Bring your food to America. Test it with American shoppers.
- 1Ocean freight
- 2FDA and labels
- 3US shoppers
Scope Shelf · Import foods
One partner
Port to shelf
freight, customs, FDA, storage and stores
If you want market penetration in the United States, we are the fit. We line up the ocean freight, the customs broker, FDA compliance and the label translation, then put your product in stores and in front of shoppers who can taste it.
Fifteen years of putting brands on shelves.
The reach behind every Scope Shelf launch.
15 years
Launching brands into retail and foodservice
500+
Independent retailers
850
Foodservice operators
Exclusive
Distribution opportunity
The hard part
The US market is big. The paperwork is bigger.
Food that ships to the United States has to clear a list of rules before anyone tastes it. The facility that makes it registers with the FDA. Every shipment needs prior notice. The importer has to verify the foreign supplier. The label has to be in English and meet FDA rules.
Miss one and your container waits at the port while the storage bill grows. Get them all right and you still need stores, shoppers and someone to sell for you.
We do both halves. The import, and the market.
Port to shelf
Everything between your factory and an American shelf.
One team coordinates the freight, the brokers and the paperwork, then hands your product straight to our warehouse and our stores.
Ocean freight
Trusted ocean forwarders and a direct relationship with OOCL and other ocean freight providers. We book it and track it.
Customs brokers
Licensed customs brokers we work with file your entries and clear your goods.
FDA registration
We walk your facility through FDA food facility registration and file prior notice for each shipment.
Label translation
Your label in English, with the name, net quantity, ingredients, allergens and Nutrition Facts FDA requires.
Storage and compliance
Your goods land in our warehouse, stored and tracked, ready for stores, samples and online orders.
Market test
Independent grocers, foodservice operators, sampling and an online store. Real American shoppers, real feedback.
What we do for import foods
Everything between your product and a reorder.
Our own distribution warehouse
Your goods clear customs and come straight to the warehouse we own and run.
500+ independent grocery stores
Our network of independent grocers. We place your product where the owner decides, and the shelf moves fast.
850 foodservice operators
Restaurants, cafes and caterers we already sell to. Menus are a test market with real orders.
Local distributor partners
Partnerships with local distributors, so stores can order you the way they order everything else.
In-store sampling
We pass out samples in store. American shoppers taste it, buy it, and tell us what they think.
E-commerce websites
A store of your own online, built and run by our team, so shoppers who find you can buy you.
Direct email campaigns
New item emails to our wholesale accounts. The people who buy for stores hear about you first.
Buyer meetings
We book the meetings and walk in with your numbers: stores, sell-through and reorders.
Trade show representation
We work your booth, book buyer meetings, and follow up on every lead after the show.
Our warehouse- 1Host your inventory
- 2Pick, pack and ship
- 3Samples to every store
Our warehouse. Your inventory.
We own and run our distribution warehouse and fulfillment center. Your product is stored with us, picked and packed by our team, and shipped to stores, foodservice accounts, sampling events and online customers. Our local distributor partners carry it further.
Scope Shelf · Warehouse and fulfillment
Our process
Step by step, with a number at every step.
- 01
Product and label review
We look at your product, your label and your plant, and list what the US requires.
- 02
FDA and paperwork
Facility registration, label translation and the documents your importer needs.
- 03
Ocean freight
We book the shipment with our forwarders and carriers and file prior notice.
- 04
Customs clearance
Our customs broker partners clear the entry. Your goods move to our warehouse.
- 05
Test the market
First stores, sampling, foodservice and an online store. You see what American shoppers buy.
- 06
Scale
Distributors, chain buyers and trade shows, with US sales numbers in hand.
Questions
Import foods questions, answered.
Not covered here? Ask us. A person on our team reads every message.
Ready for the US market? Start with one container.
Tell us what you make and where it ships from. We map the freight, the FDA steps and the first US stores.