Best Startup
This article showcases our top picks for the best Louisiana based Food and Beverage companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Food and Beverage industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
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Top Louisiana Food and Beverage Startups
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Arby’s Restaurant
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Arby’s Restaurant Group, Inc. is the second largest quick-service sandwich chain in the U.S. with more than 3,400 restaurants system wide.
Brass Roots
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Brass Roots provides nutrition-packed and affordable snacks.
Louisiana Pepper Exchange
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Louisiana Pepper Exchange imports and manufactures chili pepper variety.
Neighbors
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Neighbors is a manufacturing company that focuses on producing cookie dough.
Chick-fil-A
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Chick-fil-A is a fast food restaurant company that offers chicken sandwich and healthy foods for its customers.
Lamm Food
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Lamm Food Service is a full line foodservice distributor.
Savannah Bourbon
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Savannah Bourbon manufactures cocktails and Lowcountry refreshments.
Bayou Teche Brewing
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Bayou Teche Brewing offers craft beers that complement the cuisine and lifestyle of every individual.
Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers
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Raising Cane’s Chicken Fingers is a fast-food restaurant chain specializing in chicken fingers,
BBQ Guys
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BBQGuys is an e-commerce retailer of premium grills, BBQ smokers, and outdoor living products for both homeowners and professional builders.
Bootleg Distillation
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Bootleg Distillation produces and sells craft vodka.
Sazerac Company
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The Sazerac Company is a privately held alcoholic beverages company.
Tabasco
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Tabasco® brand products are made by mcilhenny company, founded in 1868 on avery island, louisiana
Krispy Krunchy Foods, LLC
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Krispy Krunchy Foods is a food production company that provides chicken products.
Reily Foods Company
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Reily Foods Company manufactures and markets a wide range of quality food products sold in grocery stores.
Politan Group
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Multi-unit Food Hall Developer with SaaS management tools and multiple design and operations awards
Crown Products
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Crown Products company delegates packaging and shipping of high-quality pulses and foodstuff products under the world-renowned Crown brand.
Community Coffee
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Community Coffee Company, L.L.C. roasts and distributes coffees and teas.
Walk On’s Bistreaux & Bar
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Walk On’s Bistreaux & Bar is a restaurant and bar that offers Louisiana styled food.
Apparel By Home Run
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Outdoor Fishing and Hunting Apparel. Veteran Owned Company. We are known for our uniquely designed embroidered 50+ UV Shirts.
Baumer Foods
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Baumer is rich in tradition and richer in flavor. Baumer Foods is a Louisiana institution and growing condiment manufacturers.
KH International
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KH International provides sourcing, transportation and sales of quality fruit and food products throughout the world.
Pj’s Coffee of New Orleans
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PJ’s Coffee of New Orleans produces, serves and supplies online a wide variety of coffee beverages, organic tea and pastries.
Crescent Crown Distributing
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Crescent Crown Distributing is one of the beer distributors representing top breweries such as Coors and Millers.
Athenos
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Athenos is a company that makes the top-selling feta cheese in the U.S.
The Fresh Connection LLC
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The Fresh Connection LLC exports farm-fresh fruits and vegetables to wholesale distributors and retailers.
Magic Seasoning Blends
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Magic Seasoning Blends is a food production company.
Diversified Foods and Seasonings, LLC
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Diversified Foods and Seasonings is a food production company that provides custom dry blends and kettle cooked products.
Oleolive
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Olive Oil is a biotechnology company that produces extra virgin olive oil.
Creole Cuisine Restaurant Concepts
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Creole Cuisine Restaurant Concepts is a restaurant offering authentic new Orleans cuisine.
Swerve Sweetener
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Swerve is a delicious natural sweetener that measures cup-for-cup just like sugar!
Metropolitan Meat, Seafood & Poultry
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Metropolitan Meat, Seafood and Poultry is the Mid-Atlantic’s foremost center-of-the-plate and specialty food distributor.
Rotolo’s Pizzeria
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Rotolo’s Pizzeria is an Italian restaurant franchise that offers pick-up, dining, and catering for their specialty pizzas.
Emeril’s Homebase
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Emeril’s Homebase is a restaurant that provides party planning and restaurant operations services.
225 Magazine
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A monthly lifestyle magazine that covers the people, places, food, events and arts and culture .
Chalmette Refining
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Chalmette Refining is a producer of approximately 80,000 barrels per day of gasoline.
Pat O’Brien’s Bar Inc.
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Pat O’Brien’s Bar is a hospitality company offering Outdoor Dining services.
Endymion Spirits Co.
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Wine, Spirits & Beverage distribution company. Private Label collaborator.
Ballard Brands LLC
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Ballard Brands is a privately held, multi-branded restaurant, food and coffee company, based out of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Pon Food Corporation
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Pon Food Corporation is a frozen retail distributor.
Abita Brewing Co.
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Abita Brewing Co. is a food & beverages company specializing in beer in Louisiana.
Doerle Food Service
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Doerle Food Service distributes grocery, meats, produce, paper, chemicals, and table top supplies.
Fat Tuesday
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Fat Tuesday is a food & beverages company providing frozen drink and products.
Louisiana Restaurant Association
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Louisiana Restaurant Association is a non-profit business association of the hospitality and foodservice industry.
Sucre
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Sucre delivers and markets a wide range of classic macarons, cupcakes, chocolates, gelato, and seasonal sweets for various occasions.
Reginelli’s Pizzeria
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Reginelli’s Pizzeria is a restaurants that serves hand-tossed pizza, signature salads, baked pasta, and sandwiches.
Big Easy Bucha
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Big Easy Bucha is a producer of healthy, refreshing, and organic kombucha beverages.
Tin Roof Brewing Co.
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Tin Roof Brewing Co. was started by two childhood friends with a passion for beer and a desire to create their own Southern.
Good Eats Kitchen
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GEK offers ready-to-eat, quality prepared meals to the Lake Charles, Lafayette, and Baton Rouge area.
Galatoire’s Restaurant
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Galatoire’s Restaurant is a hospitality company providing dining services.
CC’s Coffee House
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CC’s Coffee House is a food & beverages company providing coffee and beverages.
Country Maid
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Country Maid provides services in the form of employment, business partnerships, food manufacturing, and business services.
Your Nutrition Delivered
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Your Nutrition Delivered is a New Orleans-based company delivering fresh, healthy, delicious food to your doorstep.
King Cake Shop
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King Cake Shop is a bakery that offers in store and delivery options.
Free Your Tea
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Free Your Tea is a personalized tea subscription that discovers and delivers teas tailored to tastes.
SKYY Spirits
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SKYY Spirits is the manufacturer of the alcoholic beverage, SKYY Vodka.
Frymaster
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Frymaster supplies commercial fryers, frying systems, water-bath thermalizes, pasta cookers, and other related products.
Cannata’s Market
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Cannata’s Market is an e-commerce platform for bakery products and grocery products.
Atlas Carbon
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Atlas Carbon produces premium-grade, low-cost activated carbon products for air and water treatment systems. Located in Gillette Wyoming
Pepper Source
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Pepper Source provides customers with custom culinary creations to meet their sauce, glaze, dry rub, and breading needs.
Chef John Folse & Co
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Chef John Folse & Co is a restaurant chain that provides food manufacturing and international catering services.
Diversified Foods
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Diversified Foods is the sales and marketing firm for the companies’ food and beverage products.
Natural Advantage
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Natural Advantage is a food & beverages company specializing in kosher flavor ingredients.
Q&C
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Q & C is a boutique hotel and bar located in New Orleans that offers southern hospitality, food and environment.
Panola Pepper
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Panola Pepper is a food and beverage company that specializes in tasty food stuff for folks who love tasty food stuff.
Elmer Chocolate
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Elmer Chocolate manufactures confectionaries like chocolates, candies, and chocolate syrup.
Handsome Hank Grooming Co.
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We are committed to be the best damn men’s grooming company and our goal is to be a one-stop shop for all your grooming needs.
Refreshment Solutions
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Refreshment is a family owned and operated vending, micro-market and office coffee provider in Gulf Coast.
Manda Fine Meats
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Manda Fine Meats specializes in smoked sausage, andouille, boudin, Cajun deli meats, and hog head cheese.
Momables
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Momables is a company which helps parents to make fresh lunches for kids.
New Orleans Hamburger & Seafood Co
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New Orleans Hamburger & Seafood Co. delivers only the freshest, most fulfilling local fare at a price that excludes none.
Nottoway Plantation & Resort
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Nottoway Plantation & Resort is an upscale resort built on a historic plantation that lies between Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana.
Frugé Seafood
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Frugé Seafood is a wholesaler and distributor of seafood.
Uncorked
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Uncorked is a wine and spirits company that imports and distributes artisan wines, spirits, and brews from all over the world.
Marque’s Food Distributors
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Marque’s Food Distributors offers wholesale distribution of a general line of groceries.
Peppers Unlimited of Louisiana
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Peppers Unlimited of Louisiana is a food production company that specializes in food production.
Premier Catering & Events
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Premier Catering & Events specializes in catering, hospitality, food, and beverage services for events.
Red Stick Spice
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Red Stick Spice is a spice and tea shop that sells its food products on this site.
Acme Oyster House
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Acme Oyster House offers a true local seafood experience with locations across the Gulf South.
Prospectors Cold Brew Coffee
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Prospectors Cold Brew Coffee is patiently crafted with real, simple ingredients.
Cajun Claws Seafood Boilers
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Cajun Claws Seafood Boilers is a restaurant chain that offers seafood, crawfish, shrimps, king crabs, appetizers, desserts and beverages.
Santa Fe Cattle Company
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Santa Fe Cattle Company is a restaurant specializing in ground beef and southwest food.
Scariano Brothers
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Scariano Brothers is a wholesale and retail food and meat distributor company.
Lucys Retired Sufers Bar & Restaurant
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Lucys Retired Sufers Bar & Restaurant is a hospitality company that offers private event and bar services.
TLC Linen Services
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TLC Linen Services provides products, services, and supplies to food and beverage.
Red Fish Grill
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Red Fish Grill is a food, and beverage industry firm.
WOW Cafe & Wingery
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WOW Cafe & Wingery is a privately held food and beverages company.
Startup Food Biz
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Startup Food Biz provides tools and resources to help navigate food-related laws and regulations.
The Olive Branch Cafe
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The Olive Branch Cafe is a restaurant that offers a wide range of salads, soups, appetizers, wraps, subs, pizza, and other cuisines.
Swamp Dragon
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Swamp Dragon is an online boutique and wholesaler of hot sauce with bourbon, rum, vodka, or tequila.
Mary Lee Donuts
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Mary Lee Donuts specializes in the production and sale of a variety of donuts and other confectionery products.
The Osterfeld Agency
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Osterfeld Agency is a consulting firm specializing in food brands.
Pontchartrain Systems
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Pontchartrain Systems provides and services NCR Aloha POS products for retail, restaurants, and the hotel industry.
Indie Plate
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Indie Plate is a online grocery store is full of fresh items.
Cousin Boudreaux’s Cajun Food’s
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Cousin Boudreaux’s Cajun Food’s offers a line of food and dip mixes.
Tunk’s Cypress Inn
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Tunk’s Cypress Inn is a restaurant located in Boyce.
Couchster
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Couchster is an online ordering platform that enables users to find, order, and get food delivered from restaurants in their locality.
