best friend inc. type private industry naic 42211 wholesale grocery founded san francisco california 2010 2010 founder joyce guan adam sah headquarters san francisco california u.s. number of locations 3 retail shops closed in 2015 area served san francisco bay area key people adam sah ceo and founder joyce guan vp sales and founder number of employees 38 2014 website bbfdirect.com buyer s best friend bbf is a vertically integrated company specialising in consumer packaged goods such as food . bbf uses its proprietary software platform to provide low cost solutions for artisan food producers including a partnership with unfi 1 to provide a scangun ordering solution for artisan brands that are not available through distributors . 2 as a broker bbf operates the largest catalog for the specialty and natural food trade 3 4 5 with 2 600 food producers selling 155 000 products to 12 000 wholesale buyers 6 in the united states including whole foods the fresh market jetblue virgin america and the corporate kitchens at google . buyer s best friend is a member of the specialty food association . 7 as a distributor bbf warehouses food for artisan producers and delivers snacks to offices 8 in the san francisco bay area including technology companies such as indiegogo greylock partners and new relic . as a retailer buyer s best friend owned and operated 3 san francisco retail shops that sold products sourced from its online catalog . these shops were located in haight ashbury north beach and the san francisco ferry building . the shops were notable for allowing customers to taste nearly everything in the stores before purchase . 9 10 11 buyer s best friend retail shops were an early adopter of virtual currencies by modifying its proprietary point of sale pos software to accept bitcoin 12 13 14 in april 2013 . see also edit companies portal list of food companies references edit unfi partners with buyer s best friend to create world s first unified reordering system . unfi . kelsey blackwell . buyer s best friend levels playing field for small niche brands . new hope . buyer s best friend tops 100 000 skus . gourmet retailer . buyer s best friend world s largest wholesale specialty catalog . gourmet business . friend with benefits . grocery headquarters . p. 20 . statistics from bbf homepage . retrieved august 4 2014 . specialty food association directory entry for buyer s best friend . food tech leader buyer s best friend signs 100th technology customer for office snack delivery marketwired christina spittler . at buyer s best friend you can sample any food in the store . sf weekly . yelp page for buyer s best friend . tara duggan . buyer s best friend brings artisan food to consumers . san francisco chronicle . sarah e. needleman . more small businesses embrace bitcoin . the wall street journal . kashmir hill . living on bitcoin for a week bitcoiners are the new vegans . forbes . robert mcmillan . why the only real way to buy bitcoins is on the streets . wired . external links edit california portal companies portal food portal official website bbf online store bbf on twitter bbf on facebook delivers snacks to offices retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title buyer % 27s best friend & oldid 743698022 categories companies established in 2010privately held companies based in californiaretail companies of the united states2010 establishments in californiafood and drink in the san francisco bay areafood and drink companies of the united statescatering and food service companies of the united statescompanies based in san franciscohidden categories use dmy dates from january 2014official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 19 37 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view