Favorite Foods

Name

Favorite Foods

Legal name

Favorite Foods, Inc.

Website

https://favoritefoods.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Foodservice Distribution

NAICS

Special Food Services (7223)

SIC

Wholesale-Groceries, General Line (5141)

akta.pro primary industry

Foodservice Cash-and-Carry (Restaurants/Caterers) (CRAHACAC)

Keywords

• Foodservice distribution
• Restaurant supply
• Food wholesale
• Custom cut proteins
• Independent restaurant supplier

Headquarters

HQ city

Somersworth

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Foodservice Distribution: Favorite Foods distributes food products, ingredients, and supplies to independent restaurants and foodservice establishments. Revenue is generated through product sales with direct delivery to customer locations across their service territory.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Favorite Foods is a family-owned foodservice distributor that supplies food products, ingredients, and supplies — across categories such as beef, poultry, seafood, pork, dairy, produce, bakery, beverages, prepared foods, soups, dressings, and non-food supplies — to independent restaurants and foodservice operators via direct delivery across New Hampshire, Southern Maine, and Northern Massachusetts. The company also offers custom-cut protein services and operates a Customer Order Entry online portal.

Product overview

Favorite Foods is a family-owned and operated foodservice distributor serving independent restaurants across Southern New Hampshire, Southern Maine, and Northern Massachusetts for over 36 years. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of food and ingredient products organized across 30+ product categories including Beef, Poultry, Seafood, Pork, Dairy, Produce, Bakery, Prepared Foods, and Non-Foods/Supplies. Favorite Foods distributes major national brands (Tyson, High Liner Foods, McCormick, Hershey, Roland, Domino, Michigan Turkey, Stanislaus Food Products) alongside its own private-label Donahue Bros. Coffee brand. The company operates a customer order entry portal for online ordering and provides custom cut proteins as a specialized service.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Donahue Bros. Coffee: A coffee brand carried by Favorite Foods, operated by Donahue Bros, Inc. Since 1919, they offer 100% Arabica coffee from Colombia, Brazil, Central America, Africa and Indonesia with personalized service.

Products and services

• Custom Cut Proteins Specialized protein cutting service delivering portion-controlled, customized protein products (cuts and specifications tailored to a restaurant's menu requirements) to foodservice customers.
• Customer Order Entry Portal Web-based online ordering platform that enables foodservice customers to place orders electronically with Favorite Foods, accessed at oe.favoritefoods.com.
• Donahue Bros. Coffee (private-label brand) Private-label coffee brand carried and distributed by Favorite Foods, offering 100% Arabica coffee sourced globally along with personalized service to foodservice customers.

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

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Partnerships

19 partnerships are on record, tiered minor.

• High Liner FoodsminorOthersHigh Liner Foods provides value-added seafood products including battered and breaded shrimp, fish portions, and other seafood items to Favorite Foods distribution network.
• Kettle CuisineminorOthersKettle Cuisine provides fresh soups including Chicken Noodle, NE Clam Chowder, Haddock Chowder, Italian Wedding, Lobster Bisque, Minestrone, Seafood Chowder, Broccoli Cheddar, and Three Bean Chili.
• Vanee FoodsminorOthersVanee Foods supplies beef and chicken broth products to Favorite Foods.
• LeGoûtminorOthersLeGoût specializes in gravies, seasonings, soup bases, cream soup mixes, and related foodservice products distributed through Favorite Foods.
• Minor'sminorOthersMinor's provides premium soup bases including Beef, Chicken, Sauteed Vegetable, Clam, Lobster, Turkey, and Seafood bases without MSG.
• Major ProductsminorOthersMajor Products provides stocks and bases for soups, chowders, sauces, and more, including Elite Major bases for beef, chicken, clam, lobster, and mirepoix.
• Stanislaus Food ProductsminorOthersCalifornia-based fresh-packing tomato cannery providing Spaghetti Sauce, Pasta Sauce, Full Red Marinara Sauce, pizza sauces, ground tomatoes, diced tomatoes, crushed tomatoes, whole peeled tomatoes, tomato pastes, and tomato products.
• Buon Gusto (Berry Veal)minorOthersBerry Veal Company produces free-range veal products including Osso Bucco, Lolli Pop Veal Chops, Bob Veal, and Special Fed Veal, distributed through Favorite Foods.
• Michigan TurkeyminorOthersMichigan Turkey Producers is a grower-owned cooperative providing nutritious, quality turkey products including breast, portioned, and whole turkey options.
• Hershey FoodserviceminorOthersThe Hershey Company provides branded chocolate and confectionery products for foodservice operations.
• McCormickminorOthersMcCormick provides spices, seasoning mixes, condiments, and flavoring products for retail and foodservice.
• DominominorOthersDomino Sugar provides quality baking sugar products for professional and home bakers since 1901.
• Sparrow FoodsminorOthersSparrow Foods provides chocolate drops, chunks, couvertures, cocoa powder, compound coatings, and specialty chocolate products for foodservice and baking.
• RolandminorOthersRoland Foods imports over 1,500 products from global sources including specialty ingredients, international foods, and fine dining products.
• Ken'sminorOthersKen's provides salad dressings and condiment products for foodservice operations.
• Saratoga DressingsminorOthersSaratoga Dressings supplies specialty salad dressing products through Favorite Foods distribution.
• SeawatchminorOthersSeawatch provides seafood products including clams, lobster, calamari, fish, shrimp, and scallops to the Favorite Foods distribution network.
• HandgardsminorOthersHandgards provides disposable glove products including nitrile, vitrile, vinyl, and hybrid stretch gloves for foodservice operations.
• Donahue Bros. CoffeeminorOthersDonahue Bros, Inc. since 1919 provides 100% Arabica coffee from Colombia, Brazil, Central America, Africa, and Indonesia with personalized service.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Performance Food Group: Major foodservice distributor through its Vistar segment serving restaurants across the US. Comparable in customer base and product breadth, though at public-company scale.
• Gordon Food Service: Family-founded broadline foodservice distributor serving restaurants across North America. Directly comparable to Favorite Foods in multi-category distribution to independent restaurants, though operating at significantly larger scale.
• US Foods: Second-largest US foodservice distributor serving independent restaurants and chains. Closely comparable business model to Favorite Foods (multi-category distribution to independent operators) at national scale.
• Sysco Corporation: Largest US foodservice distributor serving restaurants, healthcare, and education. Comparable in core business model (broadline distribution to restaurants) but with national scale and public-company resources.

Regional players

• Cash-Wa Distributing: Family-owned broadline foodservice distributor serving the Midwest. Comparable to Favorite Foods in family ownership structure and broadline distribution to independent restaurants.
• Nicholas & Company: Family-owned broadline foodservice distributor serving the Intermountain West. Comparable to Favorite Foods in family ownership and broadline restaurant distribution model.
• Imperial Dade: Privately-held foodservice and janitorial products distributor serving the Eastern US. Comparable to Favorite Foods as a multi-line distributor serving restaurant customers in overlapping geographies.
• Shamrock Foods Company: Family-owned broadline foodservice distributor based in Arizona with regional focus. Most directly comparable peer to Favorite Foods in family ownership, regional focus, and broadline restaurant distribution.
• Ben E. Keith Foods: Privately-held broadline foodservice distributor serving the South-Central US. Comparable to Favorite Foods as a regional multi-category distributor to independent restaurants.
• Reinhart Foodservice: Regional broadline foodservice distributor serving the Midwest. Comparable to Favorite Foods in broadline distribution to restaurants with similar mid-sized regional operating model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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