Kari-Out is a family-owned manufacturer and distributor of foodservice packaging, sauces, towelettes and food ingredients, operating in the American takeout and away-from-home foodservice market since 1964. The company employs more than 500 people across five facilities in North America, with nearly 1 million square feet of production and distribution space. Its product lines include a best-selling range of sauces, domestically manufactured food-service packaging, towelette products, and food ingredients sourced through an extensive global supply chain.
The business traces its origins to founder Howard Epstein's popcorn supply operation serving movie theatres in the Bronx, New York, from which the sauce line grew before expanding into packaging, hygiene products and ingredients. Technical work spans food and sauce manufacturing, packaging and towelette production, and global supply-chain sourcing. The company also invests in sustainable materials and clean energy: its largest production facility is powered by solar energy, and it states a commitment to increasing the share of packaging made with reduced, reusable, recycled, recyclable, renewable or compostable materials, while reducing waste output.
Operations are organised around American-made production at scale, quality control across multiple product categories, and distribution to foodservice customers. Manufacturing, supply-chain, quality and facility-operations roles are supported by a footprint that combines domestic production with international sourcing. The company describes itself as family-run, environmentally responsible in its mission, and a long-standing partner to the foodservice industry.
