.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Food Distribution

NAICS

Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers (42447), Meat Retailers (445240)

SIC

Retail-Food Stores (5400)

akta.pro primary industry

Refrigerated Meat & Charcuterie Wholesale (AFAIAHAI)

akta.pro secondary industry

Butcher Shops & Meat Markets (CRAHAHAB)

Keywords

• Wholesale food distribution
• Meat distribution services
• Retail food sales
• Foodservice supply
• Frozen meat products

Headquarters

HQ city

Hammond

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices23 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Wholesale Food Distribution: Distribution of food products including beef, pork, poultry, frozen seafood, deli products, retail-ready foods, Hispanic foods, ethnic foods, and grocery products to wholesale customers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Scariano Brothers is a wholesale and retail food and meat distributor headquartered in Hammond, Indiana. Founded in 1930, the company sells food and meat products to wholesale business customers and to retail consumers. Detailed product mix, brand portfolio, and pricing data are not provided in the source material.

Product overview

Quirch Foods is a wholesale food distributor offering a comprehensive portfolio of food products through a unified distribution platform. The company provides beef, pork, poultry, frozen seafood, deli products, retail-ready foods, Hispanic foods, ethnic foods, and grocery products. Products are distributed through the company's own distribution network across the United States, Caribbean, Latin America, and international markets. The company also offers an e-commerce platform called Q-Shop for online ordering.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wholesale Food and Meat Distribution Wholesale distribution of food and meat products from the company's Hammond, Indiana base to business buyers such as foodservice operators and small retailers. The source does not specify product mix, brands handled, or service-area boundaries beyond the Hammond, Indiana headquarters.
• Retail Food and Meat Sales

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators2 records

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• Quirch Foods: National wholesale food and meat distributor with a Central region distribution center in Hammond, Indiana — directly overlapping with Scariano Brothers' headquarters location. Quirch Foods offers a comparable product portfolio (beef, pork, poultry, seafood, deli) at significantly greater scale.
• Sysco: Largest U.S. foodservice distribution company, offering broad protein and grocery assortment to foodservice and retail customers nationwide — competing directly with regional meat and food distributors like Scariano Brothers for wholesale accounts.
• US Foods: Major national foodservice distributor with a comparable broad-line protein, dairy, and grocery portfolio serving retail and restaurant customers — a scaled incumbent competing for the same wholesale customer base as Scariano Brothers.
• Performance Food Group: Large-scale foodservice and convenience distributor operating Vistar and other specialty units; competes with regional meat distributors for broadline foodservice accounts across the Midwest.
• Gordon Food Service: Family-led broadline foodservice distributor with retail store operations, offering meat and grocery assortment across the Midwest and beyond — directly comparable hybrid wholesale/retail food distribution model.
• Reyes Holdings (Martin Brothers / Reinhart): Large privately held food and beverage distribution group operating multiple broadline foodservice distributors serving the Midwest — a scaled competitor to regional players like Scariano Brothers.

Direct peers

• Cheney Brothers: Regional broadline foodservice distributor serving the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic with meat, produce, and grocery assortment — a closely comparable business model to Scariano Brothers' regional wholesale and retail distribution.
• Shamrock Foods Company: Family-owned foodservice distributor with broad protein and grocery portfolio serving the Southwest and Midwest; comparable hybrid wholesale/retail model and similar regional operating scale to Scariano Brothers.
• Stampede Meat: Specialty protein processor and distributor supplying portion-controlled beef, poultry, and prepared proteins to foodservice and retail — comparable protein-focused distribution niche serving the same customer types as Scariano Brothers.

Regional players

• Hockenberg's / Regional Midwest Meat Distributors: Midwest-based independent broadline foodservice distributor with meat and grocery offerings, serving foodservice operators in Iowa and surrounding states — a regional peer with comparable size and product focus to Scariano Brothers.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights3 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/scarianobrothers

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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