UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 OR 15(d) of
The
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date
of
Report (Date of earliest event reported): November 30,
2007
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Innovative
Food Holdings, Inc.
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(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its
charter)
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Florida
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0-9376
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20-1167761
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(State
or other jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(IRS
Employer
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of
incorporation)
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File
Number)
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Identification
No.)
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1923
Trade Center Way, Naples, Florida
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34109
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(Address
of principal executive offices)
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(Zip
Code)
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Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code: (239) 596-0204
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Item
5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of
Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain
Officers
Effective
November 19,
2007, we hired Mr. John A. McDonald as our Chief Information Officer, a position
newly created to take advantage of Mr. McDonald’s skills and expertise developed
over his 20+ years of experience in the field of finance and information
technology. Mr. McDonald will also be our principal financial officer
and will assume several of our accounting responsibilities following the
departure of our controller, Carol Houston.
From
2004 to 2007, Mr. McDonald worked
as a consultant for Softrim Corporation of Estero, Florida, where he created
custom applications for a variety of different industries and assisted in
building interfaces to accounting applications (SBT, Quickbooks, Peachtree,
Great Plains, Timberline, BusinessWorks). Since 1999 he has
also been the president of McDonald Consulting Group, Inc. which provide
accounts receivable, systems and accounting services to large multispecialty
groups. From 1998 to 2001 he was Controller/Director of Reporting for
Eye Centers of Florida and was responsible for the development and maintenance
of all software systems. From 1996 to 1998 he was the Chief Financial
Officer – Physician Services for Columbia/HCA of Fort Myers, Florida, where he
managed $25 million/year medical group, negotiated Managed Care contracts for
the group, created referral tracking and systems to measure risk contracts
and
developed all reporting systems for the medical group. From 1995 to
1996 he was Operations Director for US Servis of West Orange, NJ, where he
was
Acting CFO for 2 health systems and developed billing and reporting systems
for
medical groups. From
1993
to 1995 he was Operations Administrator for HMO Blue of Newark, NJ, from 1987
to
1993 he was Manager, Financial Systems of Blue Cross Blue Shield, NJ and from
1984 to 1987 he was a financial analyst for Channel Home Centers of Whippany,
NJ.
Mr.
Sam Klepfish, currently our Interim
President, has agreed to become our Chief Executive Officer and he will also
serve in that position for our wholly-owned, operating subsidiary, Food
Innovations, Inc.
Mr.
Justin Wirenez, currently the Chief Marketing Officer of Food Innovations,
Inc.
will now also assume the role of President of Food Innovations,
Inc.
Item
9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits
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(d)
Exhibits
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Exhibit
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Description
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99.1
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Press
Release dated November 30, 2007
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant
has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
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INNOVATIVE
FOOD HOLDINGS, INC.
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Dated: December
3, 2007
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By:
/s/ Sam Klepfish
Sam
Klepfish, CEO
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Exhibit
Index
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Exhibit
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Description
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99.1
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Press
Release dated November 30, 2007
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Nov
30,
2007 11:34 ET
Innovative
Food Holdings Inc. Announces Senior Management Changes
Company
Selects IT Veteran for New Chief Information Officer and Appoints President,
CEO
and Executive VP of Procurement
NAPLES,
FL--(Marketwire - November 30, 2007) - Innovative Food Holdings, Inc.
(PINKSHEETS: IVFH) announced today that it has made several key changes to
its
management team.
Justin
Wiernasz, currently the Chief Marketing Officer of Food Innovations, Inc.,
the
Company's wholly owned, operating subsidiary ("Food Innovations"), will now
also
assume the role of President of Food Innovations. In addition, Sam Klepfish,
currently the Company's Interim President, has agreed to become the CEO of
both
the Company and Food Innovations and Z. Zackary Ziakas our current COO will
also
take on the additional responsibility of Executive VP of procurement. Finally,
the Company has hired John McDonald as its CIO, a position newly created to
take
advantage of John's skills and expertise developed over his 20 + years of
experience in the field of finance and information technology. John will also
assume several of the Company's accounting responsibilities following the
departure of the Company's controller, Carol Houston.
Sam
Klepfish, CEO of the Company and Food Innovations, noted, "We continue to
strengthen our management team by key additions and through the assumption
of
additional responsibilities by our existing team. Given the day to day
importance of our IT processes and controls, and the continued process of IT
integration with our customers, and specifically with our largest customer,
we
made a decision to hire an experienced CIO, who, together with the rest of
the
management team, is positioned to take the Company to the next
level."
Mr.
Klepfish also noted, "We are delighted to appoint Justin Wiernasz as the new
President of Food Innovations. In his role as CMO, Justin made great strides
in
our relationship with our largest customer and we are excited for him to
continue, on a broader level, to help drive the Company forward in his newly
expanded role." Mr. Klepfish further noted, "We are especially pleased that
Z.
Ziakas our current COO will now take on the additional responsibility of
Executive VP of Procurement for Food Innovations. We believe that this
additional role is a key position in the company and importantly, will allow
Food Innovations to improve pricing and sourcing, and to further build on its
unique position as a valuable source for the latest trends in gourmet food
products.
Innovative
Food Holdings, Inc., through its wholly owned subsidiary, Food Innovations,
Inc., provides, with a commitment to chef level extreme quality and service,
gourmet food products to discerning chefs throughout the United
States.
This
release contains certain forward-looking statements and information relating
to
Innovative Food Holdings, Inc. (the "Company") that are based on the beliefs
of
the Company's management, as well as assumptions made by and information
currently available to the Company. Such statements reflect the current views
of
the Company with respect to future events and are subject to certain
assumptions, including those described in this Release. Should one or more
of
these underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially
from those described herein as anticipated, believed, or expected. The Company
does not intend to update these forward-looking statements.
Contact:
Innovative
Food Holdings, Inc.
(239)
449-3235
sklepfish@foodinno.com