Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block] | 2. NATURE OF ACTIVITIES AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Business Activity Our business is currently conducted by our wholly owned subsidiaries, some of which are non-operating, Artisan Specialty Foods, Inc. (“Artisan”), Food Innovations, Inc. (“FII”), Food New Media Group, Inc. (“FNM”), Organic Food Brokers, LLC (“OFB”), Gourmet Foodservice Group, Inc. (“GFG”), Gourmet Foodservice Group Warehouse, Inc. (“GFW”), Gourmeting, Inc. (“Gourmeting”), Haley Food 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. (“Plant Innovations”), Innovative Gourmet, LLC (“Innovative Gourmet” or “igourmet”), Food Funding, LLC (“Food Funding”), Logistics Innovations, LLC (L Innovations”), M Innovations, LLC (“M Innovations” or “Mouth”), MI Foods, LLC (“MIF”), M Foods Innovations, LLC (“M Foods”), P Innovations, LLC (“P Innovations”), PlantBelly, LLC (“PlantBelly”), Innovative Foods, Inc. (“IFI”) and Innovative Gourmet Partnerships, LLC (“IGP”), and collectively with IVFH and its 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. 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-Packaged Goods (“CPG”) products through a variety of sales channels ranging from national partnership based and regionally based foodservice related sales channels to e-commerce sales channels offering products both direct to consumers (“D2C”) and direct to business (“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, through 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 unique specialty foodservice products to over 500 customers such as chefs, restaurants, etc. in the Greater Chicago 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 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 function 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 provides emerging and unique CPG specialty food brands with distribution and shelf placement access in all of the major metro markets in the food retail industry. igourmet has been in the business of providing D2C specialty food via 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 subscription-based e-commerce business activities and to launch new businesses leveraging the Company’s e-commerce platform. Plant Innovations is focused on plant-based D2C brands and online retail within the e-commerce space. 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 consolidated 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. 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 finance 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 consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Innovative Food Holdings, Inc., and its wholly owned operating subsidiaries, Artisan, FII, FNM, OFB, GFG, GFW, Gourmeting, Haley, Oasis, Innovative Gourmet, Food Funding, IFP, L Innovations, M Innovations, P Innovations, MIF, M Foods, PlantBelly, Plant Innovations, IFI, IGP, and Gourmet. 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, 2022 and December 31, 2021, trade receivables from the Company’s largest customer amounted to 27% and 28%, respectively, of total trade receivables. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, sales from the Company’s largest customer amounted to 51% and 48% of total sales, respectively. The Company maintains cash balances in excess of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation limits. At September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the total cash in excess of these limits was $403,255 and $4,555,032, 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 to 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”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 606 Revenue from Contracts with Customers 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, 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 Balance as of December 31, 2021 $ 1,631,406 Cash payments received 700,582 Net sales recognized (1,081,044 ) Balance as of March 31, 2022 (unaudited) $ 1,250,944 Cash payments received 99,989 Net sales recognized (128,686 ) Balance as of June 30, 2022 (unaudited) $ 1,222,247 Cash payments received 385,633 Net sales recognized (513,231 ) Balance as of September 30, 2022 (unaudited) $ 1,094,649 Disaggregation of Revenue The following table represents a disaggregation of revenue for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021: Three Months Ended September 30, 2022 2021 (unaudited) (unaudited) Specialty Foodservice $ 17,630,515 $ 12,060,223 E-Commerce 1,839,541 2,652,307 National Brand Management 336,766 260,934 Logistics 253,160 233,889 Total $ 20,059,982 $ 15,207,353 Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022 2021 (unaudited) (unaudited) Specialty Foodservice $ 46,072,258 $ 29,049,060 E-Commerce 8,637,210 10,917,318 National Brand Management 872,732 751,865 Logistics 644,049 644,573 Total $ 56,226,249 $ 41,362,816 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 earnings per share is based on the weighted average number of shares outstanding during the period, while fully-diluted net 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 and warrants to purchase common stock, and convertible debt. Basic and diluted net loss per share is computed based on the weighted average number of shares of common stock outstanding during the period. The Company uses the treasury stock method to calculate the impact of outstanding stock options and warrants. Stock options and warrants for which the exercise price exceeds the average market price over the period have an anti-dilutive effect on earnings per common share and, accordingly, are excluded from the calculation. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, 2,300,000 stock options were excluded from the calculation of fully diluted earnings per share because the effect would have been anti-dilutive. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, 2,225,000 stock options were excluded from the calculation of fully diluted earnings per share because the effect would have been anti-dilutive. Dilutive shares at September 30, 2022: 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 at September 30, 2022: Weighted Average Remaining Exercise Number Contractual Price of Options Life (years) $ 0.41 125,000 1.57 $ 0.50 125,000 1.57 $ 0.60 50,000 3.25 $ 0.62 360,000 1.25 $ 0.85 540,000 1.25 $ 1.00 50,000 3.25 $ 1.20 1,050,000 1.15 2,300,000 1.33 Restricted Stock Awards At September 30, 2022, there are 300,000 unvested restricted stock awards 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. The fair value of these RSUs at the date of the grants will be charged to operations upon vesting. Stock Grants At September 30, 2022, there were an aggregate 86,236 unvested stock grants outstanding due to the Company’s two independent directors. These grants will vest as follows: 25,816 per quarter through December 31, 2022, and 15,106 per quarter through September 30, 2023, and 15,102 during the quarter ended December 31, 2023. The fair value of these stock grants at the date of the grant were charged to operations upon vesting. Dilutive shares at September 30, 2021: 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 at September 30, 2021: 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 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, 2021, respectively. Restricted Stock Awards At September 30, 2021, there are 300,000 unvested restricted stock awards 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 The Company charged the amount of $124,874 and $368,296 to operations in connection with stock grants during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively. Significant Recent Accounting Pronouncements In June 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (the “FASB”) issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326). ASU 2016-13 provides for a new impairment model which requires measurement and recognition of expected credit losses for most financial assets and certain other instruments, including but not limited to, accounts receivable. ASU 2016-13 will become effective for the Company on January 1, 2023 and early adoption is permitted. The Company does not anticipate that the adoption of this standard will have a material impact on our consolidated financial statements. In August 2020, the 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 number 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, 2023; adoption of this standard is not expected to have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. 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 consolidated financial statements. |