Company History

HISTORY
In 1895, five generations ago, the Marx family immigrated to the United States from Germany and opened a butcher shop in Brooklyn, New York.

The family then moved to Shrewsbury, New Jersey in the early 1900s and opened a slaughterhouse and cattle dealing business. By the 1940s the business had expanded into a retail butcher shop and wholesale meat distribution.

Frank Marx (fourth generation) continued the family tradition and grew the company into a large meat processor and distributor by the 1970s.

Frank and his three sons Keith, Justin and Garrett, worked together to evolve the family business in New Jersey to include food importing, restaurant distribution, and food marketing. Today, the Marx companies are run out of offices in Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey and Seattle, Washington.

NORTH AMERICAN IMPORT & EXPORT
For over a decade, North American Import & Export (www.nafood.com), a high-end restaurant distributor, has provided products to fine restaurants throughout the United States. They carry a large inventory of specialty items and are always happy to accommodate special requests.

MARX FOODS
The Marx boys realized many of the unique specialty products available to restaurants are not nearly as accessible to home chefs. Many people who enjoy dining out also enjoy cooking and experimenting at home, but obtaining obscure or finest-quality food items can be difficult and expensive.

Requests from consumers were piling into their food service company as well, so they realized the value of having a specialty food company dedicated solely to home cooks. Marx Foods (www.marxfoods.com) provides premium food products to home cooks directly from the source. Through eliminating the middlemen with a direct-to-consumer distribution model, value and freshness is passed on to the consumer.

With strong ties to a network of expert farmers, ranchers, artisans, fishermen and foragers, the goal of Marx Foods is not only to offer unique and hard to find epicurean products, but high quality, fresh, healthy and environmentally friendly items.

The family’s guiding philosophy? A meal can never be better than its ingredients.

Frank, Justin, Keith, and Garrett know where each product comes from. Whether it’s visiting the foragers that pick mushrooms throughout the Pacific Northwest or touring cattle ranches in New Zealand or Montana, the Marx family encourages their vendors to follow best practice standards.

Products are delivered, mainly via Federal Express overnight, directly from the source to the home chef’s doorstep. All non-perishable items are sent via Federal Express ground, UPS ground, or regular mail to reduce shipping costs. Shipping discounts can be requested on high volume orders.

Items from Marx Foods will be the star ingredients of your meal. They are of the highest quality and likely the best you've tasted. If you have questions or don’t see what you’re looking for, special requests are welcome by calling (866) 588-MARX.