ROLAND HISTORY

American Roland Food Corp. has been importing products for almost 70 years, beginning with mushrooms from Europe and expanding to mango chili sauce from Asia and other items from around the world.
When Bruno and Suzanne Scheidt started their food import business in the early 20th century, they were in a one-room office in downtown Manhattan with two wooden desks facing each other. The husband and wife, originally from Germany, had recently immigrated to the U.S. from Paris, and they believed that Americans were ready for foods from all over the world. “Bruno saw the need, the desire from a growing immigrant population to have products from home,” says Lisa Kartzman, director of public relations for American Roland Food Corp.

The young entrepreneurs couldn’t have been more right. What started as a two-person operation is now the largest specialty food importing business in the U.S. with 1,700 SKUs for retail and foodservice from 50 countries, coming through 17 warehouses

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