Orleans International

Name

Orleans International

Legal name

Orleans International, Inc.

Website

https://orleansintl.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1936

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Meat Trading and Distribution

NAICS

Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers (42447)

SIC

Agricultural Prod-Livestock & Animal Specialties (200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYAFAIAIAC

Ethnic Meat, Poultry & Seafood Wholesale

Agriculture & Food Production/Food Distribution & Wholesale/Specialty & Ethnic Foods Wholesale

SECONDARYAFAIADAG

Game & Specialty Meats Wholesale (Venison, Bison, etc.)

Agriculture & Food Production/Food Distribution & Wholesale/Meat, Poultry & Seafood Wholesale

Keywords

• Imported meat trading
• Meat import export
• Frozen meat distribution
• Beef lamb mutton
• Protein trading services

Headquarters

HQ city

Farmington Hills

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Meat Trading - Import/Export: Orleans acts as a principal (not a broker) in the importing, exporting, and trading of fresh and frozen meat products. They purchase products overseas, take possession, and deliver to major ports throughout the U.S. and worldwide. Revenue is generated through arbitrage opportunities from their inventory volumes, providing mutually beneficial pricing for raw materials inventory and balance sheets for trade partners.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Orleans International is a B2B meat trading company that imports, exports, and trades fresh and frozen meat products including beef, goat, lamb, mutton, pork, and poultry, plus seafood and wild game. Acting as a principal (not broker), the company takes possession of products overseas and delivers to major U.S. ports and worldwide destinations, serving distributors, processors, traders, and pet food manufacturers with nearly 2,000 different products.

Product overview

Orleans International operates as a meat importing, exporting, and trading company with multiple specialized divisions. The core offering is the Orleans Importing and Trading Division handling nearly 2,000 different imported and domestic products including chilled, frozen, cuts, grinds, and offal. The portfolio includes proprietary brand King's Pride Lamb, acquired Century International Trading, Murphy Imports for Asian trade items, ROI joint venture with RAMAX for exports, Taurus Foods for manufacturing raw materials, and Abeles Best in Beef for premium beef cuts. The company ranks #1 in volume among beef importing companies and acts as a principal, not a broker, taking possession of products overseas for delivery to ports throughout the U.S. and worldwide.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• King's Pride Lamb: Company's own brand of lamb products, one of several top industry name brands carried by Orleans for lamb, mutton, and goat trading.

Products and services

• Imported and Domestic Meat Trading Core importing and trading service handling nearly 2,000 fresh and frozen meat products including beef, goat, lamb, mutton, pork, poultry, seafood, and wild game, sourced from the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, Central America, South America, Mexico, Canada, and Europe. Orleans acts as a principal, taking possession overseas and delivering to major U.S. ports and worldwide for export.
• King's Pride Lamb Proprietary brand of lamb products developed by Orleans International, offered alongside other top industry name brands for distributors, processors, and traders in the lamb, mutton, and goat category.
• Domestic Product Trading Domestic meat product trading division offering chilled and frozen beef, chicken, turkey, lamb, and pork products through multiple marketing arrangements with domestic processing facilities.
• Pet Food Trading Trading division supplying beef, lamb, pork, and poultry items to several major pet food manufacturers throughout the United States.
• Murphy Imports (Asian Trade Items) Division offering traditional Asian Trade meat items throughout the United States, led by Matt Murphy.
• Export Trading (ROI Joint Venture) Export trading services operated under a joint venture with RAMAX, LLC (ROI), handling meat exports from the United States and various other countries to major ports worldwide.
• Taurus Foods Division focused on trading manufacturing raw materials of Beef, Pork, and Poultry for food processors.
• Abeles Best in Beef Division specializing in high quality Certified Angus Beef (CAB), Prime grade, and various other premium cuts of beef, led by Richard Abeles.

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered major and core.

• RAMAX, LLCmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2018Joint venture in 2018 formed under the banner of ROI, enabling Orleans to expand trading operations to exporting from the United States as well as various other countries to several major ports around the world.
• Century International TradingmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2005Acquired in 2005, bringing multiple decade trading and customer service expertise that further expanded Orleans' reach.
• Murphy ImportscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2005Arrangement with Matt Murphy of Murphy Imports in 2005, focusing on traditional Asian Trade items throughout the United States.
• Regal Foods CorporationmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1987Joint venture in 1987 to form Sherwood Foods Distributors, which became the largest independent wholesale food distributor in the U.S. selling fresh and frozen food products to processors, supermarkets, and further distributors. Orleans sold off its interests in Sherwood in 2004.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• American Foods Group: American Foods Group is a U.S. beef processor serving further-processors, distributors, and retail channels with boxed beef and value-added cuts. Comparable to Orleans' processor/distributor customer base and beef trading activity.
• National Beef Packing Company: National Beef is one of the four largest U.S. beef packers, sourcing cattle and trading beef products domestically and internationally. Comparable to Orleans in its U.S. beef-volume orientation and trader/packer business model.
• Agri Beef Co. Agri Beef is a vertically integrated U.S. beef producer (cattle feeding, processing, branded beef) with branded programs such as Snake River Farms and Double R Ranch. Comparable to Orleans in the premium/branded beef space and as a beef supplier to distributors and processors.
• Greater Omaha Packing Co. Greater Omaha Packing is a U.S. beef processor specializing in boxed beef and offal/value-added cuts, serving domestic and export customers. Comparable to Orleans' beef-import trading and value-added cut focus.
• JBS USA: JBS USA is the largest U.S. beef packer and a major player in pork and poultry, with deep imported and domestic protein flows. It is directly comparable to Orleans as a top-volume U.S. beef processor/trader operating across multiple protein categories.

Broad incumbents

• Tyson Foods: Tyson is the largest U.S. poultry processor and a major beef and pork producer with integrated trading and export operations. Comparable to Orleans as a multi-protein incumbent, but operating at meaningfully larger and more vertically integrated scale.
• Sysco Corporation: Sysco is the largest U.S. broadline foodservice distributor, handling large volumes of imported and domestic meat alongside other categories. Comparable to Orleans' downstream distribution channel and protein category breadth, though at vastly larger and more diversified scale.
• Cargill Protein North America: Cargill's North American protein segment operates beef harvesting and processing alongside trading and risk-management services. Comparable to Orleans in beef trading and risk-management offerings, though as part of Cargill's broader diversified commodity platform.

Emerging players

• Strauss Brands: Strauss Brands is a specialty meat company focused on veal, lamb, and other non-commodity proteins sold through retail and foodservice channels. Comparable to Orleans' specialty lamb/mutton/goat division and King's Pride Lamb brand.
• Halperns' Steakhouse: Halperns' is a specialty protein distributor serving restaurants and retailers with premium beef, veal, lamb, and other cuts. Comparable to Orleans as a high-end protein intermediary sourcing globally and distributing to foodservice customers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/orleansgroupint
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/orleans-international-inc

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Subsidiaries6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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