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Simple, custom web scraping tools for researchers, growth hackers, marketing & sales teams.

Phin & Phebes Ice Cream - specialty foods

Phin & Phebes Ice Cream

All-natural ice cream flavors like you've never tasted before.
Phin & Phebes was founded on the notion that people want and deserve bold, full-flavored ice cream made with no preservatives, conventional stabilizers or syrups of any kind. Phin & Phebes made ice cream for the first time in their home kitchen in 2010 after trying ...

Village Fishmonger - food and beverages ventures for good green specialty foods

Village Fishmonger

Local, Responsible Seafood.
Village Fishmonger takes the traditional neighborhood fishmonger concept to the next level with "boat-to-table" sourcing and a carefully curated selection of seafood. Our aim is to promote a local and sustainable seafood mission while still making buying and eating ...

Heart Juice - food and beverages specialty foods organic food nutraceutical

Heart Juice

Make your heart happy.
Heart Juice offers an all-natural ready to drink beverage enriched with antioxidants and vitamins to promote heart health and raise heart disease awareness. Heart Disease is the number one killer for both men and women. There are currently no beverages available ...

Invitation codes

The referral community
Invitation App is a social network where people post their referral codes and collect rewards on autopilot.

Voilà Chocolat - custom retail kids specialty retail specialty foods

Voilà Chocolat

Voilà Chocolat is a fun destination for customers to hand-craft their own fine chocolates
Voilà Chocolat is an innovative retail experience, which will allow customers to take part in the magic of creating personalized, one-of-a-kind chocolates that are as delicious as they are unique, for personal consumption or gift giving. Customers’ senses will ...

POParazzi Soda - food and beverages specialty foods

POParazzi Soda

Soda for the Stars
POParazzi Soda is the world's first luxury soda brand. Available in seven exotic flavors, all-natural and calorie-free. Champagne meet soda pop. Pop open, a soda for the stars!

graze - specialty foods subscription businesses Healthy Eating

graze

Nature Delivered
Graze is the largest and fastest growing healthy snacks subscription business in the world. We offer consumers personalized boxes of healthy treats delivered to their door. Founded by 7 friends in London, graze has become a household name in the UK and it has changed ...

Invergo Coffee - consumer goods product design specialty foods coffee

Invergo Coffee

A Better Coffee Brewing Experience at Home
This is Invergo, it is the culmination of 2 years of research and development. We currently have a fully function prototype and the final industrial design. Invergo was designed by taking a comprehensive look at the entire brewing experience. It is extremely easy ...

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Mouth - e-commerce specialty foods indie food

Mouth

Online store for indie foods and spirits, tasty gifts
Indie Food + Spirits. Tasty Gifts. We are the leading online store for Indie food and spirits. Curating the best, most interesting and most delicious things out there. We have over 1200 products, all made in the United States, all of them unique, interesting, ...

Kossar's Bialys and Bagels - food and beverages groceries specialty foods

Kossar's Bialys and Bagels

The finest NYC Bagel & Bialy experience distributed to the world fresh and hot
The best bagels and bialys in New York City - delivered fresh to the world.

Cream + Sugar - e-commerce food and beverages specialty foods coffee

Cream + Sugar

Birchbox for Specialty Coffee
We bring you your favorite coffees and teas, from all around the world. But best of all, we bring them to you every month beautifully packaged and with interactive lessons to help enhance your coffee drinking experience. We search the world for the most unique ...

Froze Innovations - food and beverages wine and spirits restaurants specialty foods

Froze Innovations

Liquid Nitrogen accessibility, safely and easily.
Froze Innovations provides a full service liquid nitrogen system: from set-up to deliveries. We also designed our own line of tools for chefs and bartenders to safely and easily use liquid nitrogen.

Beer Dreamer - e-commerce specialty foods craft beer

Beer Dreamer

Elevating the craft beer experience.
Craft beer is the new wine and Beer Dreamer is bringing it to the masses. The wedge strategy is high-end e-commerce and gifting; the full vision is a 360° presence of media, accessories, and retail locations in this $15Bn market that is growing 20% yoy and accelerating.

Artisan Geek - e-commerce food and beverages specialty retail specialty foods

Artisan Geek

The supplier behind artisan food production
ArtisanGeek is an online merchant and wholesaler of specialty ingredients, tools and supplies to producers of artisan foods - all over the world. We enable artisan food producers to create superior, creative products by giving them immense selection of specialty ...

ValenX - fitness health and wellness specialty foods diabetes

ValenX

Diabetic,hypertension,hi cholesterol diet food at click of button
The idea for the ValenX iOS app stems from the founders' miseries of not finding diabetic & high cholesterol food during long travel spans. When in new cities, ignorant of which restaurants deliver what food, it was virtually impossible for them to satisfy their ...

Urbavour - food and beverages agriculture specialty foods organic food

Urbavour

Local food discovery platform
We curate the best local foods and deliver tasting boxes to customers on a subscription basis.

Zomick's - food and beverages restaurants specialty foods

Zomick's

Best challah ever
The world famous Zomick's brand echoes across the vast space of regular bakeries... Why? Because it is a kosher bakery with much better baking products than all the competitors can offer. So where did this all started? At first, Zomick's Bakery was a small bakery ...

Gotham Cookies - food and beverages specialty foods

Gotham Cookies

Disrupting Delicious Cookies
Unique Cookie Creations Baked in New York City with unique flavors including Salted Caramel, Creme Brulee and Apple Pie. We have a full online ordering system and are crypto-currency friendly. We do hand deliveries in the New York City area and ship nationwide. Best ...

Farm to Baby - baby accessories specialty foods subscription businesses organic food

Farm to Baby

Better baby & kids food by subscription
Farm to Baby makes better foods for babies, toddlers & kids and delivers directly to families. Our minimally processed foods are healthier and better tasting. Plus, recurring delivery solves a major pain for busy parents.

Coconut Craze - health and wellness specialty foods

Coconut Craze

Genuine Superfood
We produce the superfood organic raw coconut cream, an extraction made from mature coconuts. Similar to canned coconut milk but much less processed and not heated or canned. It is a performance enhancing food and health giving food that everyone should be eating.

Chic Sugars - food and beverages specialty foods

Chic Sugars

Custom Cake Bakery
The Company’s current product line consists of made-to-order, hand crafted wedding cakes, custom cakes, cupcakes, cake push-pops and other boutique style sweet treats. Presently, the Company’s sales are limited to special orders made through word-of-mouth referrals ...

Craft Coffee - e-commerce consumer goods specialty foods coffee

Craft Coffee

Moving coffee sales online (YC S14)
Craft Coffee is moving coffee sales onto the internet. We’re building an economic network linking hundreds of coffee roasters to our customers around the world.

Bomboloni - food and beverages hospitality restaurants specialty foods

Bomboloni

Fashionable Dessert Concept
Bomboloni is a three year old Italian Style Dessert concept which highlights Italian doughnuts, gelato and coffee based drinks. In addition the stores sell savory options such as panini's and salads. The store also highlights a variety of stylish apparel. We have ...

Try The World - e-commerce women-focused specialty foods subscription businesses

Try The World

A scalable model to tangibly bring the world to millions of people's homes.
Try The World is the first online discovery platform for international products. Combining compelling content - both expert and user generated - and an e-commerce platform to buy products that are not easily accessible in the United States otherwise, Try The World ...

Pop Bakery - food and beverages restaurants startups specialty foods

Pop Bakery

Custom hand-made cake pops
Specializing in custom hand-made cake pops. Twenty different delicious flavors, ranging from classic red velvet to unique flavors like chocolate covered strawberry. All custom made into any design for all occasions. A cake pop is cake that is mixed with frosting ...

Noir Eclair - food and beverages specialty foods

Noir Eclair

Trendy and cobranded French pastries
Noir Eclair is a collection of delicious sweet and savory pastries (mainly éclairs) inspired by France and the United States. Our products stay close to the detail of the traditional French pastry whilst also referring to the unique trendiness of the modern New ...

Menyooo - marketplaces specialty foods catering

Menyooo

The Social Restaurant
Menyooo gives you the chance to open your own food/catering business. All you need is cooking skill and access to your home kitchen and a free profile in Menyooo. Your cooking skills will no longer be limited to your friends and family. If you are great at making ...

Cidercraft - food and beverages specialty foods

Cidercraft

Welcome to the world of artisanal cider.
Subscription model for artisanal cider.

Brooklyn Brew Shop - e-commerce food and beverages specialty foods craft beer

Brooklyn Brew Shop

Kitchen Friendly Beer Making Kits
Seasonally inspired, stove-top friendly Beer Making Kits, Mixes & brewing acessories to make your own craft beer at home.

Cookie Republic - food and beverages personal health health and wellness specialty foods

Cookie Republic

Gluten Free, Vegan Fireman-made Protein Cookies
Developed by New York firefighters, Cookie Republic™ prides itself on creating only the best tasting, "cravings stopper" cookies. Our products are delicious, healthy and designed to curb hunger. As firefighters who often eat on the go, our cookies are the perfect ...

Stand Coffee - food and beverages specialty foods coffee

Stand Coffee

Great Coffee Everywhere
Stand Coffee serves delicious specialty coffee inside our favorite New York City shops while they aren’t using them. We also brew coffee for events, at parties, and wherever we think is fun. We’re proud to serve coffee from our friends at Cafe Grumpy, roasted in ...

Bye Bye Banana Bread - specialty foods

Bye Bye Banana Bread

Bye Bye Banana Bread, as its namesake implies, is a banana bread business. We specialize in one product: banana bread. But, as the pictures above illustrate, we've gone bananas with our menu! Aside from regular banana bread, we combine culinary curios into our ...

Lansky's Food & Beverage Corporation - retail food and beverages specialty foods

Lansky's Food & Beverage Corporation

High profile retail food products,5 flavors of carbonated sodas, pretzels, potato chips.

TBD - food and beverages wholesale specialty foods

TBD

Specialty Coffee Roasters
Specialty coffee purchased through fair and traceable transactions, roasted to perfection in Brooklyn, NY and delivered locally to high-end restaurants, specialty coffee shops and specialty grocery stores. Unsurpassed customer service will be at the forefront ...

Moms-Platter - restaurants specialty foods

Moms-Platter

Grubhub for People with special Dietary restrictions
MomsPlatter lets you order special diet food from its network of chefs & kitchens & restaurants Suppose you are diabetic and have high cholesterol. Ordering food from Seamless or Grubhub will not work for you as the foods are not sorted for your specific dietary ...

Mariko - food and beverages restaurants specialty foods

Mariko

Luxury, "Clubby" "Sexy" Japanese Restaurant
Working with an Asian palette of flavors and classic French techniques each dish is brought to a high level of execution. Our food is whimsical, yet designed and executed to the highest level. Our exotic sushi bar and Japanese restaurant greets diners with a warm ...

Standard Cocoa - e-commerce specialty foods

Standard Cocoa

Craft Chocolate Subscription Service
Standard Cocoa is a craft chocolate subscription service. Our mission is to connect chocolate lovers with people who love to make chocolate. Every month subscribers receive unique bars of curated chocolate from a featured craft chocolate maker from the United ...

Chopping Block - food and beverages specialty foods Restaurant

Chopping Block

Premium Fast Food and Casual Atmosphere
Chopping Block Is A Concept My Brother And I Thought Of Years Ago. The Intent Is To Build A Hub To Manufacture and Distribute Premium and Fresh Food Roasted Foods Across NYC Boroughs. - Organic Roasted Foods Plated And By The Pan - Artisan Sandwiches Incorporating ...

Nonna's L.E.S. Pizzeria - food and beverages specialty foods franchises

Nonna's L.E.S. Pizzeria

You've Tried The Oldest? Now Try the Most Famous Nonna's L.E.S. Pizzeria "The Magic Slice"
Nonna's L.E.S. Pizzeria is our Gourmet Aspiration of better than good Pizza. "The Magic Slice" is our Famous Grandma Pie. Our pizza is the unorthodox that is the orthodox of creation of our many gourmet signature pies. We are rated by our vision of the customer ...

Free Bread - food and beverages specialty foods

Free Bread

Amazing Gluten-Free Bread
Free Bread's incredible gluten-free bread rolls, hamburger buns and loaves will take you back to the days where you could safely eat gluten- that's how delicious this stuff is. Our products are without a doubt the best on the market- ask any of our 90% return ...

Innovations Unlimited LLC - food and beverages groceries specialty foods

Innovations Unlimited LLC

Make Your Banana Happy
Banana Blasters are individually packaged flavorings for bananas. The flavorings are granular in form and the banana is dipped into the hand held portion cup. The soft texture of the banana and it's moisture content holds a layer (correct amount) of the flavoring ...

MilkMade Ice Cream - e-commerce food and beverages specialty foods subscription businesses

MilkMade Ice Cream

The best ice cream in the most inspired flavors. Hand-delivered.
MilkMade is a craft ice cream brand. Since 2009, we make awesome ice cream in inspired flavors. Our entry to the market is an ice cream membership - two new flavor experiences, hand-delivered every month in NYC. We just delivered flavors 103 and 104, Brie Mine ...

Sweet Submarine - food and beverages specialty foods organic food

Sweet Submarine

Monthly Chocolate Subscription featuring chocolate from around the world.
Each box will feature 5 items, and large enough quantity for our subscribers' family and friends. Because chocolate doesn't taste as good when there is not enough to go around.

Hill Country Pierogi - food and beverages specialty foods

Hill Country Pierogi

Gourmet Pierogi Shop in Manhattan
We are seeking an investor to turn our gourmet pierogi business into a brick and mortar cafe. Pierogi are a traditional favorite enjoyed by many. There is a demand for gourmet pierogi that is going unfilled in Manhattan. Our pierogi are both traditional and modern. ...

Noshman's Bagel - food and beverages specialty foods Retail Grocery Chains Bakeries

Noshman's Bagel

NYC's Finest Bagels Available Anywhere

F - food and beverages specialty foods

F

Revolutionizing Frozen Yogurt

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