KeHE Distributors

KeHE Kicks Off 2025 Season With Successful Summer Show

February 19, 2025 KeHE Distributors

KeHE Distributors®, a distributor of natural & organic, specialty, and fresh products in North America, recently concluded its award-winning 2025 Summer Show in Phoenix and virtually on the KeHE CONNECT® platform, featuring top trends, best-in-class merchandising solutions, and deep Show-Only deals. With 5,000 attendees onsite, the show offered unparalleled networking opportunities and fresh insights into the latest industry trends for this summer. …

KeHE Fuels Growth for Fresh with New Fresh Marketplace

February 23, 2024 KeHE Distributors

KeHE Distributors®, a distributor of natural & organic, specialty, and fresh products in North America, unveiled its new Fresh Marketplace brand and innovative approach to connect consumers to more varieties of Fresh product offerings from around the world. …

Foxtrot Names KeHE Primary Distributor

August 11, 2023 Specialty Foods News

Specialty corner store chain Foxtrot entered a partnership with KeHE on Monday wherein KeHE will serve as the company’s primary distributor. Foxtrot has brick-and-mortar locations throughout the U.S. and ships nationwide. …

KeHE Distributors to Acquire DPI Specialty Foods

May 26, 2023 KeHE Distributors

KeHE Distributors®, a distributor of fresh, natural & organic, and specialty products in North America, today announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire DPI Specialty Foods, a premier distributor across the western United States, from food & beverage focused private equity firm Arbor Investments. Once complete, the complementary strengths of the two entities will provide a robust nationwide fresh offering and an expanded customer portfolio. …

KeHE Announces New President & CEO Deb Conklin

January 6, 2023 KeHE Distributors,

KeHE Distributors today announced that as part of an ongoing succession process, Deb Conklin will become KeHE’s President & CEO on April 1, 2023 and Brandon Barnholt will move into the Executive Chairman role. Mr. Barnholt, who turns 65 in April, has been the company’s President & CEO for fifteen years and helped lead the company through a time of extraordinary growth. During his tenure, KeHE expanded from a Midwest Specialty Distributor to the largest pure play Distributor of Specialty, Natural, Organic and Fresh products in North America including the acquisition of Tree of Life, Nature’s Best and Monterrey Provisions. …