Frontier Foods & Cold Storage

What Frontier Foods & Cold Storage does

Frontier Foods & Cold Storage is a US-based wholesale food distributor founded in 1989 and headquartered at 1601 E 4th Avenue, El Paso, Texas. The company operates as a subsidiary of the Mexican food company Bafar, sharing the bafar-usa.com corporate email domain and branding itself as operating "With the quality of Bafar." Frontier Foods imports, exports, and distributes perishable and non-perishable protein and prepared-food products across the US-Mexico border, holding the permits, certifications, and authorizations required for international trade in temperature-sensitive goods.

The company's product portfolio spans seven categories — pork, turkey, beef, breaded products, dairy, deli meats, and poultry — with multiple stock-keeping units per category (e.g., four turkey ham variants, five breaded chicken SKUs, several bacon and sausage formats). Frontier Foods maintains a multi-temperature cold chain offering dry, refrigerated, and frozen transport and storage capabilities, anchored at its El Paso facility, which serves as a logistics gateway between Mexican supply and US wholesale buyers.

Commercially, Frontier Foods runs a sales-led B2B wholesale distribution model with minimum order sizes starting at a pallet or full truckload, targeting food service operators, retailers, and distributors in the Southwest United States. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed. The company operates a bilingual English/Spanish website to serve Hispanic foodservice buyers, and its marketing channels are limited to its own website and an email newsletter, with no active social media presence identified. The firm has 51-100 employees, is privately held with no disclosed funding or external investors, and has no public revenue figures, named customer accounts, or disclosed management team.

Name

Frontier Foods & Cold Storage

Legal name

Frontier Foods & Cold Storage

Website

https://frontierfoods.us

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Frontier Foods & Cold Storage is a privately held, El Paso-based wholesale distributor of protein and prepared-food products (pork, beef, poultry, turkey, deli meats, dairy, breaded), operating since 1989 as a subsidiary of Bafar with cross-border import/export and multi-temperature cold chain logistics for B2B foodservice and retail buyers.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Wholesale Food Distribution

NAICS

Meat and Meat Product Merchant Wholesalers (42447), Poultry and Poultry Product Merchant Wholesalers (424440), Packaged Frozen Food Merchant Wholesalers (42442)

SIC

Wholesale-Groceries & Related Products (5140), Wholesale-Groceries, General Line (5141)

akta.pro primary industry

Refrigerated Meat & Charcuterie Wholesale (AFAIAHAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Frozen Meat, Poultry & Seafood Wholesale (AFAIAHAF), Meat, Poultry & Seafood Refrigerated Warehousing (TLALABAC), Beef Wholesale (Primal/Subprimal, Boxed Beef) (AFAIADAA)

Keywords

• Wholesale food distribution
• Cold chain logistics
• International food import export
• Meat protein wholesale
• Frozen refrigerated storage

Headquarters

HQ city

El Paso

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Wholesale Food Product Sales: Revenue generated through wholesale distribution of protein products (pork, beef, poultry, turkey) and prepared foods (deli meats, dairy, breaded products). Sales conducted at pallet and full truckload volumes, indicating a transaction-based B2B model.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Frontier Foods & Cold Storage is a wholesale food distributor that imports, exports, and distributes protein and prepared food products (pork, beef, poultry, turkey, deli meats, dairy, and breaded items) to food service operators, retailers, and distributors. Sales begin at pallet or full truckload volumes, supported by dry, refrigerated, and frozen transport and storage infrastructure and the full suite of international logistics permits and certifications. The company operates under the quality standards of parent company Bafar from its El Paso, Texas headquarters.

Product overview

Frontier Foods & Cold Storage is a wholesale food distribution company offering import, export, and distribution services for perishable and non-perishable food products. The company operates as a single-service food wholesale platform focused on providing bulk meat, poultry, dairy, and breaded products to businesses, with a minimum order starting from a pallet or full load. The product portfolio includes seven core categories: Pork (Horneado, Tradicional Cooked Ham, Salchichón Mexicano, Extrafino Cooked Ham), Turkey (Virginia Brand, Pondermex Baby Turkey Ham, Turkey Ham variants, Extrafino Turkey Ham), Beef (Sliced Beef Shoulder Clod, Tripitas, Scalded Beef Tripe, Minced Beef Picada), Breaded Products (Chicken Breast Shaped, Chicken Tender Shape, Nugget Shaped Breaded Patties, Natural Boneless Breaded Chicken Breast Chunks, Buffalo Style Boneless Breast Chunks), Dairy (Quesadilla Cheese, Muenster Cheese, Head Cheese), Deli Meat (Smoked Bacon varieties, Salchicha para Asar), and Poultry (Chicken Franks). All products are sourced with the quality assurance of Bafar and supported by dry, refrigerated, and frozen transport and storage capabilities.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Wholesale Pork Products Pork products distributed at wholesale to food service operators, retailers, and distributors, including cooked hams and traditional Mexican pork preparations.
• Wholesale Poultry Products Poultry products distributed at wholesale to food service operators, retailers, and distributors, including prepared poultry frankfurters.
• Wholesale Beef Products Beef products distributed at wholesale to food service operators, retailers, and distributors, including sliced beef shoulder, tripe, and beef preparations.
• Wholesale Breaded Products Breaded chicken products distributed at wholesale to food service operators, retailers, and distributors, including shaped patties and boneless breast chunks.
• Wholesale Dairy Products Dairy products distributed at wholesale to food service operators, retailers, and distributors, including cheeses suited for Mexican and general food service use.
• Wholesale Deli Meat Products Deli meat products distributed at wholesale to food service operators, retailers, and distributors, including sausages and smoked bacon in bulk and consumer pack sizes.
• Wholesale Turkey Products Turkey products distributed at wholesale to food service operators, retailers, and distributors, including turkey hams in standard, low sodium, and premium variants.
• International Import and Export Logistics International logistics services supporting import and export of perishable and non-perishable food products, with all required permits, certifications, and authorizations held by the company. Targeted at wholesale buyers requiring cross-border cold chain sourcing.
• Cold Chain Transport and Storage Refrigerated and frozen transport and warehousing services supporting the wholesale protein and prepared food distribution operations, offered alongside the product portfolio.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• BafarcoreOthersBafar is the parent company providing quality assurance and brand backing for Frontier Foods. The company markets itself as 'Leadership In Wholesale Supply. With the quality of Bafar.' Bafar logo appears on the website footer indicating a strong parent-subsidiary relationship. Bafar-USA email domain confirms the corporate affiliation.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Others

• Goya Foods: Largest Hispanic-food producer and distributor in the US with broad deli meat, dairy, and pantry categories. Comparable Hispanic-channel focus and product overlap, though Goya is primarily branded manufacturer-led distribution.
• Americold Logistics: Largest US temperature-controlled warehousing and cold-chain logistics operator. Comparable cold storage and frozen/refrigerated transport capabilities, though operating at infrastructure scale rather than protein distribution.

Regional players

• Labatt Food Service: Southwest and Texas-focused broadline foodservice distributor with strong Hispanic-market product assortment. Closest geographic and demographic competitor to Frontier Foods.
• Reinhart Foodservice: Midwest and national foodservice distributor with broad protein and refrigerated capabilities. Comparable wholesale B2B distribution model to foodservice customers.
• Cheney Brothers: Southeast-US foodservice distributor with broad protein, dairy, and frozen assortment. Similar B2B pallet-to-truckload sales motion and overlapping customer base of restaurants and retailers.
• Shamrock Foods Company: Southwest-US-focused foodservice distributor headquartered in Arizona with meat, dairy, and frozen capabilities. Highly comparable regional wholesale model and product categories to Frontier.
• Ben E. Keith Foods: Regional foodservice distributor serving the Southwest and South-Central US with broad protein and grocery lines. Comparable B2B wholesale distribution model across similar product categories.

Broad incumbents

• US Foods: Major US foodservice wholesaler carrying beef, pork, poultry, deli meats, and dairy. Directly comparable business model to Frontier at national scale, competing for the same foodservice and retail accounts.
• Performance Food Group: Large multi-segment foodservice distributor with protein and broad-line offerings. Comparable wholesale B2B model with broader geographic coverage than Frontier's Southwest focus.
• Sysco: Largest US foodservice distributor offering broad-line protein, dairy, and frozen categories. Overlaps with Frontier on pallet/load wholesale to restaurants and retailers, but at vastly greater scale and national reach.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/frontier-foods

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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