This article showcases our top picks for the best Rhode Island 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
Top Rhode Island Food and Beverage Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
United Natural Foods
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UNFI is the leading independent national distributor of natural, organic and specialty foods and related products.
Feast & Fettle
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Feast & Fettle is a vertically-integrated meal service dedicated to connecting families.
Narragansett Beer
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Narragansett Beer is a Rhode Island-based beer company.
Uproot
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Uproot helps food services meet demand for plant milk by offering the best varieties served from convenient dispensers.
Farmer Willie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer
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Farmer Willie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer based on the secret, homemade recipe of Farmer Willie Fenichel.
Rhode Island Community Food Bank
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Rhode Island Community Food Bank has been distributing millions of pounds of food to those in need of assistance.
The Industrious Spirit Company
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The Industrious Spirit Company is produces Wine, beer and spirits.
Gilbane, Inc
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Gilbane, Inc. is one of the largest privately held family-owned construction and real estate development firms in the industry.
Specpage
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Specpage offers comprehensive tools for connecting product data information in the food service and janitorail and sanitation industries.
Pet Food Experts
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Pet Food Experts is a wholesale company specializing in pet foods and supplies.
A.J. Oster
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A.J. Oster engages in the custom processing and distribution of metal foils, strips, and sheets.
Wildtree Herbs
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Wildtree is an direct-sales company in food and beverage industry.
ToGoBOX
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Virtual Food Court for Re-Engaging Your Workforce
White Horse Vapor
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White Horse Vapor is one of the fastest growing retailers of premium eliquid and vape supplies and accessories.
Autocrat
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Autocrat is respected as coffee experts with over 100 years of tradition and experience.
Supermercados Econo Inc
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Supermercados Econo is a supermarket company providing recipes and kitchen solutions.
PawPots
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PawPots is a pet service that offers real and healthy food made for dogs.
Howley Bread Group, Ltd., a franchisee of Panera, LLC
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Howley Bread Group is a restaurant that produces bread and bakery products.
Daniele
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Daniele produces specialty Italian charcuterie and deli meats, including prosciutto, salame, and snack packs.
Galaxy Nutritional Foods
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Galaxy Nutritional Foods is the branded cheese alternative company in North America.
Relish
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Relish offers the plan to get out of the dinner rut for good and offer gluten free meal plans too.
KAUFMAN SALES
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Kaufman Sales a culinary-related business and sales and marketing firm, offers disposable foodservice packaging to foodservice wholesalers.
Glee Gum
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Verve is an independent, certified woman-owned business, dedicated to linking world communities and creating environmentally Company.
SR2Software
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SR2Software specializes in developing software products for small and medium-sized food distribution, wholesale, and broker customers.
Go Veggie
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GO VEGGIE provides many products & flavors to satisfy cheese-lover’s craving, create a low-fat, cholesterol & lactose-free cheese product.
The Valley Breeze
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The Valley Breeze is a newspaper company offering news, stories, fashion, art, and food updates.
Anna’s Kitchen
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Anna’s Kitchen provides a organic and clean ingredients for healthy living.
Dean Street Taco Chips
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We are a specialty food company producing “Dean Street Taco Chips’ in four flavors: Sea Salt, Multigrain, Rice & Bean, and Chili Lime.
Douglas Wine & Spirits
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Douglas Wine & Spirits is an online shop that supplies a wide range of wines, spirits, beer and snacks.
Pie Guys Restaurants
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Pie Guys Restaurants operators of the Rapid Fired Pizza Spartanburg, Greenville, and Easley South Carolina locations.
Agniel Commodities
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Agniel Commodities is a cash broker that provides sourcing and sales services that help to trade commodities expertise in grains & oilseeds.
Frescolive
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Frescolive is the fastest way to serve the freshest olives.
The Francis Malbone House
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The Francis Malbone House – Luxurious bed and breakfast located along Newport’s downtown harborfront.
Comanzo and company
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Comanzo and company’s goal is to bake the best cookies and biscotti possible and make them with the best ingredients.
Oh My Dog
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Oh My Dog is a pet supply retailer that also operates a dog rescue program while offering dog grooming, training, and boarding services.
Amalfi Fine Catering
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Amalfi Fine Catering offers exquisite on and off-site catering services.
Great Northern Products
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Great Northern Products is bringing to market the wealth of seafood products harvested & processed by its family of affiliated producers.