KeHE Distributors plays a key role in getting specialty foods on to grocery store shelves. The employee-owned company is a wholesale supplier of ethnic and gourmet foods, serving thousands of food retail outlets across the US, Canada, Mexico, and the Caribbean. It distributes more than 60,000 items from 3,500 vendors and offers African-American, Asian, Latin American, Mediterranean, and kosher food products, as well as a wide variety of organic and natural food items. The company's KeHE Direct unit provides online ordering services for its customers.