UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington D. C. 20549



FORM 10-Q




Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)or15(d) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 20172021


Transition report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act

For the transition period from _________ to _________.


Commission File Number: 0-9376


INNOVATIVE FOOD HOLDINGS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)


Florida

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)

20-1167761

(IRS Employer I.D. No.)


28411 Race Track Rd.

Bonita Springs, Florida34135

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)


(239) 596-0204

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)


 (Former

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)


Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None.

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

N/A

N/A

N/A

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant: (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  YESNO

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).  YESNO

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer”, “smaller reporting company”, and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

(Check One):

Large Accelerated filer

Accelerated filer                   

Non-accelerated filer    

(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Smaller reporting company

Emerging growth company

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Regulation 12b-2 of the Exchange Act):  YESNO

State the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: 35,086,659 shares of common stock issued and 32,595,54745,747,397 shares of common stock outstanding as of November 9, 2017.17, 2021. 


INNOVATIVE FOOD HOLDINGS, INC.

TABLE OF CONTENTS TO FORM 10-Q


  

Page

PART I.

FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 
   

Item 1.

3

 

3

 

4

 

5

 

6

Notes to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

6

7

Item 2.

23

25

Item 4.

29

34

   

PART II.

OTHER INFORMATION

 
   

Item 1.

30

35

Item 2.

30

35

Item 3.

30

35

Item 4.

30

35

Item 5.

31

35

Item 6.

31

36

 

32

37

 


PART I.FINANCIAL INFORMATION

ITEM1- CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS


Innovative Food Holdings, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance SheetSheets

 

September 30,

  

December 31,

 
 September 30,  December 31,  

2021

  

2020

 
 2017  2016  

(unaudited)

     
ASSETS (unaudited)            
      
Current assets              
Cash and cash equivalents $4,337,662  $3,764,053  $4,018,396  $5,060,015 
Accounts receivable, net  2,417,104   1,538,395   3,580,246   2,380,305 
Inventory  983,733   815,033   2,809,303   3,719,786 
Other current assets  64,367   55,393   350,513   286,815 
Due from related parties  -   - 
Total current assets  7,802,866   6,172,874   10,758,458   11,446,921 
                
Property and equipment, net  1,988,055   2,068,110   8,266,851   8,550,401 
Investment  201,525   208,983 
Intangible assets, net  1,419,233   707,684 

Investments

  286,725   496,575 

Right to use assets, operating leases, net

  259,091   246,737 

Right to use assets, finance leases, net

  697,592   776,439 

Other amortizable intangible assets, net

  91,770   100,380 

Goodwill and other unamortizable intangible assets

  1,532,822   1,532,822 
Total assets $11,411,679  $9,157,651  $21,893,309  $23,150,275 
                
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY        
        

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

        
Current liabilities                
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities $2,088,148  $3,119,533  $4,322,900  $5,098,523 
Accrued liabilities - related parties  -   65,000 
Accrued interest  15,674   626,873 
Notes payable - related party, current portion  -   164,650 

Accrued interest, current portion

  36,069   28,873 

Deferred revenue

  1,056,011   2,917,676 

Line of Credit

  2,000,000   2,000,000 
Notes payable - current portion, net of discount  547,183   1,424,432   487,339   1,741,571 

Lease liability - operating leases, current

  83,483   87,375 

Lease liability - finance leases, current

  157,371   146,004 
Contingent liability - current portion  200,000   -   187,000   187,000 
Total current liabilities  2,851,005   5,400,488   8,330,173   12,207,022 
                
Contingent liability - long term  200,000   - 
Other long-term liabilities  200,000   - 
Note payable - long term portion, net of discount  918,646   1,137,811 

Accrued interest, long term portion

  5,643   - 

Lease liability - operating leases, non-current

  175,608   159,362 

Lease liability - finance leases, non-current

  540,127   638,137 

Contingent liability - long-term

  108,600   116,600 

Note payable - long term portion, net

  7,213,214   6,151,345 
Total liabilities  4,169,651   6,538,299   16,373,365   19,272,466 
                
Stockholders’ equity        
Common stock: $0.0001 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized; 35,086,659 and 25,301,816 shares issued, and 32,595,547 and 24,568,157 shares outstanding at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively  3,506   2,528 

Commitments & Contingencies (see note 16)

  -   - 
        

Stockholders' equity

        

Common stock: $0.0001 par value; 500,000,000 shares authorized; 48,510,881 and 38,209,060 shares issued, and 45,673,301 and 35,371,480 shares outstanding at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively

  4,849   3,817 
Additional paid-in capital  35,931,641   33,974,470   41,470,627   37,415,155 
Treasury stock: 2,276,703 and 519,254 shares outstanding at September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively  (992,313)  (174,949)

Treasury stock: 2,623,171 and 2,623,171 shares outstanding at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

  (1,141,370

)

  (1,141,370

)

Accumulated deficit  (27,700,806)  (31,182,697)  (34,814,162

)

  (32,399,793

)

Total stockholders’ equity  7,242,028   2,619,352 

Total stockholders' equity

  5,519,944   3,877,809 
                
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $11,411,679  $9,157,651 

Total liabilities and stockholders' equity

 $21,893,309  $23,150,275 

See notes to these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.



Innovative Food Holdings, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(unaudited)

(unaudited)

  

For the Three

  

For the Three

  

For the Nine

  

For the Nine

 
  

Months Ended

  

Months Ended

  

Months Ended

  

Months Ended

 
  

September 30,

  

September 30,

  

September 30,

  

September 30,

 
  

2021

  

2020

  

2021

  

2020

 
                 
                 

Revenue

 $15,207,353  $11,234,626  $41,362,816  $36,538,195 

Cost of goods sold

  11,427,343   8,367,565   30,471,401   27,237,525 

Gross margin

  3,780,010   2,867,061   10,891,415   9,300,670 
                 

Selling, general and administrative expenses

  4,998,673   4,466,631   14,512,803   13,974,822 

Impairment of intangible assets

  -   -   -   1,698,952 

Total operating expenses

  4,998,673   4,466,631   14,512,803   15,673,774 
                 

Operating loss

  (1,218,663

)

  (1,599,570

)

  (3,621,388

)

  (6,373,104

)

                 

Other income (expense:)

                

Gain on forgiveness of debt

  1,665,818   -   1,665,818   - 

Impairment of investment

  -   -   (209,850

)

  - 

Other leasing income

  1,900   10,977   8,940   32,833 

Interest expense, net

  (82,029

)

  (54,749

)

  (257,889

)

  (211,815

)

Total other income (expense)

  1,585,689   (43,772

)

  1,207,019   (178,982

)

                 

Net (loss) income before taxes

  367,026   (1,643,342

)

  (2,414,369

)

  (6,552,086

)

                 

Income tax expense

  -   -   -   - 
                 

Net (loss) income

 $367,026  $(1,643,342

)

 $(2,414,369

)

 $(6,552,086

)

                 

Net (loss) income per share - basic

 $0.01  $(0.05

)

 $(0.06

)

 $(0.19

)

                 

Net (loss) income per share - diluted

 $0.01  $(0.05

)

 $(0.06

)

 $(0.19

)

                 

Weighted average shares outstanding - basic

  40,253,543   35,260,060   37,254,290   34,739,378 
                 

Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted

  40,253,543   35,260,060   37,254,290   34,739,378 
  For the Three  For the Three  For the Nine  For the Nine 
  Months Ended  Months Ended  Months Ended  Months Ended 
  September 30,  September 30,  September 30,  September 30, 
  2017  2016  2017  2016 
             
Revenue $10,495,637  $9,094,443  $30,494,462  $25,413,011 
Cost of goods sold  7,052,018   6,404,185   20,585,273   17,979,553 
Gross margin  3,443,619   2,690,258   9,909,189   7,433,458 
                 
Selling, general and administrative expenses  1,894,588   1,702,425   6,269,386   5,245,178 
      Total operating expenses  1,894,588   1,702,425   6,269,386   5,245,178 
                 
Operating income  1,549,031   987,833   3,639,803   2,188,280 
                 
Other (income) expense:                
  Interest expense, net  16,139   121,226   157,912   365,764 
      Total other (income) expense  16,139   121,226   157,912   365,764 
                 
Net income before taxes  1,532,892   866,607   3,481,891   1,822,516 
                 
Income tax expense  -   -   -   - 
                 
Net income from continuing operations $1,532,892  $866,607  $3,481,891  $1,822,516 
                 
Net income from discontinued operations  -   -   -   4,447,279 
                 
Consolidated net income $1,532,892  $866,607  $3,481,891  $6,269,795 
                 
Net income per share from continuing operations - basic $0.047  $0.035  $0.117  $0.073 
                 
Net income per share from discontinued operations - basic $-  $   $-  $0.178 
                 
Net income per share from continuing operations - diluted $0.046  $0.030  $0.113  $0.066 
                 
Net income per share from discontinued operations - diluted $-  $-  $-  $0.139 
                 
                 
Weighted average shares outstanding - basic  32,333,108   25,047,134   29,779,904   24,980,317 
                 
Weighted average shares outstanding - diluted  33,476,756   31,619,778   30,842,167   32,044,762 

See notes to these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.




Innovative Food Holdings, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(unaudited)

(unaudited)

   

For the Nine

  

For the Nine

 
   

Months Ended

  

Months Ended

 
   

September 30,

  

September 30,

 
   

2021

  

2020

 
          

Cash flows from operating activities:

         

Net loss

  $(2,414,369

)

 $(6,552,086

)

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

         

Gain on forgiveness of debt

   (1,665,818

)

  - 

Impairment of intangible assets

   -   1,698,952 

Impairment of investment

   209,850   - 

Depreciation and amortization

   407,704   567,803 

Amortization of right-of-use asset

   76,005   137,712 

Amortization of prepaid loan fees

   9,368   9,403 

Stock based compensation

   476,132   378,006 

Provision for doubtful accounts

   32,443   226,254 
          

Changes in assets and liabilities:

         

Accounts receivable, net

   (1,254,764

)

  1,291,467 

Inventory and other current assets, net

   869,165   (1,049,069

)

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities

   (747,187

)

  47,645 

Deferred revenue

   (1,861,665

)

  (159,991

)

Contingent liabilities

   (8,000

)

  (32,000

)

Operating lease liability

   (76,005

)

  (137,712

)

Net cash used in operating activities

   (5,947,141

)

  (3,573,616

)

          

Cash flows from investing activities:

         

Cash paid for website development

   -   (14,000

)

Acquisition of property and equipment

   (14,812

)

  (128,618

)

Net cash used in investing activities

   (14,812

)

  (142,618

)

          

Cash flows from financing activities:

         

Proceeds from line of credit

   -   2,000,000 

Proceeds from Payroll Protection Plan Loan

   1,748,414   1,650,221 

Proceeds from sale of common stock, net of costs

   3,580,372   - 

Principal payments on debt

   (299,924

)

  (149,705

)

Principal payments financing leases

   (108,528

)

  (32,787

)

Net cash provided by financing activities

   4,920,334   3,467,729 
          

Decrease in cash and cash equivalents

   (1,041,619

)

  (248,505

)

          

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

   5,060,015   3,966,050 
          

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

  $4,018,396  $3,717,545 
          

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

         
          

Cash paid during the period for:

         

Interest

  $250,967  $196,392 
          

Taxes

  $-  $- 
          

Non-cash investing and financing activities:

         

Transfer asset from property and equipment to right to use asset, financing lease

  $-  $8,344 

Building improvements financed under note payable

  $-  $1,900,000 

Increase in right to use assets & liabilities

  $88,359  $214,930 

Reclassification of accounts receivable to other assets

  $22,380  $45,675 

Finance lease for purchase of fixed assets

  $21,885  $152,548 
  For the Nine  For the Nine 
  Months Ended  Months Ended 
  September 30,  September 30, 
  2017  2016 
Cash flows from operating activities:      
Net income $3,481,891  $6,269,795 
Gain on sale of discontinued operations  -   (7,201,196)
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:        
Depreciation and amortization  409,283   409,228 
Stock based compensation  315,968   673,523 
Stock based compensation for TFD employees  -   1,028,908 
Amortization of discount on notes payable  185,018   277,529 
Allowance for doubtful accounts  -   11,963 
         
Changes in assets and liabilities:        
Accounts receivable, net  (878,709)  (237,265)
Deferred revenue  -   289,254 
Inventory and other current assets, net  (177,674)  81,012 
Accounts payable and accrued expenses - related party  -   (146,018)
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities  (1,199,680)  197,603 
Accrued liabilities - related party  (65,000)  - 
Due from related party  -   110 
Contingent liability  -   (91,000)
Net cash provided by operating activities  2,071,097   1,563,446 
         
Cash flows from investing activities:        
Cash decrease due to sale of discontinued operations  -   (470,482)
Acquisition of property and equipment  (40,777)  (10,512)
Cash paid in the acquisition of Oasis  (300,000)  - 
Net cash (used in) investing activities  (340,777)  (480,994)
         
Cash flows from financing activities:        
Common stock sold for exercise of warrants  196,741   - 
Payments made on revolving credit facilities  -   (841,831)
Purchase of stock options from officers, directors, and employees  (163,925)  - 
Cash received from exercise of stock options  70,000   - 
Purchase of treasury stock  (505,660)  (14,850)
Borrowings on revolving credit facilities  -   805,959 
Principal payments on debt  (746,941)  (1,021,829)
Principal payments capital leases  (6,926)  (8,094)
Net cash (used in)  financing activities  (1,156,711)  (1,080,645)
         
Increase in cash and cash equivalents  573,609   1,807 
         
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period  3,764,053   2,137,289 
         
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period $4,337,662  $2,139,096 
         
Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:        
         
Cash paid during the period for:        
Interest $64,198  $96,318 
         
Taxes $-  $- 
         
Common stock issued for conversion of note payable by related party $164,650  $- 
Equipment acquired under capital lease $-  $9,217 
Fair value of 25,000 shares of common stock issued to a service provider, previously accrued $-  $34,000 

See notes to these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.



Innovative Food Holdings, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders' Equity

(unaudited)

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 AND 2020

          

Additional

                 
  

Common Stock

  

Paid-in

  

Treasury Stock

  

Accumulated

     
  

Amount

  

Value

  

Capital

  

Amount

  

Value

  

Deficit

  

Total

 
                             

Balance - June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

  37,556,746  $3,752  $37,110,893   2,623,171  $(1,141,370

)

 $(29,643,513

)

 $6,329,762 

Fair value of vested stock and stock options

  334,479   33   156,864   -   -   -   156,897 

Net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2020

  -   -   -   -   -   (1,643,342

)

  (1,643,342

)

Balance - September 30, 2020 (unaudited)

  37,891,225  $3,785  $37,267,757   2,623,171  $(1,141,370

)

 $(31,286,855

)

 $4,843,317 
                             
                             

Balance - June 30, 2021 (unaudited)

  38,800,629  $3,877  $37,730,475   2,623,171  $(1,141,370

)

 $(35,181,188

)

 $1,411,794 

Fair value of vested stock and stock options

  335,252   34   160,718   -   -   -   160,752 

Common stock sold for cash, net of costs

  9,375,000   938   3,579,434   -   -   -   3,580,372 

Net income for the three months ended September 30, 2021

  -   -   -   -   -   367,026   367,026 

Balance - September 30, 2021 (unaudited)

  48,510,881  $4,849  $41,470,627   2,623,171  $(1,141,370

)

 $(34,814,162

)

 $5,519,944 

FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2021 AND 2020

          

Additional

                 
  

Common Stock

  

Paid-in

  

Treasury Stock

  

Accumulated

     
  

Amount

  

Value

  

Capital

  

Amount

  

Value

  

Deficit

  

Total

 
                             

Balance - December 31, 2019

  37,210,859  $3,718  $36,889,818   2,623,171  $(1,141,370

)

 $(24,734,769

)

 $11,017,397 

Fair value of vested stock and stock options

  636,163   63   358,522   -   -   -   358,585 

Issuance of shares to employees, previously accrued

  498   -   -   -   -   -   - 

Fair value of shares issued to employees and service providers

  43,705   4   19,417   -   -   -   19,421 

Net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2020

  -   -   -   -   -   (6,552,086

)

  (6,552,086

)

Balance - September 30, 2020 (unaudited)

  37,891,225  $3,785  $37,267,757   2,623,171  $(1,141,370

)

 $(31,286,855

)

 $4,843,317 
                             

Balance - December 31, 2020

  38,209,060   3,817   37,415,155   2,623,171   (1,141,370

)

  (32,399,793

)

  3,877,809 

Fair value of vested stock and stock options

  926,821   94   476,038   -   -   -   476,132 

Common stock sold for cash, net of costs

  9,375,000   938   3,579,434   -   -   -   3,580,372 

Net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2021

  -   -   -   -   -   (2,414,369

)

  (2,414,369

)

Balance - September 30, 2021 (unaudited)

  48,510,881  $4,849  $41,470,627   2,623,171  $(1,141,370

)

 $(34,814,162

)

 $5,519,944 

See notes to these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

INNOVATIVE FOOD HOLDINGS, INC.

NOTES TO THE CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

September 30, 20172021

(Unaudited)

(Unaudited)

1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements of Innovative Food Holdings, Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiaries, some of which are non-operating, Artisan Specialty Foods, Inc. (“Artisan”), Food Innovations, Inc. (“Food Innovations” or “FII”FII”), Food New Media Group, Inc. (“FNM”), Oasis Sales Corp. (“Oasis”), Organic Food Brokers, Inc.LLC (“OFB”), Gourmet Food Service Group, Inc. (“GFG”), Gourmet Foodservice Warehouse, Inc. (“GFW”), Gourmeting, Inc. (“Gourmeting”), The Haley Group, Inc. (“Haley”), Oasis Sales Corp. (“Oasis”),  4 The Gourmet, Inc. (d/b/a For The Gourmet, Inc.), (“Gourmet”), Innovative Food Properties, LLC (“IFP”), Plant Innovations, Inc., Innovative Gourmet, LLC (“Innovative Gourmet” or “igourmet”), Food Funding, LLC (“Food Funding”), Logistics Innovations, LLC (L Innovations”), M Innovations, LLC (“M Innovations”), MI Foods, LLC (“MIF”), M Foods Innovations, LLC (“M Foods”), P Innovations, LLC (“P Innovations”), and collectively with IVFH and theits other subsidiaries, the “Company” or “IVFH”) have been prepared pursuant to the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. All material intercompany transactions have been eliminated upon consolidation of these entities.

The accompanying unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared by the Company, in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles pursuant to Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission and with the instructions to Form 10-Q.  Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in audited consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed or omitted. Accordingly, these interim financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements and related notes as contained in Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2016.2020.  In the opinion of management, the interim unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, including normal recurring adjustments, necessary for fair presentation of the interim periods presented. The results of the operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20172021 are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations to be expected for the full year.


Discontinued Operations

On February 23, 2016, the Company consummated the sale of 90% of our ownership in The Fresh Diet (“FD”).   As a result of the sale, the results of operations for all periods have been included in “Net income from discontinued operations” in our condensed consolidated statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.

2. NATURE OF ACTIVITIES AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Business Activity

Our business is currently conducted by our wholly-owned subsidiaries, Artisan, Food Innovations,FII, FNM, OFB, GFG, GFW, Gourmeting, Haley, Oasis, Gourmet, Foodservice Warehouse,IFP, igourmet, Food Funding, L Innovations, Plant Innovations, Inc., Gourmeting, Inc.M Innovations, (sometimes referred to herein as “Mouth” or “Mouth.com”), Haley,  Oasis,MIF, M Foods, and GourmetP Innovations (collectively, with IVFH and its other subsidiaries, the “Company” or “IVFH”).

Overall, our business activities are focused around the creation and growth of a platform which provides distribution or the enabling of distribution of high quality, unique specialty food and food related products ranging from specialty foodservice products to Consumer PackagedConsumer-Packaged Goods (“CPG”) products through a variety of sales channels.  Since its incorporation, the Company primarily through FII’s relationship with US Foods, Inc.channels ranging from national partnership based and regionally based foodservice related sales channels to e-commerce sales channels offering products both direct to consumers (“U.S. Foods” or “USF”D2C”), has been in the and direct to business of providing premium restaurants and other foodservice establishments, within 24 – 72 hours, with the freshest origin-specific perishable, and healthcare products shipped directly from our network of vendors and from our warehouses. Our customers include restaurants, hotels, country clubs, national chain accounts, casinos, hospitals and catering houses. Gourmet has been in the business of providing specialty food e-commerce consumers, through its own website at www.forethegourmet.com and through www.amazon.com, with unique specialty gourmet food products shipped directly from our network of vendors and from our warehouses within 24 – 72 hours. GFG is focused on expanding the Company’s program offerings to additional customers.(“B2B”). In our business model, we receive orders from our customers and then work closely with our suppliers and our warehouse facilities to have the orders fulfilled. In order to maintain freshness and quality, we carefully select our suppliers based upon, among other factors, their quality, uniqueness, reliability and access to overnight courier services.

FII, though its relationship with the producers, growers, and makers of thousands of unique specialty foodservice products and through its relationship with US Foods, Inc. (“U.S. Foods” or “USF”), has been in the business of providing premium restaurants, within 24 – 72 hours, with the freshest origin-specific perishable, and healthcare products shipped directly from our network of vendors and from our warehouses. Our customers include restaurants, hotels, country clubs, national chain accounts, casinos, hospitals and catering houses.

Gourmet has been in the business of providing specialty food via e-commerce through its own website at www.forthegourmet.com and through other ecommerce channels, with unique specialty gourmet food products shipped directly from our network of vendors and from our warehouses within 24 – 72 hours.

Artisan is a supplier of over 1,500 niche gourmetunique specialty foodservice products to over 500 customers such as chefs, restaurants, etc. in the Greater Chicago area.  area and serves as a national fulfillment center for certain of the Company’s other subsidiaries.

GFG is focused on expanding the Company’s program offerings to additional specialty foodservice customers.

Haley is a dedicated foodservice consulting and advisory firm that works closely with companies to access private label and manufacturers’ private label food service opportunities with the intent of helping them launch and commercialize new products in the broadline foodservice industry. industry and assists in the enabling of the distribution of products via national broadline food distributors. 

IFP was formed to hold the Company’s real estate holdings including the recently acquired facility in Mountaintop, Pennsylvania.

OFB and Oasis arefunction as outsourced national sales and brand management teams for emerging organic and specialty food CPG companies of a variety of sizes and business stages, and provideprovides emerging and unique CPG specialty food brands with distribution and shelf placement access in keyall of the major metro markets in the food retail food industry. FNM provides value-added, synergistic, seed and early stage capital to food related businesses including foodtech, foodservice products, and CPG companies. Through its temperature controlled warehouse, Gourmet Foodservice Warehouse fulfills

igourmet has been in the business of providing D2C specialty food product ordersvia e-commerce through its own website at www.igourmet.com and through other channels such as www.amazon.com, www.ebay.com, and www.walmart.com. In addition, igourmet.com offers a line of B2B specialty foodservice items. Products are primarily shipped directly from igourmet.com’s approximately 100,000 square feet warehouse in Pennsylvania via igourmet.com owned trucks and via third party carrier directly to thousands of customers nationwide.

Mouth.com (www.mouth.com) is an online retailer of specialty foods, monthly subscription boxes and curated gift boxes to thousands of consumers and corporate customers across the United States. Mouth sources high quality specialty foods crafted in the US by independent and small batch makers, and expertly curates them into standout food gifts for both consumers and corporate customers. Mouth also has launched a private label brand, including several award-winning products.  

P Innovations focus is to leverage acquired assets to expand the Company’s wholesalesubscription-based e-commerce business activities and direct to consumer customers.

launch new businesses leveraging the Company’s e-commerce platform.

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L Innovations provides 3rd party warehouse and fulfillment services out of its location at the Company’s PA facility.


Use of Estimates

The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. These estimates include certain assumptions related to doubtful accounts receivable, stock-based services, valuation of financial instruments, and income taxes. On an on-going basis, we evaluate these estimates, including those related to revenue recognition and concentration of credit risk. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Accounts subject to estimate and judgements are accounts receivable reserves, income taxes, intangible assets, contingent liabilities, operating and equity basedfinance right of use assets and liabilities, and equity-based instruments. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We believe our estimates have not been materially inaccurate in past years, and our assumptions are not likely to change in the foreseeable future.

Principles of Consolidation

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Innovative Food Holdings, Inc., and its wholly owned operating subsidiaries, Artisan, Food Innovations,FII, FNM, OFB, GFG, GFW, Gourmeting, Haley, Oasis, GFG,Innovative Gourmet, Foodservice Warehouse, Inc., Gourmeting, Inc., Haley,Food Funding, IFP, L Innovations, M Innovations, P Innovations, MIF, M Foods, and Gourmet. All accounts of FD have been included under discontinued operations.  All material intercompany transactions have been eliminated upon consolidation of these entities.


Concentrations of Credit Risk

Financial instruments and related items, which potentially subject the Company to concentrations of credit risk, consist primarily of cash, cash equivalents and trade receivables. The Company places its cash and temporary cash in investments with credit quality institutions. At times, such investments may be in excess of applicable government mandated insurance limit. At September 30, 20172021 and December 31, 2016,2020, trade receivables from the Company’s largest customer amounted to 49%33% and 44%22%, respectively, of total trade receivables. During the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, sales from the Company’s largest customer amounted to 52% and 46% of total sales, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, sales from the Company’s largest customer amounted to 48% and 43% of total sales, respectively.

The Company maintains cash balances in excess of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation limits.  At September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the total cash in excess of these limits was $2,871,970 and $3,385,113, respectively.


Leases

The Company accounts for leases in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) ASC 842, “Leases”. The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Operating lease right-of-use assets (“ROU assets”) and short-term and long-term lease liabilities are included on the face of the consolidated balance sheet. Finance lease ROU assets are presented within other assets, and finance lease liabilities are presented within current and long-term liabilities.

ROU assets represent the right of use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. As most of the Company’s leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company uses an incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. The operating lease ROU asset also excludes lease incentives. The Company’s lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The Company has lease agreements with lease and non-lease components, which are accounted for as a single lease component. For lease agreements with terms less than 12 months, the Company has elected the short-term lease measurement and recognition exemption, and it recognizes such lease payments on a straight-line basis over the lease term.

Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue upon product delivery. All of our products are shipped either same day or overnight or through longer shipping terms to the customer and the customer takes title to product and assumes risk and ownership of the product when it is delivered. Shipping charges to customers and sales taxes collectible from customers, if any, are included in revenues.

For revenue from product sales, the Company recognizes revenue in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board “FASB”(“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification “ASC” 605-15-05. ASC 605-15-05 requires that four basic criteria(“ASC”) Topic 606Revenue from Contracts with Customers”.  A five-step analysis must be met beforeas outlined in Topic 606: (i) identify the contract with the customer, (ii) identify the performance obligations in the contract, (iii) determine the transaction price, (iv) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations, and (v) recognize revenue can be recognized: (1) persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists; (2) delivery has occurred; (3) the selling price is fixed and determinable; and (4) collectability is reasonably assured.  Determination of criteria (3) and (4)when (or as) performance obligations are based on management’s judgments regarding the fixed nature of the selling prices of the products delivered and the collectability of those amounts.satisfied.  Provisions for discounts and rebates to customers, estimated returns and allowances, and other adjustments are provided for in the same period the related sales are recorded.  The Company defers any revenue for which the product has not been delivered or is subject to refund until such time that the Company and the customer jointly determine that the product has been delivered or no refund will be required.

Warehouse and logistic services revenue is primarily comprised of inventory management, order fulfilment and warehousing services. Warehouse & logistics services revenues are recognized at the point in time when the services are rendered to the customer.

Deferred Revenue

Certain customer arrangements in the Company's business such as gift cards and e-commerce subscription purchases result in deferred revenues when cash payments are received in advance of performance. Gift cards issued by the Company generally have an expiration of five years from date of purchase. The Company records a liability for unredeemed gift cards and advance payments for monthly club memberships, as cash is received, and the liability is reduced when the card is redeemed or product delivered. 

The following table represents the changes in deferred revenue as reported on the Company’s consolidated balance sheets:

Balance as of December 31, 2019

 $499,776 

Cash payments received

  200,300 

Net sales recognized

  (341,620

)

Balance as of March 31, 2020 (unaudited)

 $358,456 

Cash payments received

  134,870 

Net sales recognized

  (265,505

)

Balance as of June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 $227,821 

Cash payments received

  280,297 

Net sales recognized

  (168,333

)

Balance as of September 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 $339,785 

Balance as of December 31, 2020

 $2,917,676 

Cash payments received

  591,886 

Net sales recognized

  (2,376,151

)

Balance as of March 31, 2021 (unaudited)

 $1,133,411 

Cash payments received

  375,115 

Net sales recognized

  (527,991

)

Balance as of June 30, 2021 (unaudited)

 $980,535 

Cash payments received

  401,097 

Net sales recognized

  (325,621

)

Balance as of September 30, 2021 (unaudited)

 $1,056,011 

Disaggregation of Revenue

The following table represents a disaggregation of revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020:

  

Three Months Ended

 
  

September 30,

 
  

2021

  

2020

 
  

(unaudited)

  

(unaudited)

 

Specialty foodservice

 $12,060,223  $6,733,182 

E-Commerce

  2,652,307   4,158,028 

National Brand Management

  260,934   253,888 

Logistics

  233,889   89,528 

Total

 $15,207,353  $11,234,626 

  

Nine Months Ended

 
  

September 30,

 
  

2021

  

2020

 
  

(unaudited)

  

(unaudited)

 

Specialty foodservice

 $29,049,060  $20,751,215 

E-Commerce

  10,917,318   14,489,971 

National Brand Management

  751,865   787,053 

Logistics

  644,573   509,956 

Total

 $41,362,816  $36,538,195 

Cost of goods sold

We have included in cost of goods sold all costs which are directly related to the generation of revenue. These costs include primarily the cost of food and raw materials, packing and handling, shipping, and delivery costs.

We have also included all payroll costs as cost of goods sold in our leasing and logistics services business.

Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share


Basic net income (loss)earnings per share is based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period, while fully-diluted net income (loss)earnings per share is based on the weighted average number of shares of common stock and potentially dilutive securities assumed to be outstanding during the period using the treasury stock method. Potentially dilutive securities consist of options.  The options and warrantsare anti-dilutive due the Company’s net loss.  The Company uses the treasury stock method to purchase common stock, and convertible debt. Basic and diluted net loss per share is computed based on thecalculate fully-diluted weighted average numbershares outstanding. For the three months ended September 30, 2021, all of shares of common stockthe outstanding duringoptions are anti-dilutive because there are no outstanding options that are in the period. money.


Dilutive shares at September 30, 2017:2021:


Convertible notes and interest
At September 30, 2017, the Company had outstanding convertible notes payable in the aggregate principal amount of $20,000 convertible at the rate of $0.25 per share with accrued interest of $15,764.
Warrants
At September 30, 2017, the Company had outstanding warrants for holders to purchase the following additional shares: 700,000 shares at a price of $0.01 per share.

Stock Options

The following table summarizes the options outstanding and the related prices for the options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock issued by the Company:  Company at September 30, 2021:   

      Weighted 
      Average 
      Remaining 
Exercise  Number  Contractual 
Price  of Options  Life (years) 
$0.35   470,000   0.31 
$0.57   225,000   0.25 
$1.31   200,000   0.69 
$1.42   100,000   0.72 
$1.43   50,000   1.25 
$1.46   100,000   0.75 
$1.60   310,000   0.25 
$1.70   75,000   0.54 
$1.90   190,000   1.60 
$2.00   50,000   0.54 
$2.40   20,000   0.67 
$2.50   37,500   0.54 
$3.40   30,000   0.67 
$3.50   37,500   0.54 
     1,895,000   0.57 
         

Weighted

 
         

Average

 
         

Remaining

 
 

Exercise

  

Number

  

Contractual

 
 

Price

  

of Options

  

Life (years)

 
 

$

0.60

   

50,000

   

4.25

 
 

$

0.62

   

360,000

   

2.25

 
 

$

0.85

   

540,000

   

2.25

 
 

$

1.00

   

50,000

   

4.25

 
 

$

1.20

   

1,100,000

   

2.04

 
 

$

1.50

   

125,000

   

0.25

 
      

2,225,000

   

2.13

 

RSUs

During the three months ended September 30, 2021, the Company issued 50,000 two-year options with a fair value $2,270 to a director. The Company charged the amount of $35,878 and $107,836 to operations in connection with stock options during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company cancelled all outstanding restricted stock units (“RSUs”) and replaced them with common stock or restricted stock awards; see note 16. 2021, respectively.

Restricted Stock Awards

At September 30, 2017,2021, there are no RSUs outstanding.


We recognized stock-based compensation expense for RSUs in a straight-line manner over the vesting period of the grant. This resulted in stock-based compensation expense of $0 and $658,709 related to recognition of RSUs during the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. 

Restricted Stock Awards 
During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company cancelled unvested RSUs representing 1,370,000 shares of common stock and replaced them with restricted stock awards also representing 1,370,000 shares of common stock.  The restricted stock awards will vest over the same vesting period and under the same terms as the RSUs they replaced. Restricted stock awards representing 1,070,000 shares have stock are vested at September 30, 2017; there are a total of 300,000 unvested restricted stock awards remaining.remaining from grants in a prior year. Those 300,000 restricted stock awards will vest as follows: 125,000 restricted stock awards will vest contingent upon the attainment of a stock price of $2.00 per share for 20 straight trading days, and an additional 175,000 restricted stock awards will vest contingent upon the attainment of a stock price of $3.00 per share for 20 straight trading days.

Stock Grants

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017,2021, the Company recognized expenseincurred obligations to issue the following shares of $240,208 forcommon stock pursuant to compensation agreements: an aggregate of 50,070 and 150,210 shares of common stock, respectively, to board members; and an aggregate total of 285,182 and 776,611 shares of common stock, respectively, to Executive Officers.  Some of these shares or other shares owned by the vesting of restricted stock awards,Company’s employees are included in a 10b5-1 selling plan.

The Company charged the same amount of expense that would have been recognized had$124,874 and $368,296 to operations in connection with stock grants during the RSUs not been replaced by the restricted stock awards.   As the restricted stock awards were not in place during thethree and nine months ended September 30, 2016, there was no such cost during that period.


2021, respectively.

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Dilutive shares at September 30, 2016:2020:


Stock Options

Convertible notes and interest
At September 30, 2016, the Company had outstanding convertible notes payable in the aggregate principal amount of $812,215  with accrued interest of $623,771  convertible at the rate of $0.25 per share into an aggregate of  5,743,994  shares of common stock.

Warrants
At September 30, 2016, the Company had outstanding warrants for holders to purchase the following additional shares: 2,294,491 shares at a price of $0.575 per share; 448,010 shares at a price of $0.55 per share; 94,783 shares at a price of $0.25 per share; and 700,000 shares at a price of $0.01 per share.

Stock options

The following table summarizes the options outstanding and the related prices for the options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock issued by the Company:  Company at September 30, 2020:   

      Weighted 
      Average 
      Remaining 
Exercise  Number of  Contractual 
Prices  Options  Life (years) 
$0.350   1,170,000   1.17 
$0.380   92,500   0.50 
$0.400   275,000   0.51 
$0.450   92,500   0.50 
$0.474   92,500   0.50 
$0.480   92,500   0.50 
$0.570   225,000   1.51 
$1.310   75,000   2.17 
$1.440   15,000   0.34 
$1.460   100,000   2.00 
$1.600   310,000   1.51 
$1.900   15,000   1.34 
$2.000   500,000   0.67 
$2.400   20,000   1.92 
$3.400   30,000   1.92 
     3,105,000   1.07 
         

Weighted

 
         

Average

 
         

Remaining

 
 

Exercise

  

Number

  

Contractual

 
 

Price

  

of Options

  

Life (years)

 
 

$

0.62

   

360,000

   

3.25

 
 

$

0.85

   

540,000

   

3.25

 
 

$

1.10

   

75,000

   

0.62

 
 

$

1.20

   

1,050,000

   

3.10

 
 

$

1.50

   

125,000

   

1.25

 
      

2,150,000

   

2.97

 

RSUs

Restricted Stock Awards

At September 30, 2016, the Company had issued2020 there are 300,000 unvested restricted stock units (“RSUs”) for the potential issuance of shares of the Company’s commonawards remaining from grants in a prior year. Those 300,000 restricted stock for the purpose of aligning executives and employees of the Company and  for the purpose of compensation for serving as members of the Board of Directors of the Company and for the purposes of retaining qualified personnel at compensation levels that otherwise would not be available should the company have been required to pay certain salaries in cash only. Certain of the RSUs were issued to members of the board of directors of the Company (“Board RSUs”); certain RSUs were issued to the executive officers of the Company (“Executive RSUs”); certain RSUs were issued to employees of the Company (“Employee RSUs”); and certain RSUs were issued to employees of The Fresh Diet (“FD RSUs”).


In August 2016, 95,000 Board RSUs were exercised.  At September 30, 2016, the following Board RSUs were outstanding: a total of 545,000 RSUs were vested, and 270,000 RSUsawards will vest on July 1, 2017. 

At September 30, 2016, the following Executive RSUs were outstanding: a total of 1,137,072 RSUs were vested; 600,000 RSUs will vest on December 31, 2016; and 800,000 RSUs will vest on July 1, 2017. An additionalas follows: 125,000 RSUsrestricted stock awards will vest contingent upon the attainment of a stock price of $2.00 per share for 20 straight trading days, and an additional 175,000 RSUsrestricted stock awards will vest contingent upon the attainment of a stock price of $3.00 per share for 20 straight trading days. The Company estimated that the stock-price goals of the Company’s stock price closing above $2.00 per share for 20 straight days have a 90% likelihood of achievement, and these RSUs were valued at 90% of their face value; the Company also estimated that the likelihood of the Company’s stock closing above $3.00 per share for 20 straight days is 70%, and these RSUs were valued at 70% of their face value.

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Stock-based compensation



At September 30, 2016, the following FD RSUs were outstanding: A total of 300,000 RSUs were vested; 300,000 RSUs will vest on December 31, 2016; and 400,000 RSUs will vest on July 1, 2017.
At September 30, 2016, a total of 251,174 Employee RSUs were outstanding, all of which were vested.

We recognized stock-based compensation expense for RSUs in a straight-line manner over the vesting period of the grant. This resulted in stock-based compensation expense (continuing operations) of $190,692 related to recognition of RSUs during the three months ended September 30, 2016 and $658,709 related to recognition of RSUs during

During the nine months ended September 30, 2016.2020, the Company incurred obligations to issue the following shares of common stock pursuant to compensation agreements: an aggregate total of 104,892 shares of common stock to board members, an aggregate total of 531,271 shares to Executive Officers, 39,441 to employees, and 4,264 to a service provider.  Some of these shares or other shares owned by the Company’s employees are included in a 10b5-1 plan. The Company charged the amount of $156,897 and $378,006 to operations in connection with stock-based compensation during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.


Significant Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2017,December 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-09, Stock Compensation - Scope of Modification2019-12, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes (“ASU 2019-12”), which provides guidance on which changesis intended to simplify various aspects related to accounting for income taxes. ASU 2019-12 removes certain exceptions to the terms or conditions of a share-based payment award require an entitygeneral principles in Topic 740 and also clarifies and amends existing guidance to apply modification accounting. The ASU requires that an entity should account for the effects of a modification unless the fair value (or calculated value or intrinsic value, if used), vesting conditions and classification (as equity or liability) of the modified award are all the same as for the original award immediately before the modification. The ASU becomesimprove consistent application. This guidance is effective for the Company on January 1, 2018,fiscal years, and should be applied prospectively to an award modified on or after the adoption date. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in any interim period. The Company is currently assessing the impact that this standard will have on any awards that are modified once this standard is adopted.

In January 2017, the FASB issued ASU No. 2017-04, Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment, which simplifies the subsequent measurement of goodwill by eliminating Step 2 from the goodwill impairment test. In computing the implied fair value of goodwill under Step 2, current U.S. GAAP requires the performance of procedures to determine the fair value at the impairment testing date of assets and liabilities (including unrecognized assets and liabilities) following the procedure that would be required in determining the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed in a business combination. Instead, the amendments under this ASU require the goodwill impairment test to be performed by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit with its carrying amount. An impairment charge should be recognized for the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the reporting unit’s fair value; however, the loss recognized should not exceed the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit. The ASU becomes effective for the Company on January 1, 2020. The amendments in this ASU should be applied on a prospective basis. Early adoption is permitted for interim or annual goodwill impairment tests performed.
In May 2014, the FASB issued ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606), to clarify the principles of recognizing revenue and create common revenue recognition guidance between U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards. Under ASU 2014-09, revenue is recognized when a customer obtains control of promised goods or services and is recognized at an amount that reflects the consideration expected to be received in exchange for such goods or services. In addition, ASU 2014-09 requires disclosure of the nature, amount, timing, and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers.  The ASU is effective forperiods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2017. The new revenue standard is principle based and interpretation of those principles may vary from company to company based on their unique circumstances. It is possible that interpretation, industry practice, and guidance may evolve as companies and the accounting profession work to implement this new standard.2020, with early adoption permitted. The Company is still inadopted this standard effective January 1, 2021; we do not expect the process of evaluating the effect of the new standardadoption to have a material impact on the Company’s historicalour consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. While

In August 2020, the Company has not completed its evaluation,FASB issued ASU 2020-06, “Debt – Debt with Conversion and Other Options (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging – Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40)”. This ASU reduces the Companynumber of accounting models for convertible debt instruments and convertible Preferred Stock. As well as amend the guidance for the derivatives scope exception for contracts in an entity’s own equity to reduce form-over-substance-based accounting conclusions. In addition, this ASU improves and amends the related EPS guidance. This standard is effective for us on January 1, 2022, including interim periods within such fiscal year. Adoption is either a modified retrospective method or a fully retrospective method of transition. We are currently believes thatassessing the impact to revenue and expense recognizedthe new guidance will not be material to any of the years presented.have on our consolidated financial statements.

Management does not believe that any other recently issued but not yet effective accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements.

3. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE

At September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, accounts receivable consists of:

3.  ACQUISITION
  

September 30,

2021

  

December 31,

2020

 
  

(unaudited)

     

Accounts receivable from customers

 $3,956,577  $2,724,137 

Allowance for doubtful accounts

  (376,331

)

  (343,832

)

Accounts receivable, net

 $3,580,246  $2,380,305 

Pursuant to

During the Oasis Asset Purchase Agreement, effective January 1, 2017,three months ended September 30, 2021, the Company through its wholly-owned subsidiary Oasis Sales Corp., purchased certain assets of Oasis Sales and Marketing, L.L.C.,entered into a California limited liability company.  The purchase price consisted of $300,000 cash;note receivable agreement with a two-year promissory notecustomer in exchange for accounts receivable in the amount of $100,000,$22,380.

During the three months ended September 30, 2021 and a structured equity instrument (the “SEI”) in2020, the Company charged the amount of $200,000. In addition,$4,456 and $4,455, respectively, to bad debt expense. During the Company is contingently liable for certain performance-based payments over the twenty-four months following the acquisition date up to a maximum of $400,000 (“Earnout Payments”). The SEI is recorded as Other Long Term Liabilities on the Company’s balance sheet at September 30, 2017. The SEI can be paid in cash or shares of the Company’s stock at the Company’s option, at any time, or is automatically payable via the issuance of 200,000 shares of the Company’s stock if the Company’s shares close above $1.00 for ten consecutive days. The Company believes it is likely that the Earnout Payments will be made, and accordingly has recorded the entire amount of $400,000 as a contingent liability on its balance sheet at September 30, 2017.   The amount of $800,000 was allocated to customer lists, an intangible asset with a useful life of 60 months; and the amount of $200,000 was allocated to a non-compete agreement, an intangible asset with a useful life of 48 months.  A total of $52,500 and $157,500 was amortized to operations during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, respectively.  The2021 and 2020, the Company has presented preliminary estimatescharged the amount of the fair value of the intangible assets acquired.  The Company is in the process of finalizing its review$32,443 and evaluation of the related valuation assumptions supporting its fair value estimates of acquired intangible assets; therefore, the estimates used herein are subject$226,254, respectively, to change.  This may result in adjustments to the values presented.bad debt expense.


4. DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

Effective February 23, 2016, the Company closed a transaction to sell 90% of our ownership in The Fresh Diet, Inc. (“FD”) to New Fresh Co., LLC, a Florida limited liability company controlled by the former founder of FD.  The consideration to Innovative Food Holdings consisted primarily of a restructuring of our loans, which includes the ability to convert to additional amounts of FD under certain circumstances. Aside from any payments related to liabilities previously accrued by the Company, there were no other cash outflows related to the discontinued operations. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2016, the Company accrued the amount of $850,000 representing the amount due based on an agreement signed in 2017.  The agreement involved the purchase of rights to 1,450,000 RSUs and the purchase of 642,688 shares of the Company’s common stock.  During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company paid cash for liabilities related to discontinued operations in the amount of $96,231 and $1,460,122, respectively.  The Company also retired 642,688 shares of the Company stock to treasury.
ASC 360-10-45-9 requires that a long-lived asset (disposal group) to be sold shall be classified as held for sale in the period in which a set of criteria have been met, including criteria that the sale of the asset (disposal group) is probable and actions required to complete the plan indicate that it is unlikely that significant changes to the plan will be made or that the plan will be withdrawn. This criteria was achieved on February 9, 2016. Additionally, the discontinued operations are comprised of the entirety of FD, excluding corporate services expenses. Lastly, for comparability purposes certain prior period line items relating to the assets held for sale have been reclassified and presented as discontinued operations for all periods presented in the accompanying condensed consolidated statements of operations.  The following information presents the major classes of line items constituting the after-tax income from discontinued operations in the condensed consolidated statements of operations:
  For the Nine Months Ended 
  September 30, 
  2016 
Revenue $2,389,950 
Cost of goods sold  1,764,834 
Gross margin  625,116 
     
Selling, general and administrative expenses  3,368,213 
Total operating expenses  3,368,213 
     
Operating loss  (2,743,097)
     
Other (income) expense:    
Gain on sale of discontinued operations  (7,201,196)
Interest expense, net  10,820 
Total other (income) expense  (7,190,376)
     
Income from discontinued operations, net of tax $4,447,279 

The following information presents the major classes of line items constituting significant operating and investing cash flow activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows relating to discontinued operations:

For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2016
Cash Flow: Major line items
Depreciation and Amortization107,009
Non-cash compensation1,028,908
Purchase of equipment(6,296)
Cash from revolving credit facilities685,959
Payments made on revolving credit facilities(641,831)
Principal payments made on notes payable(7,074)
Principal payments made on capital leases(8,094)

The components of the gain on sale and income from discontinued operations are as follows:

   February 22, 2016 
    
Receivable due from buyer, net of reserve of $8,700,000 $- 
Net proceeds from sale of assets and liabilities  - 
     
Assets sold  (6,225,073)
Liabilities sold  13,426,269 
   Net liabilities sold  7,201,196 
     
Gain on sale  7,201,196 
     
Loss from discontinued operations before income tax  (2,753,917)
Income tax expense  - 
     
Income from discontinued operations $4,447,279 

5. ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
At September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, accounts receivable consists of:
  
September 30,
2017
  
December 31,
2016
 
Accounts receivable from customers $2,422,540  $1,546,518 
Allowance for doubtful accounts  (5,436)  (8,123)
Accounts receivable, net $2,417,104  $1,538,395 
6. INVENTORY

Inventory consists primarily of specialty food products.  At September 30, 20172021 and December 31, 2016,2020, inventory consisted of the following:

  

September 30,

2021

  

December 31,

2020

 
  

(unaudited)

     

Finished Goods Inventory

 $2,809,303  $3,719,786 
  
September 30,
2017
  
December 31,
2016
 
Finished Goods Inventory $983,733  $815,033 

7.

5. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT


Acquisition of Building

The Company owns a building and property located at 28411 Race Track Road, Bonita Springs, Florida 34135.  The property consists of approximately 1.1 acres of land and approximately 10,000 square feet of combined office and warehouse space, and was purchased as part of a bank short sale.  The Company moved its operations to these premises on July 15, 2013. The purchase price of the property was $792,758.


On May 14, 2015, the Company purchased a building and property located at 2528 S. 27th Avenue, Broadview, Illinois 60155. The property consists of approximately 1.33 acres of land and approximately 28,711 square feet of combined office and warehouse space. The purchase price of $914,350 was initially financed primarily by a draw-down of $900,000 on the Company’s credit facility with Fifth Third Bank.Bank, National Association (“Fifth Third Bank”). On May 29, 2015, a permanent financing facility was provided by Fifth Third Bank in the form of a loan in the amount of $980,000. $900,000 of this amount was used to pay the balance of the credit facility; the additional $80,000 was used for refrigeration and other improvements at the property. The interest on the loan is at the LIBOR rate plus 3.0%.  The building is used for office and warehouse space primarily for the Company’s Artisan subsidiary. DuringWe have also recently completed an additional property improvement and upgrade buildout at the twelve months ended December 31, 2015,Artisan building which include a fully functional commercial test kitchen and training center and conference room. The test kitchen and training room is used by Artisan and other subsidiaries of the Company paidfor the purposes of new product testing and development and approval, Quality Assurance and Quality Control as well as sales presentations and customer demonstrations. In addition, we added a totalpackaging room to the Artisan building, which is built to FDA, FSMA and SQF food safety standards and purchased new, technologically advanced semi-automated fillers for the packaging room. The packaging room addition will allow for expansion of $474,301 for various buildingprivate label product lines as well as packing of organic, non-GMO, diet specific and other specialty foods. The test kitchen, packaging room and additional improvements furniture, fixtures, and equipment related to this property. were financed by a loan from Fifth Third Bank. 

Depreciation on the building and the related improvements, furniture, fixtures, and equipment began when Artisanthe Company occupied the facility in October, 2015.


On November 8, 2019 the Company, through a newly formed wholly-owned subsidiary, purchased a logistics and warehouse facility (the “Facility”) for $4.5 million. The Facility is approximately 200,000 square feet and is situated on approximately 15 acres in Mountain Top, Pennsylvania. The Facility’s appraised value by a third party appraisal firm in 2021 was $9,400,000. Related to the Facility purchase, the Company entered into a commercial loan agreement for both the purchase price and planned improvements to the Facility. The amount of the loan was $5,500,000, of which $3,600,000 had been utilized at September 30, 2021 in connection with the purchase of the Facility; the lender is Fifth Third Bank and the loan is secured by a mortgage on the property and other Company assets. The interest on the loan is LIBOR plus 2.75%, with interest only payments due through September 30, 2020, thereafter with principal amortized over 20 years with the balance due at maturity on September 2, 2025. Related to Facility purchase, the Company also acquired certain leases from certain tenants of the Facility, all of which were in good standing at the time of purchase. Depreciation on the building began when the Company commenced recognizing revenue from leasing and logistics services associated with the Facility. On October 5, 2020, the Company completed work to upgrade the Facility at a cost of $2,231,458 in order to better support the Company’s focus on e-commerce and logistics. Of the build out costs, $1,900,000 was funded by the loan described below (See Note 13).


A summary of

The following table summarizes property and equipment at September 30, 20172021 and December 31, 2016, was as follows:2020:

  

September 30,  

2021

  

December 31,

2020

 
  

(unaudited)

     

Land

 $1,256,895  $1,256,895 

Building

  7,191,451   7,191,451 

Computer and Office Equipment

  587,414   578,362 

Warehouse Equipment

  373,150   373,150 

Furniture and Fixtures

  944,231   938,471 

Vehicles

  109,441   109,441 

Total before accumulated depreciation

  10,462,582   10,447,770 

Less: accumulated depreciation

  (2,195,731

)

  (1,897,369

)

Total

 $8,266,851  $8,550,401 

  
September 30,
2017
  
December 31,
2016
 
Land $385,523  $385,523 
Building  1,326,165   1,326,165 
Computer and Office Equipment  497,191   466,177 
Warehouse Equipment  226,953   226,953 
Furniture, Fixtures  464,502   454,743 
Vehicles  40,064   40,064 
Total before accumulated depreciation  2,940,398   2,899,625 
Less: accumulated depreciation  (952,343)  (831,515)
Total $1,988,055  $2,068,110 

Depreciation and amortization expense for property and equipment amounted to $41,700$97,797 and $37,807$125,338 for the three months ended September 30, 20172021 and 2016,2020, respectively. Depreciation and amortization expense for property and equipment amounted to $120,832$298,362 and $120,017$357,771 for the nine months ended September 30, 20172021 and 2016,2020, respectively.

6. RIGHT OF USE ASSETS AND LEASE LIABILITIES OPERATING LEASES

The Company has operating leases for offices, warehouses, vehicles, and office equipment. The Company’s leases have remaining lease terms of 1 year to 3 years, some of which include options to extend.

The Company’s lease expense for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 was entirely comprised of operating leases and amounted to $30,861 and $35,599, respectively. The Company’s lease expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 was entirely comprised of operating leases and amounted to $89,443 and $143,255, respectively.

The Company’s ROU asset amortization for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 was $26,305 and $30,441, respectively. The Company’s ROU asset amortization for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 was $76,005 and $137,712, respectively. The difference between the lease expense and the associated ROU asset amortization consists of interest. 

Right of use assets – operating leases are summarized below:

  

September 30,

2021

  

December 31,

2020

 
  

(unaudited)

     

Office

 $158,273  $186,302 

Warehouse equipment

  61,740   12,695 

Office equipment

  13,592   1,812 

Vehicles

  25,486   45,928 

Right of use assets - operating leases, net

 $259,091  $246,737 

Operating lease liabilities are summarized below:

  

September 30,

2021

  

December 31,

2020

 
  

(unaudited)

     

Office

 $158,273  $186,302 

Warehouse equipment

  61,740   12,695 

Office equipment

  13,592   1,812 

Vehicles

  25,486   45,928 

Lease liability

 $259,091  $246,737 

Less: current portion

  (83,483

)

  (87,375

)

Lease liability, non-current

 $175,608  $159,362 

Maturity analysis under these lease agreements are as follows:

For the period ended September 30, 2022

 

$

96,427

 

For the period ended September 30, 2023

  

79,523

 

For the period ended September 30, 2024

  

74,642

 

For the period ended September 30, 2025

  

37,942

 

For the period ended September 30, 2026

  

890

 

Total

 

$

289,424

 

Less: Present value discount

  

(30,333

)

Lease liability

 

$

259,091

 

7. RIGHT OF USE ASSETS FINANCING LEASES

The Company has financing leases for vehicles and warehouse equipment. See note 14. Right of use asset – financing leases are summarized below:

  

September 30,

2021

  

December 31,

2020

 
  

(unaudited)

     

Vehicles

  362,358   362,358 

Warehouse Equipment

  555,416   533,531 

Total before accumulated depreciation

  917,774   895,889 

Less: accumulated depreciation

  (220,182

)

  (119,450

)

Total right of use assets - financing leases, net

 $697,592  $776,439 

Depreciation expense for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 was $35,036 and $16,906, respectively. Depreciation expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 was $100,732 and $47,482, respectively.

8. INVESTMENTS


The Company has made investments in certain early stage food related companies which it expects can benefit from synergies with the Company’s various operating businesses. At September 30, 2017,2021 the Company has investments in threeseven food related companies in the aggregate amount of $201,525.$286,725.  The Company does not have significant influence over the operations of these companies.

The Company’s investments may take the form of debt, equity, or equity in the future including convertible notes and other instruments which provide for future equity under various scenarios including subsequent financings or initial public offerings. The Company has evaluated the guidance in ASC No. 325-20, “Investments – Other”, in determining to account for the investment using the cost method since the equity securities are not marketable and do not give the Company significant influence. 

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company converted accounts receivable in the amount of $15,675 and $45,675 into an equity investment in a food related company. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the founder of one of the food related companies it invests in. passed away in an untimely tragic accident, and as a result the food related company ceased operations and the Company recognized an impairment in the amount of $209,850 in connection with that investment.


9. INTANGIBLE ASSETS


The Company acquired certain intangible assets pursuant to the acquisition ofacquisitions through Artisan, Oasis, (see note 3),Innovative Gourmet, OFB, Haley, and OFB, and the acquisition of certainM Innovations. These assets of The Haley Group, LLC. The following is the net book value of these assets:

  September 30, 2017 
     Accumulated    
  Gross  Amortization  Net 
Trade Name $217,000  $-  $217,000 
Non-Compete Agreement  444,000   (281,500)  162,500 
Customer Relationships  1,930,994   (1,042,261)  888,733 
Goodwill  151,000   -   151,000 
Total $2,742,994  $(1,323,761) $1,419,233 
  December 31, 2016 
     Accumulated    
  Gross  Amortization  Net 
Trade Name $217,000  $-  $217,000 
Non-Compete Agreement  244,000   (244,000)  - 
Customer Relationships  1,130,994   (791,310)  339,684 
Goodwill  151,000   -   151,000 
Total $1,742,994  $(1,035,310) $707,684 
Total amortization expense charged to continuing operations for the three months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 was $82,317 and $50,567, respectively.  Total amortization expense charged to continuing operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 was $288,451 and $182,201, respectively.  

Theinclude non-compete agreements, customer relationships, trade names, are not considered finite-lived assets,internally developed technology, and are not being amortized.goodwill. The non-compete agreements are being amortized over a periodCompany has also capitalized the development of 48 months. The customer relationships acquired in the Artisan, Haley, Oasis, and OFB transactions are being amortized over periods of 60, 36, 60, and 60 months, respectively.

its website.

13


As detailed in ASC 350 “Intangibles - Goodwill and Other”, the Company tests for goodwill impairment in the fourth quarter of each year and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of the asset exceeds its fair value and may not be recoverable.  As detailed in ASC 350-20-35-3A, in performing its testing for goodwill impairment, management has completed a qualitative analysis to determine whether it was more likely than not that the fair value of athe Company’s reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, including goodwill. To complete this review, management followed the steps in ASC 350-20-35-3C to evaluate the fair value of goodwill and considered all known events and circumstances that might trigger an impairment of goodwill.

COVID-19 has had a material negative impact on some of the Company’s foodservice customers. In an effort to limit the spread of the virus, federal, state and local governments have implemented measures that have resulted in the closure of non-essential businesses in many of the markets the Company serves, which has forced its customers in those markets to either transition their establishments to take-out service, delivery service or temporarily cease operations. These actions have led to a significant decrease in demand for certain of the Company’s foodservice products. The analysis completed in 2016 determinedadverse impact to the Company’s foodservice customer base was a triggering event and accordingly, as required by ASC 350, the Company performed interim goodwill and long-lived asset quantitative impairment tests during the first quarter of 2020. While the triggering event was a result of the negative impact related to foodservice customers, the applicable accounting rules then required an impairment test targeted specifically to any available carrying value of goodwill or intangible assets. During the first quarter of 2020, the Company performed the impairment tests on certain intangible assets and goodwill pursuant to the acquisitions through Artisan, Oasis, Innovative Gourmet and M Innovations.

Goodwill Impairment Test

The Company estimated the fair value of the Company’s reporting unit using an income approach that thereincorporates the use of a discounted cash flow model that involves many management assumptions that are based upon future growth projections which include estimates of COVID-19’s impact on our business. Assumptions include estimates of future revenues, growth rates which take into account estimated inflation rates, estimates of future levels of gross profit and operating profit, projected capital expenditures and discount rates based upon industry and competitor analyses. As a result of impairment test, it was nocalculated that the net carrying value of goodwill exceeded the fair value by $650,243, and the Company was required by ASC 350 to record an impairment charge to operations during the year ended December 31, 2020. At September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the net carrying value of goodwill assets.on the Company’s balance sheet was $0.


Long-lived Impairment Test

Long-lived assets, including other intangible assets, were tested for recoverability at the asset group level. The Company estimated the net undiscounted cash flows expected to be generated from the asset group over the expected useful life of the asset group’s primary asset. Key assumptions include future revenues, growth rates, estimates of future levels of gross profit and operating profit and projected capital expenditures necessary to maintain the operating capacity of each asset group. As a result of the impairment test, it was calculated that the net carrying values of other intangible assets exceeded the undiscounted cash flows for each of the Company’s asset groups by a total of $1,048,692, and the Company was required by the applicable accounting rules to record an impairment charge to operations during the year ended December 31, 2020. At September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, the net carrying value of other intangible assets on the Company’s balance sheet was $1,624,592 and $1,633,202, respectively. 

The Company acquired certain intangible assets pursuant to the acquisitions through Artisan, Oasis, Innovative Gourmet, OFB, Haley, and M Innovations. The following is the net book value of these assets:

  

September 30, 2021

(unaudited)

 
      

Accumulated

     
  

Gross

  

Amortization

and Impairment

  

Net

 

Non-Compete Agreement - amortizable

 $505,900  $(505,900

)

 $- 

Customer Relationships - amortizable

  3,068,034   (3,068,034

)

  - 

Trade Name

  1,532,822   -   1,532,822 

Internally Developed Technology - amortizable

  875,643   (875,643

)

  - 

Goodwill

  650,243   (650,243

)

  - 

Website - amortizable

  103,250   (11,480

)

  91,770 

Total

 $6,735,892  $(5,111,300

)

 $1,624,592 

  

December 31, 2020

 
      

Accumulated

     
  

Cost

  

Amortization

and Impairment

  

Net

 

Non-Compete Agreement - amortizable

 $505,900  $(505,900

)

 $- 

Customer Relationships - amortizable

  3,068,034   (3,068,034

)

  - 

Trade Name

  1,532,822   -   1,532,822 

Internally Developed Technology

  875,643   (875,643

)

  - 

Goodwill

  650,243   (650,243

)

  - 

Website

  103,250   (2,870

)

  100,380 

Total

 $6,735,892  $(5,102,690

)

 $1,633,202 

Total amortization expense for the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 was $2,870 and $0, respectively. Total amortization expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 was $8,610 and $210,032, respectively.

Total impairment charge for each of the three month periods ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 was $0. Total impairment charge for the nine month periods ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 was $0 and $1,698,952, respectively.

10. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES

Accounts payable and accrued liabilities at September 30, 20172021 and December 31, 20162020 are as follows:

 
September 30,
2017
  
December 31,
2016
  

September 30,

2021

  

December 31,

2020

 
Trade payables $1,921,920  $1,547,603 
Accrued costs of discontinued operations  18,765   1,478,887 
 

(unaudited)

     

Trade payables and accrued liabilities

 $4,042,121  $4,914,050 
Accrued payroll and commissions  147,463   93,043   280,779   184,473 
Total $2,088,148  $3,119,533  $4,322,900  $5,098,523 

11. ACCRUED INTEREST

At September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, accrued liabilities to related parties of $0 and $65,000, respectively, consisted of accrued bonus. 


11. ACCRUED INTEREST

At September 30, 2017,2021, accrued interest - current portion on a notenotes outstanding was $15,674. $36,069, and accrued interest – long term portion was $5,643. Accrued interest – long term portion consist of interest accrued on the PPP loans (see note 13).

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017,2021, the Company paid cash for interest in the aggregate amount of $17,480$88,331  and $59,432,$250,967, respectively.    

At December 31, 2016,2020, accrued interest on a note outstanding was $626,873, convertible at the option of the note holders into the Company’s common stock a price of $0.25 per share, or a total of 2,507,492 shares.$28,873. During the twelvethree and nine months ended December 31, 2016,September 30, 2020, the Company paid cash for interest in the aggregate amount of $96,318.    $70,996 and $196,392, respectively.

12. REVOLVING CREDIT FACILITIES

  

September 30,

2021

  

December 31,

2020

 
  

(unaudited)

     
         

Line of credit facility with Fifth Third Bank in the original amount of $2,000,000 with an interest rate of LIBOR plus 3.25% (the “Fifth Third Bank Line of Credit”).  Effective August 1, 2019, this credit facility was extended to August 1, 2021. Effective as of July 31, 2021 this credit facility was extended to November 1, 2021, and effective as of October 29, 2021, this credit facility was extended to March 1, 2022. On March 20, 2020, the Company drew down the amount of $2,000,000. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company paid interest in the amount of $17,438 and $51,583, respectively, on the Fifth Third Bank Line of Credit.

 $2,000,000  $2,000,000 
         

Total 

 $2,000,000  $2,000,000 

September 30,
2017
December 31,
2016
Line of credit facility with Fifth Third Bank in the original amount of $1,000,000 with an interest rate of LIBOR plus 3.25%. In August 2015, the amount of the credit facility was increased to $1,500,000 and the due date was extended to August 1, 2016. In August 2016, this credit facility was extended to August 1, 2017. On August 1, 2017 this credit facility was increased to $2,000,000 and the due date was extended to August 1, 2018. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2016, the Company made net borrowings in the amount of $120,000 from this facility, and transferred principal in the amount of $1,200,000 from this credit facility to a new term loan established with Fifth Third Bank. There was no activity on this credit facility during the nine months ended September 30, 2017.$-$-
Total $-$-


13. NOTES PAYABLE AND NOTES PAYABLE TO RELATED PARTIES


  
September 30,
2017
  
December 31,
2016
 
       
Term loan dated as of August 5, 2016 in the original amount of $1,200,000 payable to Fifth Third Bank. This loan is secured by the Company’s tangible and intangible personal property and bears interest at the rate of LIBOR plus 4.5%.  Principal payments in the amount of $66,667 are due monthly along with accrued interest beginning September 5, 2016. The entire principal balance and all accrued interest is due on the maturity date of February 5, 2018. During the twelve months ended December 31, 2016, the Company transferred principal in the amount of $1,200,000 from the line of credit facility with Fifth Third Bank into this term loan. During the three months ended September 30, 2017, the Company made principal and interest payments on this loan in the amounts of $200,000 and $5,594, respectively.  During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company made principal and interest payments on this loan in the amounts of $600,000 and $24,187, respectively. $314,033  $914,033 
         
Secured mortgage note payable for the acquisition of land and building in Bonita Springs, Florida in the amount of $546,000. Principal payments of $4,550 and interest at the rate of Libor plus 3% are due monthly. The balance of the principal amount will be due February 28, 2018. During the three months ended September 30, 2017, the Company made payments of principal and interest on this note in the amounts of $13,650 and $3,288, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company made payments of principal and interest on this note in the amounts of $40,950 and $9,663, respectively.  295,750   336,700 
         
Secured mortgage note payable for the acquisition of land and building in Broadview, Illinois in the amount of $980,000. Payments of $8,167 including principal and interest at the rate of LIBOR plus 2.75% are due monthly through April 2020, the remaining principal balance in the amount of $490,000 will be due May 29, 2020. During the three months ended September 30, 2017, the Company made payments of principal and interest on this note in the amounts of $24,500 and $7,845, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company made payments of principal and interest on this note in the amounts of $73,500 and $22,919, respectively.  751,333   824,833 
         
A total of 16 convertible notes payable in the aggregate amount of $627,565 (the “Convertible Notes Payable”). Certain of the Convertible Notes Payable contain cross default provisions, and are secured by subordinated interest in a majority of the Company’s assets. The Convertible Notes Payable bear interest at the rate of 1.9% per annum; principal and accrued interest are convertible into common stock of the Company at a conversion price of $0.25 per share; however, the interest may be paid in cash by the Company and certain limited amounts of principle may also be prepaid in cash. Effective May 13, 2014, the due date of these notes was extended from May 15, 2014 to December 31, 2015, and a discount to the notes in the aggregate amount of $712,565 was recorded to recognize the value of the beneficial conversion feature embedded in the extension of the term of the notes. In March 2015 the notes were further extended to January 1, 2016.  On September 30, 2015, the notes in the amount of $627,565 were further extended to July 1, 2017, and a discount in the amount of $627,565 was recorded to recognize the value of the beneficial conversion featured embedded in the extension of the term of the notes.  During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, $0 and $185,018, respectively, of this discount was charged to operations. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company accrued interest in the amount of $0 and $179,304, respectively, on these notes.
 
During the three months ended June 30, 2017, holders of the Convertible Notes Payable converted principal in the amount of $627,565 and accrued interest in the amount of $528,242 into an aggregate of 1,155,807 shares of common stock, and accrued interest in the amount of $86,089 was forgiven.  The amount of $86,809 is recorded as a decrease in interest expense during the three and six months ended June 30, 2017.
  -   627,565 
         
A convertible note payable in the amount of $20,000 The Note was due in January 2006 and the Company is currently accruing interest on this note at 1.9%. The principal is convertible into common stock of the Company at a conversion price of $0.25 per share.  During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company accrued interest in the amount of $93 and $279, respectively, on this note.  20,000   20,000 
  

September 30,

2021

  

December 31,

2020

 
  

(unaudited)

     
         

Secured mortgage note payable for the acquisition of land and building in Bonita Springs, Florida in the amount of $546,000. Principal payments of $4,550 plus interest at the rate of Libor plus 3% are due monthly. The balance of the principal amount was originally due February 28, 2018. On March 23, 2018 and effective February 26, 2018, this note was amended and renewed in the amount of $273,000, with monthly payments of principal and interest of $4,550 payable through the maturity date of February 28, 2023. During the three months ended September 30, 2021, the Company made payments of principal and interest on this note in the amounts of $13,650 and $718, respectively; during the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company made principal and interest payments on this note in the amounts of $40,950 and $2,476, respectively.

 $81,900  $122,850 
         

Secured mortgage note payable for the acquisition of land and building in Broadview, Illinois in the amount of $980,000. Principal payments of $8,167 plus interest at the rate of LIBOR plus 2.75% are due monthly through April 2020, the remaining principal balance in the amount of $490,000 was originally due May 29, 2020. Effective May 29, 2020, the note was amended and renewed such that principal payments of $8,303 plus accrued interest were due beginning June 29, 2020 and continuing for sixty months; the entire principal balance and all accrued interest will be due on May 29, 2025. During the three months ended September 30, 2021, the Company made payments of principal and interest on this note in the amounts of $24,500 and $2,880, respectively; during the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company made principal and interest payments in the amounts of $73,500 and $9,117 respectively. 

  375,666   449,166 
         

Promissory note dated March 22, 2019 in the original amount of $391,558 (the “Artisan Equipment Loan”) payable to Fifth Third Bank. This loan is secured by the Company’s tangible and intangible personal property and bears interest at the rate of 5.20%.  The entire principal balance and all accrued interest is due on the maturity date of March 21, 2024.  Monthly payments in the amount of $7,425 including principal and interest commenced in April, 2019. During the year ended December 31, 2019, equipment financed under the Artisan Equipment Loan in the amount of $33,075 was returned for credit. During the three months ended September 30, 2021, the Company made payments of principal and interest on this loan in the amounts of $17,691 and $2,703, respectively; during the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company made principal and interest payments in the amounts of $46,671 and $7,713, respectively.

  196,094   242,765 
         

A note payable in the amount of $20,000.  The Note was due in January 2006 and the Company is currently accruing interest on this note at 1.9%. During the three months ended September 30, 2021, the Company accrued interest in the amount of $96 on this note; during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company accrued interest in the amount of $282 on this note.

  20,000   20,000 
         

Vehicle acquisition loan dated December 6, 2018 in the original amount of $51,088, payable in sixty monthly installments of $955 including interest at the rate of 4.61% maturing November 5, 2023. During the three months ended September 30, 2021, the Company made principal and interest payments in the amount of $2,563 and $302, respectively, on this loan; during the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company made principal and interest payments in the amount of $7,603 and $993, respectively, on this loan. 

  24,448   32,051 



  
September 30,
2017
  
December 31,
2016
 
       
Unsecured note to Sam Klepfish for $164,650 which may not be prepaid without Mr. Klepfish’s consent, originally carrying an interest rate of 8% per annum and no due date.  As of July 1, 2014, the interest rate was reduced to 1.9% and as of November 17, 2014 the interest rate was further reduced to 0%. During the three months ended December 31, 2015, interest in the amount of $54,150 was capitalized, and the aggregate principal amount of $164,650 was extended to July 1, 2017. This note and accrued interest are convertible into common stock of the Company at a conversion price of $0.25 per share. During the three months ended March 31, 2017, the entire principal balance of this note in the amount of $164,650 was converted into 658,600 shares of the Company’s common stock.  -   164,650 
         
Unsecured promissory note in the amount of $100,000 dated January 1, 2017 bearing interest at the rate of 2.91% per annum issued in connection with the Oasis acquisition. Payments in the amount of $4,297 consisting of principal and interest are to be made monthly beginning February 15, 2017 for twenty-four months until paid in full. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company made principal payments on this note in the amount of $12,361 and $530, respectively; during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company made interest payments on this note in the amount of rest payments on this note in the amounts of $32,496, and $1,880, respectively.  67,504   - 
         
Capital lease obligations under a lease agreement for a forklift payable in thirty-six monthly installments of $274 including interest at the rate of 4.46%. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company made principal payments in the amount of $778 and $2,307, respectively. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company made interest payments on this lease obligation in the amounts of $45 and $159, respectively.  3,471   5,778 
         
Capital lease obligations under a lease agreement for a forklift payable in thirty-six monthly installments of $579 including interest at the rate of 4.83%. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company made principal payments in the amounts of $1,558 and $4,617, respectively.  During the three and nine months end September 30, 2017, the Company made interest payments on this lease obligation in the amounts of $178 and $591, respectively.  13,738   18,354 
         
Total $1,465,829  $2,911,913 
         
Less: Discount  -   (185,020)
         
Net $1,465,829  $2,726,893 
Current maturities, net of discount $547,183  $1,589,082 
Long-term portion, net of discount  918,646   1,137,811 
Total $1,465,829  $2,726,893 

  
For the Three Months Ended
September 30,
 
  2017  2016 
Discount on Notes Payable amortized to interest expense: $-  $92,509 
  
For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,
 
  2017  2016 
Discount on Notes Payable amortized to interest expense: $185,018  $277,527 

At September 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, the Company had unamortized discounts to notes payable in the aggregate amount

Secured mortgage facility in the amount of $5,500,000 with Fifth Third Bank for the acquisition of land and building in Mountaintop, Pennsylvania dated November 8, 2019 (the “Fifth Third Mortgage Facility”). The Fifth Third Mortgage Facility is secured by the assets acquired. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company drew down $3,600,000 of this facility. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company drew down an additional $1,900,000 of this facility. The interest rate is LIBOR plus 2.75% with interest only due through September 30, 2020, thereafter with principal amortized at a 20 years amortization rate and the balance due on the maturity date of September 2, 2025. The Company prepaid loan fees in connection with this loan in the amount of $72,916 which are considered a discount to the loan and are being amortized over the term of the note; $3,157 and $9,368 of this discount was amortized to interest expense during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively. During the three months ended September 30, 2021 the Company made principal and interest payments in the amount of $32,800 and $25,630, respectively, on this loan; during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 the Company made principal and interest payments in the amount of $131,200 and $103,368, respectively, on this loan. The Company also accrued an additional $12,424 of interest on this loan during the three months ended September 30, 2021. The Company also has in place an interest rate swap agreement (the “Fifth Third Interest Rate Swap”) with Fifth Third bank in connection with the Fifth Third Mortgage Facility. Pursuant to the Fifth Third Interest Rate Swap, the Company pays an additional base rate of 0.59% reduced by the difference between an initial LIBOR rate of 0.1513% and the month-end LIBOR rate. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company paid additional interest in the amount of $6,735 and $19,386, respectively, pursuant to the Fifth Third Interest Rate Swap.

  5,303,200   5,434,400 
         

Loan payable to Fifth Third Bank dated April 21, 2020 pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program (the “IVFH PPP Loan”) established under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (the “CARES Act”) in the principal amount of $1,650,221. The term of the IVFH PPP Loan is two years, and the annual interest rate is 1%. Under the terms of the CARES Act, PPP Loan recipients can apply for, and be granted forgiveness for, all or a portion of loans granted under the Paycheck Protection Program. No assurance is provided that the Company will obtain forgiveness of the IVFH PPP Loan in whole or in part. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company accrued interest in the amount of $0 and $4,069, respectively, on the IVFH PPP Loan. Effective July 8, 2021, the entire principal amount due under this loan of $1,650,221 and accrued interest of $15,597 was forgiven and the Company recorded a gain on forgiveness of debt during the three months ended September 30, 2021. For this reason, the Company did not record interest on this loan during the three months ended September 30, 2021. (See note 18)

  -   1,650,221 
         

Five loans payable to Fifth Third Bank dated from February 12, 2021 to April 11, 2021 were received by subsidiaries of the Company pursuant to the Paycheck Protection Program (the “Additional PPP Loans”) established under the CARES Act in the aggregate principal amount of $1,748,414. Each of the Additional PPP Loans are due five years from inception and the annual interest rate is 1%. Under the terms of the CARES Act, PPP Loan recipients can apply for, and be granted forgiveness for, all or a portion of loans granted under the Paycheck Protection Program. No assurance is provided that the Company will obtain forgiveness of the Additional PPP Loans in whole or in part. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company received cash in the aggregate amount of $0 and $1,748,414 under these loans. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company accrued interest in the amount of $623 and $5,643, respectively, on the Additional PPP Loans. Subsequent to September 30, four of these loans in the aggregate principal amount of $1,499,054 and accrued interest of $5,143 were forgiven. for this reason, the Company did not record interest on these loans during the three months ended September 30, 2021.

  1,748,414   - 
         

Total

  7,749,722   7,951,453 

Discount

  (49,169

)

  (58,537

)

Net of discount

 $7,700,553  $7,892,916 
         

Current portion

 $536,508  $1,800,108 

Long-term maturities

  7,213,214   6,151,345 

Total

 $7,749,722  $7,951,453 


Aggregate maturities of long-term notes payable as of September 30, 20172021 are as follows:


For the period ended September 30, 

2022

 $536,509 

2023

  883,982 

2024

  822,622 

2025

  5,266,408 

2026

  240,201 

Total

 $7,749,722 

14. LEASE LIABILITIES - FINANCING LEASES

  

September 30,

2021

  

December 31,

2020

 
         

Financing lease obligation under a lease agreement for a forklift dated July 12, 2021 in the original amount of $16,070 payable in thirty-six monthly installments of $489 including interest at the rate of 6.01%. During the three months ended September 30, 2021, the Company made principal and interest payments on this lease obligation in the amounts of $1,231 and $235, respectively.

 $14,839  $- 
         

Financing lease obligation under a lease agreement for a pallet truck dated July 15, 2021 in the original amount of $5,816 payable in thirty-six monthly installments of $177 including interest at the rate of 6.01%. During the three months ended September 30, 2021, the Company made principal and interest payments on this lease obligation in the amounts of $446 and $85, respectively.

  5,370   - 
         

Financing lease obligation under a lease agreement for warehouse furniture and equipment truck dated October 14, 2020 in the original amount of $514,173 payable in sixty monthly installments of $9,942 including interest at the rate of 6.01%. During the three months ended September 30, 2021, the Company made principal and interest payments on this lease obligation in the amount of $23,237 and $6,734, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company made principal and interest payments on this lease obligation in the amount of $68,681 and $20,942, respectively.

  423,276   491,957 
         

Financing lease obligation under a lease agreement for a truck dated March 31, 2020 in the original amount of $152,548 payable in eighty-four monthly installments of $2,188 including interest at the rate of 5.44%. During the three months ended September 30, 2021, the Company made principal and interest payments on this lease obligation in the amounts of $4,847 and $1,717, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company made principal and interest payments on this lease obligation in the amounts of $14,346 and $5,347, respectively.

  122,933   137,278 
         

Financing lease obligation under a lease agreement for a truck dated November 5, 2018 in the original amount of $128,587 payable in seventy monthly installments of $2,326 including interest at the rate of 8.33%. During the three months ended September 30, 2021, the Company made principal and interest payments on this lease obligation in the amounts of $5,402 and $1,576, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company made principal and interest payments on this lease obligation in the amounts of $15,874 and $5,058, respectively. 

  72,040   87,914 
         

Financing lease obligation under a lease agreement for a truck dated August 23, 2019 in the original amount of $80,413 payable in eighty-four monthly installments of $1,148 including interest at the rate of 5.0%. During the three months ended September 30, 2021, the Company made principal and interest payments on this lease obligation in the amounts of $2,684 and $760, respectively. During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company made principal and interest payments on this lease obligation in the amounts of $7,952 and $4,176, respectively. 

  59,040   66,992 
         

Total

 $697,498  $784,141 
         

Current portion

 $157,371  $146,004 

Long-term maturities

  540,127   638,137 

Total

 $697,498  $784,141 


Aggregate maturities of lease liabilities – financing leases as of September 30, 2021 are as follows:

For the period ended September 30, 


2022

 

$

157,371

 

2023

  

167,417

 

2024

  

173,785

 

2025

  

151,983

 

2026

  

36,149

 

Thereafter

  

10,793

 

Total

 

$

697,498

 
2018 $547,183 
2019  177,038 
2020  609,933 
2021  54,600 
2022  54,600 
Thereafter  22,475 
Total $1,465,829 


Beneficial Conversion Features
The Company calculates the fair value of any beneficial conversion features embedded in its convertible notes via the Black-Scholes valuation method. The Company also calculates the fair value of any detachable warrants offered with its convertible notes via the Black-Scholes valuation method.  The instruments were considered discounts to the notes, to the extent the aggregate value of the warrants and conversion features did not exceed the face value of the notes. These discounts were amortized to interest expense via the effective interest method over the term of the notes.  

14. 

15.RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS


For the nine months ended September 30, 2017:2021:


Vesting of shares to officers

The

During the nine months ended September 30, 2021 in connection with stock based compensation based upon the terms of employment agreements with its employees and compensation agreements with the Company’s independent board members, the Company cancelled RSUs held bycharged to operations the amount of $67,500 for the vesting of a total of 150,210 shares of common stock issuable to two of its independent board members, and $300,796 for the vesting of a total of 776,611 shares of common stock issuable to its Chief Executive Officer representing 1,382,540and its Director of Strategic Acquisitions pursuant to their employment agreements. The Company also recognized non-cash compensation in the amount of $107,836 during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 in connection with stock options issuable to management and board members.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company issued 50,000 two-year stock options with a fair value of $2,270 and an exercise price of $1.20 to a director.

On August 26, 2021, the Company sold a total of 3,125,000 shares of common stock at a price of which 700,000 were unvested and 682,540 were vested. In place$0.40 per share to an entity controlled by Hank Cohn, a director of the 682,540 vested cancelled RSUs,Company; the Company issued a net amount of 586,586 shares of common stock.  The remaining 95,954 shares of the 682,540 cancelled vested RSUs were not issued and instead the cash value of those shares was held back by the Company to pay certain taxes related to the issuance.  In addition, the 700,000 unvested RSUs were replaced with restricted stock awards under the same terms and conditions as the 700,000 RSUs.  See note 16.


The Company cancelled RSUs held by its President representing 1,724,532sold  3,125,000 shares of common stock at a price of which 490,000 were unvested and 1,234,532 were vested. In place$0.40 per share to an entity controlled by Jefferson Gramm, a director of the 1,234,532 vested cancelled RSUs,Company; and the Company issued a net amount of 928,027 shares of common stock.  The remaining 306,505 shares of the 1,234,532 cancelled vested RSUs were not issued and instead the cash value of those shares was held back by the Company to pay certain taxes related to the issuance.  In addition, the 490,000 unvested RSUs were replaced with restricted stock awards under the same terms and conditions as the 490,000 RSUs.  See note 16.

The Company cancelled RSUs held by its two of its Directors representing 545,000sold  3,125,000 shares of common stock at a price of which 180,000 were unvested and 365,000 were vested. In place$0.40 per share to an entity controlled by James C. Pappas, a director of the 365,000 vested cancelled RSUs, the Company issued 365,000 shares of common stock.  In addition, the 180,000 unvested RSUs were replaced with restricted stock awards under the same terms and conditions as the 180,000 RSUs.Company. See note 16.
The Company’s Chief Executive Officer converted a note payable in the amount of $164,650 into 658,600 shares of common stock.
The Company acquired options to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock from its President for $9,000 cash, which was the difference between the exercise price of the options and the market price of the stock on the date of purchase.

The Company acquired options to purchase 140,000 shares of the Company’s common stock from its President for $13,400 cash, which was the difference between the exercise price of the options and the market price of the stock on the date of purchase.

The Company acquired options to purchase 87,500 shares of the Company’s common stock from its Principal Accounting Officer for $8,125 cash, which was the difference between the exercise price of the options and the market price of the stock on the date of purchase.

The Company acquired options to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock from its Chief Executive Officer for $24,000 cash, which was the difference between the exercise price of the options and the market price of the stock on the date of purchase.

The Company acquired options to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock from its President for $24,000 cash, which was the difference between the exercise price of the options and the market price of the stock on the date of purchase.

The Company acquired options to purchase 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock from two of its directors (100,000 from each director) for $48,000 ($24,000 to each director), which was the difference between the exercise price of the options and the market price of the stock on the date of purchase.


The Company acquired options to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock from a director for $33,000, which was the difference between the exercise price of the options and the market price of the stock on the date of purchase.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2016:2020:


Vesting of shares to officers

At December 31, 2015,

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020 in connection with stock based compensation based upon the terms of employment agreements with its employees and compensation agreements with the Company’s independent board members, the Company had an accrued liabilitycharged to operations the amount of $52,500 for the vesting of a total of 104,892 shares of common stock issuable to two of its independent board members, and $192,183 for the vesting of a total of 531,271 shares of common stock issuable to its Chief Executive Officer and its Director of Strategic Acquisitions pursuant to their employment agreements. The Company also recognized non-cash compensation in the amount of $160,150 representing an aggregate of 210,520 shares of common stock to be issued to officers, directors, and employees for services performed during 2013;$113,902 during the three months ended March 31, 2016, the Company issued 210,520 RSUs in satisfaction of this liability.  Also at December 31, 2015, the Company had an accrued liability in the amount of $157,780 representing 244,620 RSUs to be issued to officers and employees as a bonus for services performed in 2015;  during the three months ended March 31, 2016, the Company issued an aggregate of 244,620  RSUs  in satisfaction of this liability.


During the threenine months ended September 30, 2016,2020 in connection with stock options issuable to management and board members.

The chief executive officer provided a limited waiver through June 29, 2020 of certain rights and benefits contained in his employment agreement following a Change in Control (as defined in the Company issued 95,000 sharesemployment agreement).


15. 

16.COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENT LIABILITIES


Contingent Liability

Pursuant to the Oasis acquisition,igourmet Asset Purchase Agreement, the Company is contingently liable forrecorded contingent liabilities in the original amount of $787,800. This amount relates to certain performance-based payments over the twenty-four months following the acquisition date. Thedate as well as to certain additional liabilities that the Company believes it is likely that these payments will be made,has evaluated and accordinglyhas recorded on a contingent basis. During the entireyear ended December 31, 2018, the Company reduced this amount by $392,900 as the performance goals for the first year were not met. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company reduced this amount by $132,300 as the performance goals for the second year were not met. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company paid the amount of $400,000$39,000 in connection with the additional liabilities. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company paid the amount of $40,000 in connection with the additional liabilities. During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company paid the amount of $0 and $8,000, respectively, in connection with the additional liabilities. At September 30, 2021, the amount of $67,000 remains on the Company’s consolidated balance sheet as a current contingent liability, and $108,600 as a long term contingent liability.

Pursuant to the Mouth Foods LLC Asset Acquisition, the Company recorded contingent liabilities in the amount of $240,576.  These amounts relate to the estimate of certain performance-based payments following the acquisition date as well as to certain additional liabilities that the Company has evaluated and has recorded on its balance sheet at acquisition. $200,000a contingent basis. During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company paid the amount of this amount$120,576 in connection with these liabilities. At September 30, 2021, $120,000 is classified as a current liabilitycontingent liability.

License Agreements

In May 2019, the Company entered into a royalty-based license agreement, through December 31, 2022 with a lifestyle brand, which provides the exclusive right, with certain carve-outs and $200,000limitations, to sell and promote branded gift baskets for certain channels including: retail, warehouse club stores, certain of the Company’s current e-commerce channels, and other e-commerce channels such as amazon.com (the “May 2019 License Agreement”). Pursuant to the May 2019 License Agreement, the Company paid an initial royalty deposit in the amount of $50,000 towards the minimum royalty, which is classified as a long term liabilityother current assets on the Company’s balance sheet at December 31, 2019.  Future royalty amounts owed for minimum payments in connection with the May 2019 License Agreement will be deducted from this deposit The royalty rate is 5% of net sales, and the Company is required, with certain exceptions and exclusions, to make minimum royalty payments of $100,000 through the end of 2020, $110,000 in 2021, and $125,000 in 2022, respectively.  As of September 30, 2017.2021, the Company has made the required minimum royalty payments.


Litigation

On September 16, 2019, an action (the “PA Action”) was filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Trial Division, against, among others, the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Innovative Gourmet LLC and Food Innovations, Inc. Since that time, other parties involved in the incident have joined as plaintiffs in the PA Action.  The complaint in the PA Action alleges, inter alia, wrongful death and negligence by a driver employed by Innovative Gourmet and indicates a demand and offer to settle for 50 million dollars. We expect that should a settlement occur the amount to resolve the Action would be substantially lower. The Company and its subsidiaries had auto and umbrella insurance policies, among others, that were in effect for the relevant period The Company and its subsidiaries’ insurers have agreed to defend the Company and its subsidiaries in the PA Action (and the related action), subject to a reservation of rights. The Company believes that the likely outcome would result in the liabilities being covered by its insurance carriers. However, if the Company was found responsible for damages in excess of its available insurance coverage, such damages in excess of the coverage could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s operations. On July 16, 2020, the court granted the Company's motion to stay the case through the final adjudication of an additional pending legal proceeding against the driver in connection with the events related to the case. Because the statute of limitations on the incident has now run, it is not anticipated that any new plaintiffs involved in the incident will come forward against the Company and its subsidiaries.

Litigation

From time to time, the Company has become and may become involved in variouscertain lawsuits and legal proceedings which arise in the ordinary course of business.business, or as the result of current or previous investments, or current or previous subsidiaries, or current or previous employees, or current or previous directors, or as a result of acquisitions and dispositions or other corporate activities.  The Company intends to vigorously defend its positions. However, litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties, and an adverse result in these or other matters may arise from time to time that may harm our business.

On July 7, 2017, Scher Zalman Duchmanfinancial position or our business and Deborah L. Duchman (collectively, “Duchmans”) filed an amended complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida seeking approximately $1 million in damages against Innovative Food Holdings, Inc., FD Acquisition Corp., and Sam Klepfish, IVFH’s CEO.  The Duchmans, amongst other things, allege that defendants owed a fiduciary duty to the Duchmans to protect them, and their own personal guarantees and obligations, in connection with loans and other duties incurred by a former subsidiary of the Company.  The Duchmans further allege that the defendants did not fulfill that alleged fiduciary obligation.  In response to the lawsuit, IVFH has filed a motion, which is currently being considered by the court, seeking dismissal of claims on a number of bases.  IVFH has also notified the court of a release and covenant not to sue executed by S. Duchman in April of 2016 in favor of IVFH and its officers which encompasses the claims the Duchmans have asserted.  IVFH believes that this lawsuit is without merit and is an attempt by the Duchmans to drag IVFH into the Duchmans’ personal financial matters which are unrelated to IVFH. While IVFH intends to vigorously defend against this lawsuit, the outcome of this lawsuitthese matters cannot be ultimately be predicted.

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17. EQUITY

Common Stock

At September 30, 20172021 and December 31, 2016,2020, a total of 2,491,112 and 733,6592,837,580 shares respectively, are deemed issued but not outstanding by the Company. These include 2,276,7032,623,171 shares of treasury stock as of September 30, 2017 and 519,254 shares of treasury stock as of December 31, 2016.stock.

Nine months ended September 30, 2017:2021:


On August 26, 2021, the Company entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement (the “SPA”) with each of JCP Investment Partnership LP, Bandera Master Fund LP and SV Asset Management LLC (collectively, the “Investors”). Pursuant to the SPA, each Investor purchased 3,125,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for an aggregate of 9,375,000 shares from the Company at a price of $0.40 per share. The Company issued 274,783received $3,580,372 proceeds from the sale of the shares, net of costs in the amount of $169,628. JCP Investment Partnership, LP is controlled by James C. Pappas, a director of the Company; Bandera Master Fund LP is controlled by Jefferson Gramm, a director of the Company; and SV Asset Management LLC is controlled by Hank Cohn, a director of the Company.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2021 in connection with stock based compensation based upon the terms of employment agreements with its employees and compensation agreements with the Company’s independent board members, the Company charged to operations the amount of $67,500 for the vesting of a total of 150,210 shares of common stock issuable to two of its independent board members, and $300,796 for cashthe vesting of $68,697 pursuant to the exercise of warrants.


The Company purchased options to purchase a total of 367,500776,611 shares of common stock from two executive officers, and employee, and a board member for an aggregate $34,925 in cash, which was the difference between the exercise price of the options and the market price of the stock on the date of purchase.  The Company charged the amount of $34,925 to additional paid-in capital.
The Company charged the amount of $240,208 to additional paid-in capital representing the vesting of restricted stock awards issued to officers.

The Company issued 658,600 shares of common stockissuable to its Chief Executive Officer for conversionand its Director of a note payableStrategic Acquisitions pursuant to their employment agreements. The Company also recognized non-cash compensation in the amount of $164,650.$107,836 during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 in connection with stock options issuable to management and board members.

Nine months ended September 30, 2020:

The Company issued a net amount of 2,410,392 shares of common stock (net of 623,813 shares held back by the Company to pay certain taxes owed related to the issuance) to employees, officers, and directors in satisfaction of the following obligations: vested RSUs representing 2,533,246 shares of common stock, and bonus shares and shares previously accrued representing 500,959 shares of common stock.  The Company charged the amount of $33,453 to additional paid-in capital representing the value of these shares that had not been previously charged to operations.


The Company retired to treasury 642,688 shares of common stock pursuant to an agreement signed to acquire those shares.  The Company also retired to treasury an aggregate of 37,000 shares of common stock purchased on the open market for cash of $18,592.

The Company issued 4,626,427 shares of common stock for the conversion of notes payable and accrued interest in the aggregate amount of $1,155,807.
The Company issued 70,00038,943 shares of common stock with a fair value of $33,600$17,135 to an employee as a bonus.

The Company acquired options to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock from its Chief Executive Officer for $24,000 cash, which was the difference between the exercise price of the options and the market price of the stock on the date of purchase.
The Company acquired options to purchase 100,000 shares of the Company’s common stock from its President for $24,000 cash, which was the difference between the exercise price of the options and the market price of the stock on the date of purchase.
The Company acquired options to purchase 200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock from two of its directors (100,000 from each director) for $48,000 ($24,000 to each director), which was the difference between the exercise price of the options and the market price of the stock on the date of purchase.

The Company issued 200,000 shares of common stock for cash of $70,000 pursuant to the exercise of stock options.

The Company issued 224,638 shares of common stock for subscriptions receivable in the amount of $128,022 in connection with the exercise of warrants.

The Company issued 250,000 shares of common stock in exchange for the cashless conversion of warrants. The aggregate par value of $25 was charged to additional paid-in capital on the Company’s balance sheet at June 30, 2017.
The Company acquired 639,383 shares of common stock for cash of $235,000 and returned these shares to treasury.  The Company also acquired an additional 438,379 shares of common stock for $252,068 of which $50,000 was paid and $202,068 was paid on  October 2, 2017, and returned these shares to treasury.
The Company purchased options to purchase a total of 100,000 shares of common stock for $33,000 in cash, which was the difference between the exercise price of the options and the market price of the stock on the date of purchase.  The Company charged the amount of $33,000 to additional paid-in capital.

The Company issued a total of 1,070,000 shares of common stock to officers and directors pursuant to the vesting of restricted stock awards:  400,000 shares to its Chief Executive Officer; 400,000 shares to its President; and 90,000 shares to each of three directors.

Nine months ended September 30, 2016:

The Company issued 25,0004,762 shares of common stock with a fair value of $34,000$2,286 to a service provider.  The value of these shares was accrued during

During the twelvenine months ended December 31, 2015.


TheSeptember 30, 2020 in connection with stock based compensation based upon the terms of employment agreements with its employees and compensation agreements with the Company’s independent board members, the Company issued an aggregatecharged to operations the amount of 600,000$52,500 for the vesting of a total of 104,892 shares of common stock issuable to an employeetwo of The Fresh Diet pursuant to a separation agreement. These shares were issued as follows: 300,000 of these shares were issuedits independent board members, and $192,183 for the exercisevesting of RSUs held by the employee, and an additional 300,000 shares were charged to discontinued operations at the fair valuea total of $147,000.

The Company issued 133,333531,271 shares of common stock issuable to an employeeits Chief Executive Officer and its Director of The Fresh DietStrategic Acquisitions pursuant to an employee agreement.their employment agreements. The fair value of these sharesCompany also recognized non-cash compensation in the amount of $67,987 was charged to discontinued operations$113,902 during the period.nine months ended September 30, 2020 in connection with stock options issuable to management and board members.


The chief executive officer provided a limited waiver through June 29, 2020 of certain rights and benefits contained in his employment agreement following a Change in Control (as defined in the employment agreement).

The Company issued 200,000 shares of common stock to an employee of The Fresh Diet pursuant to a separation agreement.   These shares were issued via the exercise of RSUs; the par value of $20 was charged to additional paid-in capital during the period.


The Company repurchased 33,000 shares of common stock at a share price of $0.45 per share.  The value of these shares inrecorded the amount of $14,850 has been recorded$113,902 in treasury stock.connection with the vesting of stock options to management and board members.


Options

The Company issued 95,000 shares of common stock pursuant to the exercises of RSUs by an ex-director.

Warrants
The following table summarizes the significant terms of warrants outstanding at September 30, 2017. These warrants may be settled in cash and, unless the underlying shares are registered, via cashless exercise, into shares of the Company’s common stock at the request of the warrant holder. These warrants were granted in 2012 as part of a financing and loan agreement related to the acquisition of Artisan Specialty Foods in 2012:
Range of
exercise
Prices
  
Number of
warrants
Outstanding
  
Weighted
average
remaining
contractual
life (years)
  
Weighted
average
exercise
price of
outstanding
Warrants
  
Number of
warrants
Exercisable
  
Weighted
average
exercise
price of
exercisable
Warrants
 
$0.010   700,000   2.63  $0.01   700,000  $0.01 
                       
     700,000   2.63  $0.01   700,000  $0.01 

Transactions involving warrants are summarized as follows:
  Number of  Weighted Average 
  Warrants  Exercise Price 
Warrants outstanding at December 31, 2016  3,537,284  $0.45 
         
Granted  -   - 
Exercised  (2,837,284) $0.56 
Cancelled / Expired  -   - 
         
Warrants outstanding at September 30, 2017  700,000  $0.01 

Options

The following table summarizes the options outstanding at September 30, 2021 and the related prices for the options to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock issued by the Company:

         Weighted     Weighted 
      Weighted  average     average 
      average  exercise     exercise 
Range of  Number of  Remaining  price of  Number of  price of 
exercise  options  contractual  outstanding  options  exercisable 
Prices  Outstanding  life (years)  Options  Exercisable  Options 
$0.35   470,000   0.31  $0.35   470,000  $0.35 
                       
$0.57   225,000   0.25  $0.57   225,000  $0.57 
                       
$1.31   200,000   0.69  $1.31   200,000  $1.31 
                       
$1.42   100,000   0.72  $1.42   100,000  $1.42 
                       
$1.43   50,000   1.25  $1.43   50,000  $1.50 
                       
$1.46   100,000   0.75  $1.46   100,000  $1.46 
                       
$1.60   310,000   0.25  $1.60   310,000  $1.60 
                       
$1.70   75,000   0.54  $1.70   75,000  $1.70 
                       
$1.90   190,000   1.60  $1.90   190,000  $1.90 
                       
$2.00   50,000   0.54  $2.00   50,000  $2.00 
                       
$2.40   20,000   0.67  $2.40   20,000  $2.40 
                       
$2.50   37,500   0.54  $2.50   37,500  $0.79 
                       
$3.40   30,000   0.67  $3.40   30,000  $3.40 
                       
$3.50   37,500   0.54  $3.50   37,500  $3.50 
     1,895,000   0.57  $1.25   1,895,000  $1.25 
             

Weighted

      

Weighted

 
         

Weighted

  

average

      

average

 
         

average

  

exercise

      

exercise

 
 

Range of

  

Number of

  

Remaining

  

price of

  

Number of

  

price of

 
 

exercise

  

options

  

contractual

  

outstanding

  

options

  

exercisable

 
 

Prices

  

Outstanding

  

life (years)

  

Options

  

Exercisable

  

Options

 
 $0.60   50,000   4.25  $0.60   18,750  $0.60 
 $0.62   360,000   2.25  $0.62   330,000  $0.62 
 $0.85   540,000   2.25  $0.85   495,000  $0.85 
 $1.00   50,000   4.25  $1.00   18,750  $1.00 
 $1.20   1,100,000   2.04  $1.20   975,000  $1.20 
 $1.50   125,000   0.25  $1.50   125,000  $1.50 
      2,225,000   2.13  $1.02   1,962,500  $1.03 


Transactions involving stock options are summarized as follows:

  

Number of Shares

  

Weighted Average

Exercise Price

 

Options outstanding at December 31, 2020

  2,250,000  $1.02 
         

Granted

  50,000  $1.20 

Exercised

  -  $- 

Cancelled / Expired

  (75,000

)

 $1.10 
         

Options outstanding at September 30, 2021 (unaudited)

  2,225,000  $1.02 

Options exercisable at September 30, 2021 (unaudited)

  1,962,500  $1.03 

  Number of Shares  
Weighted Average
Exercise Price
 
Options outstanding at December 31, 2016  2,445,000  $1.01 
         
Granted  650,000  $1.73 
Exercised  (200,000) $0.35 
Cancelled / Expired  (1,000,000) $1.18 
         
Options outstanding at September 30, 2017  1,895,000  $1.25 

Aggregate intrinsic value of options outstanding and exercisable at September 30, 20172021 and 20162020 was $339,700 and $737,905, respectively.$0.  Aggregate intrinsic value represents the difference between the Company’s closing stock price on the last trading day of the fiscal period, which was $0.91$0.49 and $0.48$0.41 as of September 30, 20172021 and 2016,2020, respectively, and the exercise price multiplied by the number of options outstanding.


During the three months ended September 30, 20172021, the Company issued 50,000 two-year options with a fair value $2,270 to a director.

During the three months ended September 30, 2021 and 2016,2020, the Company charged a total of $0$35,878 and $4,983,$37,452, respectively, to operations related to recognized stock-based compensation expense for employee and board member stock options. During the nine months ended September 30, 20172021 and 2017,2020, the Company charged a total of $8,707$107,836 and $14,814,$113,902, respectively, to operations related to recognized stock-based compensation expense for employee and board member stock options.


Accounting for warrants and stock options


The Company valued warrantsstock options granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and options2020 using the Black-Scholes valuation model utilizing the following variables: 

September 30,
2017
Volatility56.9%
Dividends$-
Risk-free interest rates0.87%
Term (years)0.78-2.44
  

September 30,

  

September 30,

 
  

2021

  

2020

 

Volatility

  71.3

%

  41.7

%

Dividends

  -   - 

Risk-free interest rates

  0.23

%

  1.37

%

Term (years)

  2.00   3.00 

18. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Restricted Stock Units (“RSUs”)

During the nine months ended September 30, 2017,

On October 5, 2021, the Company cancelled all of its outstanding RSUs and issued the following:  For vested RSUs representing 3,104,20574,086 shares of common stock with a fair value of $34,857 to an employee for services.

In October 2021, the Company issued a net amountreceived notification from Fifth Third Bank, N.A. that principal and accrued interest in the aggregate amounts of 2,480,392 shares of restricted common stock (net of 623,813 shares held back by the Company to pay certain taxes owed related to the issuance); for unvested RSUs representing 1,370,000 shares of common stock, the Company issued 1,370,000 shares of restricted common stock$1,499,054 and $9,866, respectively, due under the same terms as the cancelled RSUs.  1,070,000four of the restricted stock awards vested on JulyAdditional PPP Loans had been forgiven.

In November 2021, the Fifth Third Bank Line of Credit was extended to March 1, 2017, the same date at which the RSUs which they replaced would have vested.  These 1,070,000 shares were issued during the three months ended September 30, 2017. The vesting for the remaining 300,000 restricted stock awards is contingent upon meeting certain price and volume conditions related to the Company’s stock; these conditions are the same conditions required for vesting of the cancelled RSUs.  The Company charged the amount of $0 and $240,208, respectively, to operations during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 representing the amortization of the cost of these restricted stock awards.  The amounts charged to operations is the same amount that the Company would have charged for the RSUs that were cancelled had they not been cancelled.2022.



RSUs expense during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017 and 2016 are summarized in the table below:

  September 30, 
  2017  2016 
       
RSUs expense – Continuing operations $-  $190,692 
RSUs expense – Discontinued operations  -   - 
Total $-  $190,692 

  September 30, 
  2017  2016 
       
RSUs expense – Continuing operations $-  $658,709 
RSUs expense – Discontinued operations  -   813,908 
Total $-  $1,472,617 


ITEM 2 - MANAGEMENT’SMANAGEMENTS DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto, as well as all other related notes, and financial and operational references, appearing elsewhere in this document. 

Certain information contained in this discussion and elsewhere in this report may include “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and is subject to the safe harbor created by that act. The safe harbor created by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act will not apply to certain “forward looking statements” because we issued “penny stock” (as defined in Section 3(a)(51) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 3(a)(51-1) under the Exchange Act) during the three year period preceding the date(s) on which those forward looking statements were first made, except to the extent otherwise specifically provided by rule, regulation or order of the Securities and Exchange Commission. We caution readers that certain important factors may affect our actual results and could cause such results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements which may be deemed to have been made in this Report or which are otherwise made by or on our behalf.  For this purpose, any statements contained in this report that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, words such as “may”, “will”, “expect”, “believe”, “explore”, “consider”, “anticipate”, “intend”, “could”, “estimate”, “plan”, “propose” or “continue” or the negative variations of those words or comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Factors that may affect our results include, but are not limited to, the risks and uncertainties associated with:

Our ability to raise capital necessary to sustain our anticipated operations and implement our business plan,

  

Our ability to implement our business plan,

Our ability to generate sufficient cash to pay our lenders and other creditors,

Our dependence on one major customer,

  

Our ability to employ and retain qualified management and employees,

Our dependence on the efforts and abilities of our current employees and executive officers,

Changes in government regulations that are applicable to our current or anticipated business,

Changes in the demand for our services and different food trends,

The degree and nature of our competition,

The lack of diversification of our business plan,

The general volatility of the capital markets and the establishment of a market for our shares, and

Disruption in the economic and financial conditions primarily from the impact of past terrorist attacks in the United States, threats of future attacks, police and military activities overseas and other disruptive worldwide political and economic events, health pandemics, rising inflation and environmental weather conditions.

We are also subject to other risks detailed from time to time in our other filings with Securities and Exchange Commissionthe SEC and elsewhere in this report. Any one or more of these uncertainties, risks and other influences could materially affect our results of operations and whether forward-looking statements made by us ultimately prove to be accurate.  Our actual results, performance and achievements could differ materially from those expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements.  We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether from new information, future events or otherwise.



Critical Accounting Policy and Estimates

Use of Estimates in the Preparation of Financial Statements

The preparation of these financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. These estimates include certain assumptions related to doubtful accounts receivable, stock-based services, valuation of financial instruments, operating right of use assets and liabilities, and income taxes. On an on-going basis, we evaluate these estimates, including those related to revenue recognition and concentration of credit risk. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Accounts subject to estimate and judgements are accounts receivable reserves, income taxes, intangible assets, contingent liabilities, and equity basedequity-based instruments. Actual results may differ from these estimates under different assumptions or conditions. We believe our estimates have not been materially inaccurate in past years, and our assumptions are not likely to change in the foreseeable future.


Provision for Doubtful Accounts Receivable

The Company maintained an allowance in the amount of $5,436$376,331 for doubtful accounts receivable at September 30, 2017,2021, and $56,371$343,832 at September 30, 2016.December 31, 2020. The Company has an operational relationship of several years with our major customers, and we believe this experience provides us with a solid foundation from which to estimate our expected losses on accounts receivable. Should our sales mix change or if we develop new lines of business or new customers, these estimates and our estimation process will change accordingly. These estimates have been accurate in the past.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company measures its financial assets and liabilities in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The estimated fair values approximate their carrying value because of the short-term maturity of these instruments or the stated interest rates are indicative of market interest rates. These fair values have historically varied due to the market price of the Company’s stock at the date of valuation. Generally, these

Income Taxes

The Company uses the liability method of accounting for income taxes. Deferred tax assets and liabilities increased asare recognized for the pricefuture tax consequences attributable to financial statements carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax bases and operating loss and tax credit carry-forwards. The measurement of deferred tax assets and liabilities is based on provisions of applicable tax law. The measurement of deferred tax assets is reduced, if necessary, by a valuation allowance based on the amount of tax benefits that, based on available evidence, is not expected to be realized.

Leases

The Company determines if an arrangement is a lease at inception. Operating lease right-of-use assets (“ROU assets”) and short-term and long-term lease liabilities are included on the face of the condensed consolidated balance sheet. Finance lease ROU assets are presented within other assets, and finance lease liabilities are presented within accrued liabilities.

ROU assets represent the right to use an underlying asset for the lease term and lease liabilities represent the Company’s obligation to make lease payments arising from the lease. Operating lease ROU assets and liabilities are recognized at commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. As most of the Company’s stock increased (with resultant gain), and decreased as the Company’s stock decreased (yielding a loss). In December 2012,leases do not provide an implicit rate, the Company removed these liabilities from its balance sheet by reclassifying them as equity.

Income Taxes
uses an incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date in determining the present value of lease payments. The operating lease ROU asset also excludes lease incentives. The Company’s lease terms may include options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option. Lease expense for lease payments is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. The Company has lease agreements with lease and non-lease components, which are accounted for as a history of losses, and as such has recorded no liability for income taxes. Until such time assingle lease component. For lease agreements with terms less than 12 months, the Company begins to provide evidence thathas elected the short-term lease measurement and recognition exemption, and it recognizes such lease payments on a continued profit is a reasonable expectation, management will not determine that there is astraight-line basis for accruing an income tax liability. These estimates have been accurate inover the past.lease term.

Background

We were initially formed in June 1979 as Alpha Solarco Inc., a Colorado corporation. From June 1979 through February 2003, we were either inactive or involved in discontinued business ventures. We changed our name to Fiber Application Systems Technology, Ltd in February 2003. In January 2004, we changed our state of incorporation by merging into Innovative Food Holdings, Inc. (IVFH)(“IVFH”), a Florida corporation formed for that purpose. As a result of the merger, we changed our name to that of Innovative Food Holdings, Inc. In January 2004, we also acquired Food Innovations, Inc. (“FII” or “Food Innovations”), a Delaware corporation, for 500,000 shares of our common stock.

On May 18, 2012, the Company executed a Stock Purchase Agreement to acquire all of the issued and outstanding shares of Artisan Specialty Foods, Inc., an Illinois corporation (“Artisan”), from its owner, Mr. David Vohaska.  The purchase price was $1.2 million, with up to another $300,000 (with a fair value of $131,000) payable in the event certain financial milestones were met over the next one or two years.  Those milestones have been met. The purchase price was primarily financed via a loan from Alpha Capital in the principal amount of $1,200,000. The loan was repaid in November 2013 via the issuance of a loan from Fifth Third Bank which has been paid in full.  Prior to the acquisition, Artisan was a supplier and had sold products to the Company.


Pursuant to an asset purchase agreement, effective November 2, 2012, the Company purchased the outstandingentered into an asset purchase agreement (the “Haley Acquisition”) with The Haley Group, LLC whereby we acquired all existing assets of The Haley Group, LLC (“Haley”). Pursuantand its customers. The Haley Acquisition was valued at a total cost of $119,645.  On June 30, 2014, pursuant to a purchase agreement, effective June 30, 2014, the Company purchased 100% of the membership interest of Organic Food Brokers, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company (“OFB”).

, for $300,000, 100,000 four year options at a price of $1.46 per share, and up to an additional $225,000 in earn-outs if certain milestones are met. Pursuant to an Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of January 1, 2017 the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Oasis Sales Corp. (“Oasis”), purchased substantially all of the assets of Oasis Sales and Marketing, L.L.C. for $300,000 cash; a $200,000 structured equity instrument which can be paid in cash or shares of the Company stock at the Company’s option, anytime under certain conditions, or is automatically payable via the issuance of 200,000 shares if the Company’s shares close above $1.00 for ten consecutive days; a $100,000 note; and up to an additional $400,000 in earn-outs over two years if certain milestones are met. The Agreement also contains claw-back provisions if certain revenue conditions are not met.

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On August 15, 2014, pursuant to a merger agreement, (the “Fresh Diet Merger Agreement”), the Company acquired The Fresh Diet, Inc. (“The Fresh Diet” or “FD”FD”) through a reverse triangular merger as the registrant created a subsidiary corporation (FD Acquisition Corp) that merged with and into FD with FD being the surviving corporation and becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. The purchase price consisted of 10,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock valued at $14,000,000. The majority of FD’s current liabilities consisted of approximately $3.8 million of deferred revenues and approximately $2.1 million in short term commercial loans and there were additional ordinary course of business expenses such as trade payables, payroll and sales taxes which varied from month to month. In addition, it had some long term obligations the bulk of which consisted of interest free loans from FD’s former shareholders in the amount of approximately $2.2 million which were not due for three years.  Prior to the merger FD had purchased an immaterial amount of product from the Company.  FD operated as an independent subsidiary subject to oversight of its board of directors and the Company’s President and CEO..  Effective February 23, 2016, the Company closed a transaction to sell 90% of our ownership in FD to New Fresh Co., LLC, a Florida limited liability company controlled by the former founder of FD who was appointed Interim CEO of FD on February 9, 2016.  Thefor consideration to Innovative Food Holdings consistedconsisting primarily of a restructuring of our loans, which includes the ability to convert to additional amounts of FD under certain circumstances. Aside from payments related to previously accrued liabilities there wereThere is no continuing cash inflows or outflows from or to the discontinued operations.

On

Effective January 1, 2017,24, 2018, pursuant to an asset acquisition agreement (the “igourmet Asset Acquisition Agreement”), our wholly-owned subsidiary, Innovative Gourmet, LLC acquired substantially all of the assets and certain liabilities of igourmet LLC and igourmet NY LLC, privately-held New York limited liability companies located in West Pittston, Pennsylvania  and engaged in the sale, marketing, and distribution of specialty food and specialty food items through www.igourmet.com, online marketplaces, additional  direct-to-consumer platforms, distribution to foodservice, retail stores and other wholesale accounts, pursuant to the terms of an Asset Purchase Agreement. The consideration for and in connection with the acquisition consisted of:  (i) $1,500,000, which satisfied or reduced secured, priority and administrative debt of Sellers; (ii) in connection with and prior to the acquisition, our wholly-owned subsidiary, Food Funding, LLC (“Food Funding”), funded advances of $325,000 to Sellers on a secured basis, pursuant to certain loan documents and as bridge loans, which loans  were reduced by the proceeds of the Asset Purchase Agreement; (iii) the purchase for $200,000 of certain debt owed by Sellers, to be paid out of, if  available, Innovative Gourmet’s cash flow; (iv) potential contingent liability allocation for a percentage of Sellers’ approximately $2,300,000 of certain debt, not purchased or assumed by Innovative Gourmet, which  under certain circumstances, Innovative Gourmet may determine to pay; and (v) additional purchase price consideration of (a) up to a maximum of $1,500,000, if EBITDA of Innovative Gourmet reaches $800,00 in 2018, (b) up to a maximum of $1,750,000, if EBITDA of Innovative Gourmet in 2019 exceeds its EBITDA in 2018 by at least 20% and if its EBITDA reaches $5,000,000; and (c) up to a maximum of $2,125,000, if EBITDA of Innovative Gourmet in 2020 exceeds its EBITDA in 2019 by at least 20% and if its EBITDA reaches $8,000,000. The EBITDA based earnout shall be paid 37.5% in cash, 25% in IVFH shares valued at the time of the closing of this transaction and 37.5%, at Innovative Gourmet’s option, in IVFH shares valued at the time of the payment of the earnout or in cash. The 2018, 2019 and 2020 earnout milestones were not met. In connection with the acquisition, our wholly-owned subsidiary, Food Funding, purchased Seller’s senior secured note at a price of approximately $1,187,000, pursuant to the terms of a Loan Sale Agreement with UPS Capital Business Credit.  That note was reduced by the proceeds of the Asset Purchase Agreement.  See Item (i) above.

Effective July 6, 2018, pursuant to an asset purchase agreement between Mouth Foods, Inc. (“Mouth”) and our wholly-owned subsidiary M Innovations LLC (“M Innovations”) (the “MFI APA”), the Company through its wholly-owned subsidiary Oasis Sales Corp., purchasedacquired certain assets of Oasis SalesMouth from MFI (assignment for the benefit of creditors), LLC, in connection with a Delaware assignment proceeding. The MFI APA was accounted for as an acquisition of an ongoing business where the Company was treated as the acquirer and Marketing, L.L.C.,the acquired assets and assumed liabilities were recorded by the Company at their preliminary estimated fair values. Mouth, a California limitedprivately held New York company operating out of Brooklyn, was an expert curator and online retailer of high quality specialty foods from small-batch makers in the US.

The consideration for and in connection with the acquisition consisted of (i) closing related cash payments of $208,355; (ii) additional revenue-based contingent liabilities valued by management at $100,000 related to certain future sales of purchased assets payable under the following terms: payment of 5% of certain revenues, with no payments on the first $500,000 of revenues and no payments on revenues after June 30, 2020; (iii) additional revenue based contingent liabilities of up to $185,000 associated with the purchase of certain debt of the seller; and (iv) additional contingent liability company.consideration valued by management at approximately $20,000.

Effective July 23, 2019, P Innovations acquired certain assets of GBC Sub, Inc. (d/b/a The GiftBox) (“GiftBox”) (the “GiftBox Asset Purchase Agreement”). GiftBox, a privately held Nevada corporation controlled by David Polinsky, a director of the Company, was in the business of subscription-based ecommerce. The consideration for the assets purchased was a nominal amount of cash. The GiftBox Asset Purchase Agreement also provides the sellers the option to acquire 30% of P Innovations subject to dilution for a period of thirty-six months following the date of the Giftbox Asset Purchase Agreement; the option will only be exercisable if there is a spinoff of P Innovations to Innovative Food Holdings shareholders.

Transactions Withwith a Major Customer

Transactions with a major customer and related economic dependence information is set forth immediately below and above in Note 2 to the Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and also in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 20162020 (1) following our discussion of Liquidity and Capital Resources, and (2) Concentrations of Credit Risk in Note 1719 to the Consolidated Financial Statements, and (3) as the fourth item under Risk Factors.Statements.


Relationship with U.S. Foods

We have historically sold the majority of our products through a distributor relationship between FII and Next Day Gourmet, L.P., a subsidiary of U.S. Foods, a leading broadline distributor. These sales amounted to $7,604,308 (72%$7,978,329 (52% of total sales) and $6,546,697 (72%$5,213,917 (46% of total sales) for the three months ended September 30, 20172021 and 2016, respectively; and $22,004,270 (72%2020 respectively. These sales amounted to $20,082,836 (48% of total sales) and $18,352,407 (72%$15,785,614 (43% of total sales) for the nine months ended September 30, 20172021 and 2016, respectively.2020 respectively On January 26, 2015 we executed a contract between Food Innovations, Inc., our wholly-owned subsidiary, and U.S. Foods.Foods, Inc.  The term of the Agreement is from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2016 and provides for up to three (3)a limited number of automatic annual renewals thereafter if no party gives the other 30 days’ notice of its intent not to renew.  Based on the terms, the Agreement was extended through 2017.2018. Effective January 1, 2018 the Agreement was further amended to remove the cap on renewals, and provide for an unlimited number of additional 12-month terms unless either party notifies the other in writing, 30 days prior to the end date, of its intent not to renew. 

RESULTS OF OPERATIONS


Prior year balances have been recast to reflect the sale of 90% of our interest in The Fresh Diet, Inc. in February 2016.  Results of discontinued operations are excluded from the accompanying results of operations for all periods presented, unless otherwise noted.  See Note 4 – discontinued operations in the accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

This discussion may contain forward looking-statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Our future results could differ materially from the forward looking-statements discussed in this report. This discussion should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements, the notes thereto and other financial information included elsewhere in the report.

The world has been emerging from the grip of a coronavirus pandemic, which began in 2020 and has wreaked havoc on economies world-wide, including in the U.S., which is our primary market. As a result of the pandemic, restaurants, hotels, country clubs, casinos, catering houses and other of our primary customers have either been closed completely or are only partially open with significantly reduced operations. Accordingly, foodservice revenues, which historically have been a significant overall portion of our revenues, have been significantly reduced as most foodservice establishments across the United States closed or had limited operations. As a result, foodservice revenues starting in the second half of March 2020 and continuing through the first quarter of 2021 experienced unprecedented declines. As the pandemic has begun to decline in the United States and establishments have begun to reopen, we have experienced improving foodservice revenues starting in the second quarter of 2021 although our revenues have not yet reached previous historical levels.

Conversely, we have experienced significant growth in our on-line e-commerce revenues as overall e-commerce grew as demand for food products continued across the United States. Accordingly, we have focused our resources on meeting the growth of e-commerce revenues.

Three Months Ended September 30, 20172021 Compared to Three Months Ended September 30, 20162020


Revenue

Revenue


Revenue increased by $1,401,194$3,972,727 or approximately 15%35.4% to $10,495,637$15,207,353 for the three months ended September 30, 20172021 from $9,094,443$11,234,626 in the prior year.  The increase in revenues is primarily attributable to an increase in specialty foodservice revenues which was driven by the nationwide opening of restaurants and other foodservice establishments previously affected by COVID-19. As more foodservice establishments and restaurants have re-opened we have experienced improving foodservice revenues, although revenues still remain slightly below historical levels. The increase in specialty foodservice revenue was partially offset with decreases mainly associated with e-commerce revenues. Though e-commerce revenue remain significantly above historical levels, the decreases during the current period were the result of decreases in COVID-19 driven demand in 2021 compared to 2020.


We continue to assess the potential of new revenue sources from the manufacture and sale of proprietary food products, private label products and additional sales channel opportunities in both the foodservice and consumer space and will implement thata strategy if,which based on our analysis we deem itprovides the most beneficial to us.opportunity for growth.  


Any changes in the food distribution and specialty foods operating landscape that materially hinders our current ability and/or cost to deliver our products to our customers could potentially cause a material impact on our net revenue and gross margin and, therefore, our profitability and cash flows could be adversely affected.


Currently, a small portion of our revenues comes from imported products or international sales. Our current sales from such segmentsmarkets may be hampered and negatively impacted by any economic tariffs that may be imposed in the United States or in foreign countries.



See “Transactions with Major Customers” and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) mandated FR-60 disclosures following the “Liquidity and Capital Resources” section for a further discussion of the significant customer concentrations, loss of significant customer, critical accounting policies and estimates, and other factors that could affect future results.


Cost of goods sold


Our cost of goods sold for the three months ended September 30, 20172021 was $7,052,018,$11,427,343, an increase of $647,833$3,059,778 or approximately 10%36.6% compared to cost of goods sold of $6,404,185$8,367,565 for the three months ended September 30, 2016.2020. Cost of goods sold is made up of the following expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2017:2021: cost of goods of specialty, meat, game, cheese, seafood, poultry and other sales categories in the amount of $4,982,334; and$8,024,199; shipping, delivery, handling, and purchase allowance expenses in the amount of $2,069,684.  Total gross margin was approximately 32.8%$3,272,086; and cost of sales in 2017 compared to approximately 29.6%goods associated with logistics of sales in 2016.$131,058.  The increase in cost of goods sold is primary attributableattributed mainly to an increaseincreases in sales.  The increase in grossrevenues. Gross margins from 2016 isas a percentage of sales decreased slightly during the current period to 24.9% compared to 25.5% during the comparable period, primarily attributabledue to variation in product and revenue mix as well as variations in cost of goods sold as a percentage of total expenses, across our various selling channels.

In 2017,2021, we continued to price our products in order to increase sales, gain market share and increase the number of our end users. We were successful in both increasing salesusers and increasing market share.customers.  We currently expect, if market conditions, overall economic conditions, and our product revenue mix remain constant, that our cost of goods sold may increase.increase and may result in a decrease in profit margin.


Selling, general, and administrative expenses

Selling, general, and administrative expenses increased by $192,163$532,042 or approximately 11%11.9% to $1,894,588$4,998,673 during the three months ended September 30, 20172021 compared to $1,702,425 for$4,466,631for the three months ended September 30, 2016.2020. The increase in selling, general, and administrative expenses was primarily due to increases in payroll and related costs excluding share based compensation of approximately $384,369; an increase in SGA expenses associated with Oasis,advertising costs of $89,767; an increase in insurance costs of $49,339; an increase in legal and toprofessional fees of $47,236; an increase in travel and entertainment costs of $26,401; an increase in office, facilities and vehicles costs. Increasesvehicle costs of $14,376; an increase in payrolldepreciation and amortization of $10,395; and an increase in share based compensation of $3,855. These increases were partially offset by decreases in computer and IT costs of $39,702, a decrease in banking and credit card fees of $37,406; and a decrease in taxes of $16,492.

Gain on forgiveness of debt

During the three months ended September 30, 2021, the Company recorded a gain on forgiveness of debt in connection with the IVFH PPP Loan in the amount of $1,665,818, consisting of $1,650,221 of principal and employee benefit costs also contributed to$15,597 of accrued interest.

Other leasing income

During the increase.


Interest expense, net
Interest expense, netthree months ended September 30, 2021, the Company recognized revenue in the amount of interest income, decreased by $105,087$1,900 in connection with the lease of space in our Mountaintop warehouse facility, a decrease of $9,077 or approximately 87%82.7% compared to $16,139$10,977 during the three months ended September 30, 2017, compared2020. 

Interest expense, net

Interest expense, net of interest income, increased by $27,280 or approximately 49.8% to $121,226$82,029 during the three months ended September 30, 2016.  The decrease was due primarily2021, compared to a reduction of the amortization of discounts on the Company’s notes payable.  These discounts are fully amortized, and there was $0 interest expense associated with this amortization$54,749 during the three months ended September 30, 2017, compared2020.  Interest accrued or paid on the Company’s commercial loans and notes payable increased by $23,518 to $92,509$73,558 during the current period primarily as a result of interest on the Fifth Third Mortgage Facility and interest on equipment financing loans. In addition, interest associated with the interest rate swap was $6,735 during the three months ended September 30, 2016. There was a decrease of  approximately $17,481 or 100% of2021 compared to $0 in the gross interest expense of $17,481 was accrued or paid interestprior period. Interest on the company’s commercialPPP loans and notes payable. The Company also had $1,342 of interest incomedecreased by $2,587 during the current period to $623 compared to $3,210 during the three months ended September 30, 2017.3020 because the Company stopped accruing interest on four the PPP loans because they were forgiven subsequent to September 30, 2021. Interest income was $2,140 for the period ended September 30, 2021, an increase of $422 compared to interest income of $1,718 during the prior period. We also amortized $3,157 of loan fees to interest expense during the current period compared to $3,124 in the three months ended September 30, 2020.

Net income from continuing operations

For the reasons above, the Company had net income from continuing operations for the three months ended September 30, 2017 of $1,532,892 which is an increase of approximately 77% compared to a net income of $866,607 during the three months ended September 30, 2016. The income for the three months ended September 30, 2017 includes2021 of $367,026 which is an increase of $2,010,368 or 122.3% compared to a totalnet loss of $124,013 in non-cash charges, including amortization of intangible assets in$1,643,342 during the amount of $82,317 and depreciation expense of $41,696.three months ended September 30, 2020. The net income for the three months ended September 30, 20162021 includes a total of $376,513$304,098 in non-cash charges, including depreciation and amortization expense of intangible assets$135,731, non-cash compensation in the amount of $50,567,$160,752, amortization of the discount on notes payable of $3,157, and provision for doubtful accounts of $4,456.

The loss for the three months ended September 30, 2020 includes a total of $282,235 in non-cash charges, including depreciation expense of $37,807,$125,338 and charges for non-cash compensation in the amount of $195,630, and amortization of the discount on notes payable in the amount of $92,509.$156,897.

Nine Months Ended September 30, 20172021 Compared to Nine Months Ended September 30, 20162020


Revenue

Revenue


Revenue increased by $5,081,451$4,824,621 or approximately 20%13.2% to $30,494,462$41,362,816 for the nine months ended September 30, 20172021 from $25,413,011$36,538,195 in the prior year.  The increase in revenues is primarily attributable to an increase in specialty foodservice revenues which was driven by the nationwide opening of restaurants and other foodservice establishments previously affected by COVID-19. As more foodservice establishments and restaurants have re-opened we have experienced accelerated improvements in foodservice revenues, although revenues still remain below historical levels. The increase in specialty foodservice was partially offset with revenues decreases mainly associated with e-commerce revenues. Though e-commerce revenue remain significantly above historical levels, the decreases during the current period were the result of decreases in COVID-19 pandemic driven demand in 2021 compared to 2020.


We continue to assess the potential of new revenue sources from the manufacture and sale of proprietary food products, private label products and additional sales channel opportunities in both the foodservice and consumer space and will implement thata strategy if,which based on our analysis we deem itprovides the most beneficial to us.opportunity for growth.  


Any changes in the food distribution and specialty foods operating landscape that materially hinders our current ability and/or cost to deliver our products to our customers could potentially cause a material impact on our net revenue and gross margin and, therefore, our profitability and cash flows could be adversely affected.


Currently, a small portion of our revenues comes from imported products or international sales. Our current sales from such segmentsmarkets may be hampered and negatively impacted by any economic tariffs that may be imposed in the United States or in foreign countries.


See “Transactions with Major Customers” and the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”)SEC’s mandated FR-60 disclosures following the “Liquidity and Capital Resources” section for a further discussion of the significant customer concentrations, loss of significant customer, critical accounting policies and estimates, and other factors that could affect future results.

Cost of goods sold


Our cost of goods sold for the nine months ended September 30, 20172021 was $20,585,273,$30,471,401, an increase of $2,605,720$3,233,876 or approximately 15%11.9% compared to cost of goods sold of $17,979,553$27,237,525 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.2020. Cost of goods sold is made up of the following expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2017:2021: cost of goods of specialty, meat, game, cheese, seafood, poultry and other sales categories in the amount of $14,614,941; and$20,542,198; shipping, delivery, handling, and purchase allowance expenses in the amount of $5,970,332.  Total gross margin was approximately 32.5%$9,493,035; and cost of sales in 2017 compared to approximately 29.3%goods associated with logistics of sales in 2016.$436,168. The increase in cost of goods sold is primary attributableattributed mainly to an increaseincreases in sales.  The increase in grossrevenues.  Gross margins from 2016 isas a percentage of sales increased during the current period to 26.3% compared to 25.5% during the comparable period of the prior year, primarily attributabledue to variation in product and revenue mix as well as variations in cost of goods sold as a percentage of total expenses, across our various selling channels.

In 2017,2021, we continued to price our products in order to increase sales, gain market share and increase the number of our end users. We were successful in both increasing salesusers and increasing market share.customers. We currently expect, if market conditions, overall economic conditions, and our product revenue mix remain constant, that our cost of goods sold may increase.increase and may result in a decrease in profit margin.


Gain on forgiveness of debt

During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company recorded a gain on forgiveness of debt in connection with the IVFH PPP Loan in the amount of $1,665,818, consisting of $1,650,221 of principal and $15,597 of accrued interest.

Impairment of goodwill and intangible assets

As of September 30, 2020, the Company performed impairment tests of our goodwill and intangible assets that incorporated the use of a discounted cash flow model that involves many management assumptions that are based upon future growth projections which include estimates of COVID-19’s impact on our business. Assumptions include estimates of future revenues, growth rates which take into account estimated inflation rates, estimates of future levels of gross profit and operating profit, projected capital expenditures and discount rates based upon industry and competitor analyses. As a result of impairment tests, the Company was required by applicable accounting rules to record an impairment of goodwill and intangible assets in the aggregate amount of $1,698,952. At September 30, 2021, the net carrying value of goodwill and other intangible assets on the Company’s balance sheet is $1,624,592.  There was no such comparable charge during the current period.

Selling, general, and administrative expenses

Selling, general, and administrative expenses increased by $1,024,208$537,981 or approximately 20%3.8% to $6,269,386$14,512,803 during the nine months ended September 30, 20172021 compared to $5,245,178$13,974,822 for the nine months ended September 30, 2016.2020. The increase in selling, general, and administrative expenses was primarily due to increases payroll and related costs excluding share-based compensation in the amount of $476,132; increased advertising costs of $220,373; increased office, facility, and vehicle costs of $204,832; an increase in SGA expenses associated with Oasis, and toinsurance costs of $104,356; an increase of $98,125 in share-based compensation; an increase in office, facilities,taxes of $22,560; and vehicles costs. Increasesincreased banking and credit card costs of $4,368. These increases were partially offset by decreases in payroll taxesbad debt expense of $193,811; decreased amortization and employee benefitdepreciation of $160,128; Decreased professional and legal fees of $145,271; decreased computer and IT costs also contributed toof $52,012; and decreased travel and entertainment costs of $38,693.

Impairment of investment

During the increase.nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company recognized an impairment on one of our investments in a food related company in the amount of $209,850. There was no such comparable charge during the prior period.

Interest expense, net

Other leasing income

Interest expense, net

During the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company recognized revenue in the amount of interest income, decreased by $207,852$8,940 in connection with the lease of space in our Mountaintop warehouse facility, a decrease of $23,893 or approximately 57%72.8% compared to $157,912$32,833 during the nine months ended September 30, 2017, compared2020. 

Interest expense, net

Interest expense, net of interest income, increased by $46,074 or approximately 21.8% to $365,764$257,889 during the nine months ended September 30, 2016.  The decrease was due2021, compared to $211,815 during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.  Interest expense related to  the Company’s commercial loans and notes payable increased by $16,587 to $223,873 during the current period primarily to a reduction of interest as a result of negotiationsinterest on the Fifth Third Mortgage Facility and interest on equipment financing loans. In addition, interest associated with certain noteholders which resulted in a reduction of accruedthe interest rate swap was $19,386 during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 compared to $0 in the amountprior period. Interest on the PPP loans increased by $7,330 during the current period to $10,540 compared to $3,210 during the nine months ended September 30, 3020 due to increased principal balances. Interest income was $5,561 for the period ended September 30, 2021, an increase of $86,089.  Without this adjustment, and adding back$447 compared to interest income of $4,026, gross$5,114 during the prior period. We also amortized $9,638 of loan fees to interest expense would have been $248,027 forduring the period.  Approximately $63,009 or 25.4% ofcurrent period compared to $9,403 in the gross interest expense was accrued or paid interest on the company’s commercial loans and notes payable; approximately $185,018 or 74.6% of the gross interest expense was a non-cash GAAP accounting charge associated with the amortization of the discounts on the Company’s notes payable.  nine months ended September 30, 2020.

Net income from continuing operationsloss

For the reasons above, the Company had a net income from continuing operationsloss for the nine months ended September 30, 20172021 of $3,481,891$2,414,369 which is an increasea decrease of approximately 91%$4,137,717 or 63.2% compared to a net incomeloss of $1,822,516$6,552,086 during the nine months ended September 30, 2016.2020. The incomenet loss for the nine months ended September 30, 20172021 includes a total of $910,269$1,135,469 in non-cash charges, including impairment of investment of $209,850, depreciation and amortization expense of $407,704, non-cash compensation in the amount of $476,132, amortization of the discount on notes payable of $9,639, and provision for doubtful accounts of $32,443.

The loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 includes a total of $2,879,303 in non-cash charges, including impairment of intangible assets in the amount of $1,698,952, uncollectible debt allowance of $225,138, amortization of intangible assets in the amount of $288,451,$210,032, depreciation expense of $120,832,$357,771, charges for non-cash compensation in the amount of $315,968,$378,006, and amortization of the discount on notes payable in the amount of $185,018. The income for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 includes a total of $1,253,239 in non-cash charges, including amortization of intangible assets in the amount of $182,201, depreciation expense of $120,018, charges for non-cash compensation in the amount of $673,523, and amortization of the discount on notes payable in the amount of $277,527.$9,403.   


Liquidity and Capital Resources at September 30, 20172021


As of September 30, 2017,2021 the Company had current assets of $7,802,866,$10,758,458 consisting of cash and cash equivalents of $4,337,662;$4,018,396, trade accounts receivable net of $2,417,104;$3,580,246, inventory of $983,733;$2,809,303, and other current assets of $64,367.$350,513.  Also, at September 30, 2017,2021, the Company had current liabilities of $2,851,005,$8,330,173, consisting of trade payablespayable and accrued liabilities of $2,088,148;$4,322,900, accrued interest – current portion of $15,674;$36,069, deferred revenue of $1,056,011, line of credit of $2,000,000, lease liabilities – operating leases, current portion of $83,483, lease liabilities – financing leases, current portion of $157,371, current portion of contingent liabilities of $187,000, and current portion of notes payable and capital leases of $547,183; and current portion of contingent liability of $200,000.


$487,339, including $66,355 related to PPP loans which were forgiven in October 2021.

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During the nine months ended September 30, 2017,2021, the Company had cash provided byused in operating activities of $2,071,097.$5,947,141.  Cash flow fromused in operations consisted of:of the Company’s consolidated net incomeloss of $3,481,891 plus$2,414,369 increased by the gain on forgiveness of debt in the amount of $1,665,818 and reduced by non-cash compensation in the amount of $315,968; non-cash amortization of discount on notes payable of $185,018, and$476,704, depreciation and amortization of $409,283.$407,676, impairment of investment of $209,850, amortization of right-to-use asset of $76,005 amortization of prepaid loan fees of $9,368, and provision for doubtful accounts of $32,443. The Company’s cash position also decreased by $2,321,063 asdue to a result of changeschange in the components of current assets and current liabilities primarily a reduction in accrued liabilities related to related to discontinued operations in the amount of $1,460,122.$3,078,456.


The Company had cash used in investing activities of $340,777$14,812 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017,2021, which consisted of cash paid in the acquisition of Oasis in the amount of $300,000, and cash paid for the acquisition of property and equipment in the amount of $40,777.  equipment.

The Company had cash used inflow from financing activities of $1,156,711$4,920,334 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017,2021, which consisted of proceeds from the sale of common stock, net of costs, in the amount of $3,580,372 and proceeds from the PPP Loans of $1,748,414, partially offset by principal payments made on notes payable of $746,941;$299,924 and principal payments on capitalfinancing leases of $6,926, payments made for the purchase$108,528.


The Company had net working capital of $4,951,861$2,428,285 as of September 30, 2017.2021. The Company hadused cash provided byin operations during the nine months ended September 30, 20172021 in the amount of $2,071,097; this amount is net of certain payments in the amount of $1,460,122 related to discontinued operations which relate mainly to a transaction to purchase the rights to 1,450,000 RSUs and 642,688 shares of the Company’s common stock from a former FD employee which resulted in $850,000 in non-recurring cash payments compared$5,947,141. This compares to cash generated from operating activitiesused in operations of $1,563,446$3,573,616 during the nine months ended September 30, 2016.  Without the cash flow items associated with discontinued operations, cash operating cash flow would have been $3,531,219 for the nine months ended September 30, 2017.2020. The Company intends to continue to focus on increasing market share and cash flow from operations by focusing its sales activities on specific market segments and new product lines. Currently,As of September 30, 2021, we do not have any material long-term obligations other than those described in NoteNotes 6, 7, 12, 13, and 14 to the financial statements included in this report. As we seek to increase our sales of new items and enter new markets, acquire new businesses as well as identify new and other consumer and food service oriented products and services, we may use existing cash reserves, long-term financing, or other means to finance such diversification.

In February 2016, we completed the sale of FD to New Fresh Co., LLC, a Florida limited liability company controlled by the former founder of FD.  See Note 4 to the accompanying financial statements.

If the Company’s cash flow from operations is insufficient to fully implement its business plan, the Company may require additional financing in order to execute its operating plan.  The Company cannot predict whether this additional financing will be in the form of equity or debt, or be in another form. The Company may not be able to obtain the necessary additional capital on a timely basis, on acceptable terms, or at all. 


In any of these events, the Company may be unable to implement its current plans for expansion, repay its debt obligations as they become due or respond to competitive pressures, any of which circumstances would have a material adverse effect on its business, prospects, financial condition and results of operations. The Company

2021 Plans

Since 2020 the world has been in the grip of a pandemic which has wreaked havoc on economies world-wide, including in the U.S., which is our primary market. As a result of the pandemic, restaurants, hotels, country clubs, casinos, catering houses and other of our primary customers have either been closed completely or are only partially open with significantly reduced operations. Accordingly, foodservice revenues, which historically have been a significant overall portion of our revenues have been significantly reduced as most foodservice establishments cross the United States closed or had limited operations. As a result, foodservice revenue commencing in the second half of March 2020 and continuing throughout the year and into 2021, experienced unprecedented declines. As the pandemic has begun to decline in the United States and foodservice establishments have begun to reopen, we have experienced improving foodservice revenues although our revenues have not made any adjustmentsyet reached its previous historical levels. While the decline in the pandemic and the re-opening of bricks and mortar stores resulted in a decline of e-commerce revenues compared to the financial statementscomparable quarter in 2020, ecommerce revenues remained significantly above pre-pandemic historical levels.

In April 2020 we applied for and received a loan of approximately $1.6 million under a program established under a recent congressionally approved program which would be necessary shouldis administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration. In 2021 we applied for and received $1,748,414 in new loans under a similar government program administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration. In October 2021, the Company received notification from Fifth Third Bank, N.A. that principal and accrued interest in the aggregate amounts of $1,499,054 and $9,866, respectively, due under four of the Additional PPP Loans had been forgiven. In addition, between the government loans, the potential forgiveness of the remaining government loans, cash on hand, access to outside capital, and our current expectations of incoming revenues, we believe we have sufficient resources to continue operating for at least the next 12 months. However, inasmuch as we cannot predict the timing of quarantines, curfews, stay in place orders, and closures of non-essential businesses and the effect of the pandemic on general economic activities, we cannot predict the trajectory of the pandemic and the amount of economic stress we could experience if the pandemic were to worsen in the United States and worldwide. While we intend to continue to focus on executing on our strategic growth plans, given the current economic conditions, we are not be able to continue as a going concern. determine the exact timeframe in 2021, if at all, that we can then again consider fully implementing portions of the plans described below.   


 2017 Plans

During 2017, in addition to our efforts to increase sales in our existing foodservice operations2021, we plan to attempt to expand our business by expanding our focus to additional specialty foods markets in bothand by leveraging our e-commerce platform to launch and grow, either organically and/or through acquisition, new D2C brands and e-commerce sites within targeted consumer areas, on the consumer and foodservice sector,Company’s e-commerce platform. In addition, we will continue exploring potential acquisition and partnership opportunities with influencers and continuingother celebrities to continue to extend our focus in the specialty food market through the growth of the Company’s existing sales channels and through a variety of additional potential sales channel relationships which are currently being explored.relationships. In addition, we are currently exploring the introduction of, or have introduced into the market, a variety of new product categories and new product lines, including private label products and proprietary branded products to leverage our existing foodservice and consumer customer base.


Furthermore, the Company intends to continue to expand its activities in the direct to consumer space and the overall consumer packaged goods (CPG) space through leveraging its overall capabilities in the consumer space, including leveraging its direct to consumer e-commerce platform to reach both additional customers in multiple channels, and to expand availability of its e-commerce capabilities to additional products and markets.

No assurances can be given that any of these plans will come to fruition or that if implemented that they will necessarily yield positive results.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We have no off-balance sheet arrangements that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on our financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues, or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to investors.



Inflation

In the opinion of management, inflation has not had a material effect on the Company’s financial condition or results of its operations.

RISK FACTORS


The Company’s business and success is subject to numerous risk factors as detailed in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 20162020 and other of its Current Reports on Form 8-K all of which isreports are available at no cost at www.sec.gov.


ITEM 4 - CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’sSEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, among other things, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and financial officers, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(a) Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures

Our Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, after evaluating the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined as defined in Rule 13a-15(f) and 15d-(f) under the Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)Act.) as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report, have identified a control deficiency regarding the integration of two acquisitions in 2018 and as a result management has concluded our internal control over financial reporting was ineffective at September 30, 2021 at the reasonable assurance level. Management of the Company believes that asthis deficiency is primarily due to the smaller size of that date,the company’s accounting staff in relation to certain continued system integrations related to the 2018 acquisitions of certain assets of igourmet LLC and Mouth Foods, Inc. To address this matter, we have expanded our disclosure controlsaccounting staff and procedures were adequate and effectivewe expect to ensure that information requiredretain additional qualified personnel to be disclosed by uscontinue to remediate this control deficiency in the reports we file or submit withfuture. In making this assessment, our management used the Securities and Exchangecriteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified(“COSO”) in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms. The conclusions notwithstanding, you are advised that no system is foolproof.Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013).

(b) Changes in internal control over financial reporting

There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting identified in connection with the evaluation required by Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(d) and 15d-15 that occurred during the period covered by this Quarterly Report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.  



PART II.OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

On September 16, 2019, an action (the “PA Action”) was filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Trial Division, against, among others, the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Innovative Gourmet LLC and Food Innovations, Inc. Since that time, other parties involved in the incident have joined as plaintiffs in the PA Action.  The complaint in the PA Action alleges, inter alia, wrongful death and negligence by a driver employed by Innovative Gourmet and indicates a demand and offer to settle for fifty million dollars. We expect that should a settlement occur the amount to resolve the Action would be substantially lower. The Company and its subsidiaries had auto and umbrella insurance policies, among others, that were in effect for the relevant period. The Company and its subsidiaries’ insurers have agreed to defend the Company and its subsidiaries in the PA Action (and the related action), subject to a reservation of rights. The Company believes that the likely outcome would result in the liabilities being covered by its insurance carriers. However, if the Company was found responsible for damages in excess of its available insurance coverage, such damages in excess of the coverage could have a material adverse effect on the Company’s operations. On July 16, 2020, the court granted the Company's motion to stay the case through the final adjudication of an additional pending legal proceeding against the driver in connection with the events related to the case. It is not anticipated that the Company and its subsidiaries will be a party to any other legal proceedings in connection with this matter. Because the statute of limitations on the incident has now run, it is not anticipated that any new plaintiffs involved in the incident will come forward against the Company and its subsidiaries.

From time to time, the Company has become and may become involved in variouscertain lawsuits and legal proceedings which arise in the ordinary course of business.business, or as the result of current or previous investments, or current or previous subsidiaries, or current or previous employees, or current or previous directors, or as a result of acquisitions and dispositions or other corporate activities.  The Company intends to vigorously defend its positions. However, litigation is subject to inherent uncertainties, and an adverse result in these or other matters may arise from time to time that may harm our business.

On July 7, 2017, Scher Zalman Duchmanfinancial position or our business and Deborah L. Duchman (collectively, “Duchmans”) filed an amended complaint in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida seeking approximately $1 million in damages against Innovative Food Holdings, Inc., FD Acquisition Corp., and Sam Klepfish, IVFH’s CEO.  The Duchmans, amongst other things, allege that defendants owed a fiduciary duty to the Duchmans to minimize the Duchmans’ own personal guarantees and personal obligations related to loans and other obligations incurred by a former subsidiary of the Company and that the Defendants did not fulfill that alleged fiduciary obligation.  In response to the lawsuit, IVFH has filed a motion, which is currently being considered by the court, seeking dismissal of all claims on a number of basis including providing the court with a copy of a release and covenant not to sue executed by the Duchmans in April of 2017 in favor of IVFH and its officers which encompasses the claims the Duchmans have asserted.  IVFH believes that this lawsuit is without merit and is an attempt by the Duchmans to drag IVFH into the Duchmans’ personal financial matters which are unrelated to IVFH. While IVFH intends to vigorously defend against this lawsuit, the outcome of this lawsuitthese matters cannot be ultimately be predicted.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

None.

The Company issued the following shares of common stock during the nine months ended September 30, 2017:
The Company issued 274,783 shares of common stock for cash of $68,697 representing the exercise of warrants at a price of $0.25 per shares.
The Company issued 2,410,392 shares of common stock (net of 623,813 shares held back for withholding taxes) to employees, officers, and directors in satisfaction of the following obligations: vested RSUs representing 2,533,246 shares of common stock, and bonus shares and shares previously accrued representing 500,959 shares of common stock.  The Company charged the amount of $59,584 to additional paid-in capital representing the value of these shares that had not been previously charged to operations.
The Company issued 658,600 shares of common stock to its Chief Executive Officer for the conversion of a note payable at $0.25 per share.

The Company issued 4,626,427 shares of common stock to investors for the conversion of principal and accrued interest on notes payable in the amounts of $627,565 and $528,242, respectively.

The Company issued 70,000 shares of common stock with a fair value of $33,600 to an employee as a bonus.

The Company issued 200,000 shares of common stock for the exercise of stock options for cash of $70,000.

The Company issued 224,638 shares of common stock for a subscription receivable in the amount of $128,044.

The Company issued 250,000 shares of common stock in exchange for the cashless conversion of warrants.

The Company issued a total of 1,070,000 shares of common stock to officers and directors pursuant to the vesting of restricted stock awards:  400,000 shares to its Chief Executive Officer; 400,000 shares to its President; and 90,000 shares to each of three directors.

The Company made the following purchases of its common stock during the nine months ended September 30, 2017:
Period 
(a)
Total number of shares purchased
  
(b)
Average price paid per share
  
(c)
Total number of shares purchased
as part of publicly announced plans or programs
  
(d)
Maximum number (or approximate dollar value) of shares that may yet be purchased under the plans or programs
 
             
January 2017  37,000  $0.502   N/A   N/A 
February 2017  642,688  $0.485   N/A   N/A 
May 2017  639,383  $0.368   N/A   N/A 
June 2017  438,379  $0.575   N/A   N/A 

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

None.

None.

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not applicableapplicable.


Item 5. Other Information

None.

None.

Item 6. Exhibits

3.1

  

3.2

  
4.1

31.1

  
4.2

31.2

  
4.3

32.1

  
4.4

32.2

  
4.5

101.INS

Inline XBRL Instance Document

  
4.6

101.SCH

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema

  
4.7

101.CAL

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase

  
4.8

101.DEF

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase

  
4.9

101.LAB

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase

  
31.1

101.PRE

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase

  
31.2

104

32.1
32.2
101.INS

Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL Instance Document

101.SCHXBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema
101.CALXBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
101.DEFXBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
101.LABXBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase
101.PREXBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbaseand contained in Exhibit 101)


SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


SIGNATURE

 

TITLE

 

DATE

     

/s/ Sam Klepfish                                   

 

Chief Executive Officer

 

November 14, 2017

22, 2021

Sam Klepfish

    
     

/s/ John McDonald                                Richard Tang                                 

 Principal

Chief Financial Officer

 

November 14, 201722, 2021

John McDonald

Richard Tang

    


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