Chank's Foods

What Chank's Foods does

Chank's Foods (legal entity Chank's USA LLC) is a Bridgeton, New Jersey-based specialty frozen snack manufacturer founded in 2019 by the Ciancaglini family. The company operates a 27,000-square-foot production facility where it handcrafts gourmet egg rolls in five retail SKUs — Philly Cheesesteak, Buffalo Chicken, Smoked Beef Brisket, Birria Taco, and Spinach Artichoke Dip — differentiated by signature ingredient combinations such as Cooper Sharp American Cheese, Certified Angus Beef, and Tennessee whiskey sauce, along with a handcrafted in-house dough process. The company's short description also references pizza cones as part of its handheld snack portfolio, though current product listings center on egg rolls.

The business runs a hybrid go-to-market: direct-to-consumer e-commerce shipping frozen product nationwide (with delivery currently extended across 17+ eastern US states), regional placement in grocery stores and retail chains, and a foodservice channel anchored by a Fully Cooked Beef Philly Steak SKU designed for high-volume kitchens. Retail pricing is anchored at $9.99 per 6-pack for most varieties and $11.99 for the brisket SKU, with a 12-pack shipping cap per DTC order. The company monetizes via one-time product sales across these three channels, supplemented by a Snack Club loyalty program run through Square.

Chank's is a privately held LLC with concentrated family ownership, no disclosed institutional investors, no funding rounds, and no M&A activity in the public record. Headcount sits in the 11-50 band, and revenue is not publicly disclosed. Marketing is concentrated in organic social (Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, Twitter), and the company has no mobile app, no public APIs, and no disclosed AI/ML capabilities.

Name

Chank's Foods

Legal name

Chank's USA LLC

Website

https://chanksusa.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Chank's Foods is a family-owned, Bridgeton, NJ-based manufacturer of handcrafted gourmet frozen egg rolls (and pizza cones), sold via DTC e-commerce, regional grocery retail across 17+ eastern US states, and foodservice channels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Frozen Snack Foods

NAICS

Other Snack Food Manufacturing (311919), Frozen Specialty Food Manufacturing (311412)

SIC

Food And Kindred Products (2000), Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090)

akta.pro primary industry

Specialty Snack Foods Manufacturing (Ethnic/Regional, Gourmet, Functional) (AFAKAIAO)

akta.pro secondary industry

Cold Prepared Foods & Meal Components (Sides, Proteins, Family Meals) (CRAHAKAC)

Keywords

• Specialty egg rolls
• Frozen appetizers
• Handheld snacks
• Handcrafted frozen foods
• Gourmet snack foods

Headquarters

HQ city

Bridgeton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Direct Product Sales: One-time purchase of frozen egg roll products sold directly to consumers via e-commerce and through retail/grocery stores and foodservice outlets.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Chank's Foods manufactures and sells handcrafted, premium specialty egg rolls in distinctive crossover flavors (Philly Cheesesteak, Buffalo Chicken, Smoked Beef Brisket, Birria Taco, and Spinach Artichoke Dip), packaged in 6-packs and distributed through DTC e-commerce, regional grocery retail, and a foodservice channel. The company also produces a Fully Cooked Beef Philly Steak product line targeted at foodservice operators, all made at its 27,000 sq ft production facility in Bridgeton, NJ.

Product overview

Chank's Foods is a specialty egg roll company offering a focused product portfolio of five gourmet egg roll varieties, each featuring unique fillings such as Philly cheesesteak, buffalo chicken, smoked beef brisket, birria taco, and spinach artichoke dip. All products are sold in 6-packs (except Philly Cheesesteak and Buffalo Chicken which are also available in 4-pack options), shipped frozen with dry ice for optimal freshness. The company also offers a foodservice-specific product—the Fully Cooked Beef Philly Steak—targeting restaurants and high-volume kitchens. Founded in 2019 by the Ciancaglini family and operating from a 27,000-square-foot facility in Bridgeton, NJ, the products are available direct-to-consumer online and through retail/grocery stores in select northeastern states.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Philly Cheesesteak Egg Rolls (6-Pack) Handcrafted frozen specialty egg rolls filled with a Philly cheesesteak-inspired mixture, sold as a 6-pack to retail consumers seeking premium, flavor-forward frozen snacks for home preparation.
• Buffalo Chicken Egg Rolls (6-Pack) Handcrafted frozen specialty egg rolls filled with a buffalo chicken-inspired mixture, packaged as a 6-pack for retail consumers looking for bold-flavor appetizers.
• Smoked Beef Brisket Egg Rolls (6-Pack) Handcrafted frozen specialty egg rolls featuring a smoked beef brisket-inspired filling, sold as a 6-pack to retail consumers seeking elevated BBQ-style flavors.
• Birria Taco Egg Rolls (6-Pack) Handcrafted frozen specialty egg rolls featuring a birria taco-inspired filling, packaged as a 6-pack for retail consumers interested in trending Mexican-crossover flavors.
• Spinach Artichoke Dip Egg Rolls (6-Pack) Handcrafted frozen specialty egg rolls featuring a spinach artichoke dip-inspired filling, sold as a 6-pack to retail consumers (including vegetarian-leaning shoppers) seeking classic appetizer flavors in handheld form.
• Fully Cooked Beef Philly Steak (Foodservice) Fully cooked beef Philly steak product line produced by Chank's Foods for foodservice operators (restaurants, concessionaires, caterers) who need a ready-to-finish, authentic Philly-style protein for menu applications.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Totino's (General Mills): Totino's Pizza Rolls are the most direct frozen filled-handheld snack comparable to Chank's egg rolls — same category (frozen handheld filled snacks), same mass grocery channel, similar at-home preparation occasion, but a much larger national brand owner (General Mills).
• Bibigo (CJ CheilJedang): Bibigo is a Korean-style frozen-food brand best known for frozen dumplings, potstickers, and mandu — direct overlap with Chank's as a frozen, filled, dough-wrapped handheld snack in U.S. retail, positioned as a premium/trend-forward brand with a national distribution footprint.
• Tai Pei (Ajinomoto Foods North America): Tai Pei is a long-standing frozen Asian-style handheld entrée brand (egg rolls, potstickers, fried rice) sold through U.S. grocery — same product category, same retail channel, and similar handheld snack/meal use case as Chank's.
• El Monterey (Flagstone Foods): El Monterey is a leading frozen-Mexican-handheld brand (burritos, chimichangas, taquitos, egg rolls) sold nationally in grocery — same frozen, filled, handheld snack/meal positioning in U.S. retail as Chank's, but with much broader flavor range and scale.
• Kahiki Foods: Kahiki is an established U.S. frozen-egg-roll and Asian-appetizer manufacturer with direct product overlap (frozen egg rolls, spring rolls, rangoons); comparable in being a specialty frozen handheld brand sold through grocery retail and foodservice, though larger and broader-line than Chank's.
• InnovAsian Cuisine: InnovAsian is a U.S. frozen Asian-style food brand with broad retail distribution of potstickers, egg rolls, and fried rice — same product category (frozen egg rolls / handheld Asian snacks), same U.S. grocery channel, and similar value-tier positioning.

Broad incumbents

• Hot Pockets (Nestlé USA): Nestlé's Hot Pockets brand is the dominant frozen filled handheld in U.S. retail — same product format (frozen, filled, heat-and-eat handheld), same grocery channel, and same target use case, but at vastly larger national scale and broader flavor variety.
• PF Chang's Home Menu: PF Chang's Home Menu is a licensed frozen-Asian-entrée brand offering dumplings and dim-sum-style appetizers comparable to Chank's gourmet egg-roll positioning — overlapping premium Asian-handheld use case but broader line and powered by ConAgra's national distribution.
• Yelloh (formerly Schwan's): Yelloh/Schwan's is one of the largest U.S. frozen-food companies (delivery, retail, foodservice) carrying multiple frozen handheld snacks and appetizers — overlapping retail and foodservice distribution footprint with Chank's and operating at vastly larger scale.

Others

• Trader Joe's (store brand frozen appetizers): Trader Joe's is included as an adjacent comparable because its in-house frozen appetizer/handheld assortment (e.g., egg rolls, dumplings) competes for the same 'premium frozen snack' occasion for the same consumer demographic, though as a private-label retailer rather than a manufacturer comparable to Chank's.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/chanksusa
• Facebookfacebook.com/chanksusa
• Instagraminstagram.com/chanksusa
• TikToktiktok.com/@chanksusa
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/chankspizzacones

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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