---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001185185-25-000012"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "IVFH"
cik: "0000312257"
company_name: "INNOVATIVE FOOD HOLDINGS INC"
filed_at: "2025-01-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-28T09:27:41.744158+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Innovative Food Holdings acquires LoCo Food Distribution for $358K; expects EPS accretion in 2025

## Summary
- Upfront cash $304,269 plus earnout up to $53,430 based on revenue/EBITDA targets; total consideration $357,699.
- LoCo Foods generated ~$4.7M trailing revenue with 200+ Rocky Mountain customers; positive EBITDA before cost savings.
- Acquisition expected to be accretive to EPS in 2025 despite H1 transition costs; lease consolidation and route optimization drive savings.
- Seller Elizabeth Mozer signed 12-month consulting agreement; business managed by Golden Organics President Taeshaud Jackson and LoCo employee Sam Novotny.
- Deal closed Dec 20, 2024; all long-term debt extinguished; past due payables brought current.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001185185-25-000012
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: IVFH
- cik: 0000312257
- company_name: INNOVATIVE FOOD HOLDINGS INC
- filed_at: 2025-01-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/312257/000118518525000012/0001185185-25-000012-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/312257/000118518525000012/innovfood20250106_8k.htm

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