Foodie City Network

What Foodie City Network does

Foodie City Network is a specialty food e-commerce retailer headquartered in the Coastal Carolinas of South Carolina, operating a curated direct-to-consumer storefront at foodiecitynetwork.com on BigCommerce infrastructure. The company sources and merchandises gourmet, artisanal, and international food products across categories including specialty cheeses, frozen foods, charcuterie, condiments, sauces, chocolates, beverages, and cooking kits, with a particular emphasis on hard-to-find items from French, German, Greek, Italian, and Scandinavian origins, plus dietary-specific assortments for gluten-free, keto, vegan, organic, kosher, and non-GMO consumers. The product catalog also extends to home essentials (cooking tools, cookware, kits, serveware) and a curated selection of gift boxes and the 'Little Foodie Surprises' subscription offering.

The business operates across several demand channels from a single inventory base: a mass-market DTC storefront, a dedicated wholesale program for foodservice and bulk buyers, a corporate and events gifting division, and a subscription/mystery box product. Pricing is uniformly transactional and per-unit, with SKUs ranging from roughly $8 entry-level items to $349 premium cheese offerings and gift boxes priced $22–$150. A recipe content library (sourced from established culinary publications such as Food Network and Food & Wine), newsletter signup, and product-feature blog content serve as the primary marketing and SEO assets; no app, API, SDK, or disclosed proprietary technology stack exists beyond the underlying BigCommerce platform. No ownership, funding, parent company, or investor information is disclosed.

The primary customer base is individual U.S. consumers who are home cooking enthusiasts seeking specialty and international ingredients, augmented by secondary segments in catering/events bulk ordering and corporate gifting. The company describes itself as serving 'hundreds of specialty foods for catering, bulk orders, foodservice / restaurants' via contact-based special-order handling. No enterprise customer logos, named accounts, or revenue disclosures are present in the source data, and headcount sits at 11–50 employees.

Name

Foodie City Network

Legal name

Foodie City Network

Website

https://foodiecitynetwork.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Foodie City Network is a South Carolina-based DTC e-commerce retailer selling curated gourmet, international, and specialty foods — plus dietary-specific assortments, cooking tools, and gift and subscription boxes — to U.S. home cooks, foodservice buyers, and corporate gifting customers via a BigCommerce storefront.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Specialty Food E-commerce

NAICS

Other Specialty Food Retailers (44529)

SIC

Retail-Food Stores (5400)

akta.pro primary industry

Gourmet & Fine Food Stores (CRAHAGAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Local Chef/Restaurant Meal Boxes & Marketplace Prepared Meals (CRAHAJAI)

Keywords

• Specialty food retail
• Gourmet online store
• International food products
• Subscription food boxes
• Corporate food gifting

Headquarters

HQ city

Murrells Inlet

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Direct E-commerce Product Sales: Foodie City Network operates as an online specialty food retailer, selling gourmet foods, cooking tools, and specialty ingredients directly to consumers through its BigCommerce-powered e-commerce platform. Products include frozen foods, cheeses, charcuterie, international foods, and cooking kits sold at individual unit prices.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Foodie City Network is an online specialty food retailer that curates and sells gourmet, international, and dietary-specific foods (cheeses, charcuterie, frozen foods, seafood, sauces, snacks, beverages) along with cooking tools, curated gift boxes, and subscription food boxes directly to U.S. consumers via a BigCommerce storefront. It also operates wholesale and corporate gifting programs for restaurants, caterers, and businesses needing bulk or branded gift orders.

Product overview

Foodie City Network is a specialty food e-commerce platform built on BigCommerce infrastructure, offering a curated marketplace for gourmet, artisanal, and international food products. The platform operates across multiple product categories: Home Essentials (Cooking Tools, Cookware, Kits, Serveware), a comprehensive Pantry & Fridge section featuring specialty foods across categories like cheese, condiments, pasta, and organic/keto/vegan options, Best Sellers highlighting popular items, New Products featuring international foods (French, German, Greek, Italian, Scandinavian origins), Gifts/Foodie Boxes including curated gift collections and The Foodie Box subscription, and Recipes section. The business also serves wholesale and corporate customers through dedicated programs. Notable featured products include premium seafood dumplings, wild game meats, artisan cheeses, and specialty international items like Norwegian lefse and Swedish caviar.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• The Foodie Box (subscription)

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Mouth.com: Direct-to-consumer gourmet food and snack subscription/gift-box retailer. Comparable assortment curation, gifting orientation, and subscription mechanics to Foodie City Network's Foodie Box offerings.
• Goldbelly: Online marketplace specializing in curated artisanal and regional foods from restaurants and food makers across the US. Closely comparable to Foodie City Network's food-creator marketplace model and gift-box positioning.
• iGourmet: Long-standing online gourmet food retailer specializing in imported cheeses, meats, chocolates, and specialty ingredients. Direct comparable in assortment depth and gift-box orientation.
• Murray's Cheese: Specialty cheese retailer offering curated domestic and imported cheeses via e-commerce. Comparable to the specialty/international cheese category that is a focal point of Foodie City Network's assortment.
• Thrive Market: Online membership-based retailer focused on natural, organic, and dietary-specific (gluten-free, keto, vegan) products. Directly comparable to Foodie City Network's deep dietary-specific assortment and DTC model.

Broad incumbents

• Boxed: Online bulk retailer serving both consumers and businesses with specialty foods and pantry items. Comparable in B2B/wholesale channel and bulk specialty positioning.
• Harry & David: Established gourmet food and gift retailer with strong corporate gifting business. Comparable in gifting and premium assortment but operates at significantly larger scale and brand recognition.
• FreshDirect: Online grocery retailer with strong specialty and prepared foods offering. Competes for similar customer occasions (home cooking, entertaining) but operates at much broader grocery scale.

Others

• Shopify (Food Creators ecosystem): Underlying commerce platform used by independent food creators who could otherwise be aggregated by Foodie City Network's marketplace. Represents an alternative go-to-market path for the same food creators the company courts.
• Etsy (Food & Gourmet category): Major online marketplace where many small-batch food creators and gourmet makers already sell. A competing channel for the same food creators Foodie City Network is trying to onboard.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/FoodieCity
• Facebookfacebook.com/FoodieCityNetwork
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/foodie-city-network

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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