Innovative Food Holdings, Inc. Files Form 12b-25

BONITA SPRINGS, Fla., April 01, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Innovative Food Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: IVFH), (“IVFH” or “the Company”) an interconnected platform of specialty food companies that provides chefs and consumers direct access to the highest quality specialty food products across the U.S., announced today that it has filed a Form 12b-25 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).  IVFH currently expects to file its Annual Report on Form 10-K and release fourth quarter and full year 2018 earnings results within the 15-day extension period.

The Company filed for an extension due to delays in finalizing its financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2018, primarily due to additional time needed to finalize the audit of its financials as a result of the January 2018 acquisition of certain assets of iGourmet LLC and the July 2018 acquisition of certain assets of Mouth Foods Inc.

About Innovative Food Holdings, Inc.
Innovative Food Holdings, Inc is an interconnected platform of small, specialty food companies serving business and consumer customers.  IVFH’s direct-to-chef platform offers efficient, cost effective, and transparent sourcing and distribution of over 7,000 specialty food products.  The Company’s direct-to-chef operating subsidiaries, Artisan Specialty Foods, Food Innovations, and Gourmet Foodservice Group make daily deliveries of hard to source, specialty foods to thousands of chefs nationwide.  In addition, the Company owns and operates a number of leading specialty food direct-to-consumer eCommerce websites including www.igourmet.com and www.mouth.com. 

Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains certain forward-looking statements and information relating to Innovative Food Holdings, Inc. (the “Company”) that are based on the current beliefs of the Company’s management, as well as assumptions made by, and information currently available to, the Company. Such statements reflect the current views of the Company with respect to future events and are subject to certain assumptions, including those described in this release. Should one or more of these underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those described herein as “should,” “could,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “intend,” “plan,” “might,” “potentially” or “expect.” The Company does not intend to update these forward-looking statements. The content of the websites referenced above are not incorporated herein.