BCS African Foods and the African Wholesale Food Supply Chain

Nov 06, 2025 0

BCS African Foods, located in Brooklyn Park, MN, is a USDA licensed direct importer and wholesaler of African food products. The company is dedicated to serving retail grocers and the local community with authentic ethnic foods at competitive prices. BCS African Foods prides itself on offering a wide selection of traditional cultural foods that evoke cherished childhood memories for their customers.

Brooklyn Park Municipal Building, Minnesota

Committed to fair trade and exceptional customer service, BCS African Foods provides a range of products, including bottled, canned, dry, fish, and meat items, along with African clothing and musical CDs.

Mission and Values

Their mission encompasses exceeding customer expectations through quality products, low prices, and a strong connection to the community.

Good Food Access Program

Learn about the variety of projects funded through the Good Food Access Program.

Fiscal Year Projects

The Good Food Access Program has funded numerous projects aimed at improving access to healthy and culturally appropriate foods. Here are some examples from various fiscal years:

Fiscal Year 2025:

American Indian Community Housing Organization: Niiwin Indigenous Food Market will expand retail space to offer nutritious and culturally appropriate food, highlighting Indigenous foods and vendors.
Bolt's Grocery Store: Located in Lake Benton, will replace two coolers and condensing units to be more energy efficient and to offer a wider array of fresh meat and dairy options.
Butterfield Hardware LLC: Located in Butterfield, will purchase 5 freezers and shelving units to carry a wider range of perishable healthy foods.
Cloquet Natural Foods: Located in Cloquet, will replace an inefficient and failing cooler and freezer with one 3-door freezer and one 3-door cooler to increase energy efficiency and reduce waste.
Ditterich Mercantile: Located in Vergas, will purchase a 3-door freezer dedicated to locally sourced meats and a cooler to offer locally grown fresh produce.
Dutchmen's: Located in Fergus Falls, will purchase shelving, gravity bins, dispensers, scale, and a nut grinder to establish their bulk food distribution infrastructure.
Becker Market: Located in Willmar, will purchase a refrigerated trailer to store and make food deliveries from their store as well as pick up food from local farmers to deliver to customers.
Rivers Station LLC: Rivers Station in St. Cloud, is a convenience store trading their tobacco retail space for grocery focusing on produce, meats, and dairy products.
Simek's Farm LLC: Simek's Farm, located in Kelsey, will utilize funding to expand their retail space and purchase coolers to provide space for local dairy, eggs, meats, fruits, and vegetables.
Weinberg Brothers Investment Corporation, LLC: The Kosher Spot, located in St. Louis Park, will expand their retail space with 12 refrigeration units and 8 freezer units which will increase their capacity for selling more locally sourced halal meat, poultry and dairy products.

Fiscal Year 2024:

Aaron's Grocery LLC: Located in Fertile, will increase retail space by 25 percent by replacing a cooler with one that is larger and more energy efficient.
Bakken's Market LLC: Located in Clearbrook, will replace their heating/cooling unit as well as purchase a produce cooler to be more energy efficient and ensure freshness in the produce they offer.
Community Mobile Market: The Community Mobile Market in Duluth will purchase a dual cooler-freezer and cooler as well as shelving that will act as both storage and retail space to allow them to expand the selection of local, culturally appropriate produce and proteins.
Graceville Market: Located in Graceville, will replace an old equipment by purchasing a new energy efficient cooler to be used for dairy and milk products.
Green Market LLC: Green Market, located in Waite Park, will purchase one produce cooler, a pallet jack and produce display signage.
Kosmatka's Market: Kosmatka's Market, located in Oslo, will be able to expand their frozen produce, meats, seafood and more by replacing outdated equipment and purchasing a new 6-door display freezer.
Leech Lake Market: Leech Lake Market, located in Cass Lake, will purchase and install 3 new coolers to increase energy efficiency in their store, retail space, as well as shelf life of their produce.
Mills Country Market: Mills Country Market, located in New York Mills, will upgrade old, energy inefficient equipment with new energy-efficient equipment including one meat cooler and one dairy cooler.
Mogadishu Meat & Grocery Store: Mogadishu Meat & Grocery Store, located in St. Cloud, will renovate their retail space to expand its offerings and improve the customer experience including purchasing 3 new coolers.

These projects highlight the commitment to improving food access and supporting local communities.

Additional Projects

New Ulm Community Market and Cooperative: New Ulm Community Market and Cooperative will replace outdated equipment with 2 coolers and 1 freezer that are modern, spacious, energy-efficient.
Friends of the Finland Community, Finland Farmers’ Market: The Finland Farmers’ Market will purchase and install two awnings and paving blocks to increase the level surface area of the market, with the goal to provide more space for new vendors and increase the overall size of the market.
Hub 71 Convenience Store: Hub 71 Convenience Store, located in Sebeka, will purchase three merchandiser refrigerators and a merchandiser freezer.
Lake Country Foods: Lake Country Foods, located in Menahga, will increase their sales space and increase the self-life of products by purchasing and installing two new cooler units for meat and cheese products.
Little Falls Food Co-op (The Purple Carrot Market): The Little Falls Food Co-op, operating as The Purple Carrot Market, will purchase and install a refrigerator and merchandiser with the goal of increasing sales of affordable, healthy grab-and-go food options for their customers.
Madison Mercantile: Madison Mercantile will purchase and install shelving, two chest freezers, a standing freezer, and a commercial refrigerator to support their cooperative aggregation site for area growers.
More Than Sprouts: More Than Sprouts, located in Pine City, will expand their retail space and purchase and install four merchandiser freezers, four merchandiser refrigerators, a commercial sink, and shelving to increase sales of nutritious foods.
Northwoods Grocery & Cafe: Northwoods Grocery & Café, located in Nevis, will purchase and install a three-door cooler and a condenser unit to provide better selection of fresh produce.
Roadside Market: Roadside Market, located in Hill City, will purchase and install a produce merchandiser, two glass freezer doors, and shelving to expand options to sell produce and gluten-free food options.

Fiscal Year 2022 Projects

Aaron’s Grocery: Aaron’s Grocery, located in Fertile, will purchase new produce cases to provide better products to their customers and to save on energy expenses and reduce the carbon footprint of their business.
Aitkin Farmers’ Market: The Aitkin Farmers’ Market will purchase an enclosed trailer and reach-in coolers to provide more local produce, meat, and eggs for residents in Aitkin County.
Amin Grocery: Amin Grocery, in downtown Willmar, will expand the retail space for perishable goods such as locally produced meat, vegetables, and eggs by purchasing a larger walk-in cooler.
Bolt’s Lake Benton Grocery: Bolt’s Lake Benton Grocery, located in Ivanhoe, will purchase a merchandizer freezer and refrigerator to expand their retail space to offer the community more variety of higher quality products.
Ditterich Mercantile: Ditterich Mercantile, located in Vergas, will provide fresh meats, produce, and other grocery needs by installing refrigerator equipment.
F&D Meats: Located in Virginia, F&D Meats will install a new display cooler to increase access to fresh fruits and vegetables, especially locally grown fruits and vegetables.
Green Scene Market & Eatery: Green Scene Market & Eatery in Walker, will increase space by purchasing a new retail freezer that they can dedicate to fresh produce in their store, ultimately increasing the ability to purchase more local produce and keep products fresher for a longer period.
J&S Foods: J&S Foods, located in Lancaster, will become more energy efficient and provide a better, fresher product with new temperature-controlled produce and meat cases.
Kiester Market: Kiester Market, located in Kiester, will provide healthy, affordable grab and go items for the community.
La Alborada Market: La Alborada Market, in Eagan, will expand their fruit and vegetable areas in their store by purchasing new refrigerators.
La Plaza F!esta: Located in Madelia, La Plaza F!esta will create a new layout for their store that provides ethnic foods to the local Hispanic/Latino and American populations.
Lake Country Foods: Lake Country Foods, located in Menahga, will expand their retail space by purchasing new refrigeration units so that they can provide fresh produce for a longer period, as well as provide additional products to their customers and reduce the amount of food loss.
Lakewood Health System: Lakewood Health System, located in Staples, will build a permanent pavilion on its hospital parking lot for the Staples Area Farmers’ Market.
Leech Lake Market: Leech Lake Market, located in Cass Lake, will purchase a three-door freezer and a cooler to offer products that compliment cooking lessons offered by the store’s demonstration kitchen.
Los Ranchos Mercado: Located in Richfield, Los Rancheros Mercado will provide additional fruits, vegetables, dairy products, meats, and other perishable items using a new walk-in cooler and freezer to increase the store’s square footage and storage capacity for their items.
One Stop Station: One Stop Station, located in Minneapolis, will purchase, and install a new open air four-level display cooler for fresh produce in the central area of their store to promote their seasonal offerings and to increase fresh, nutritious, and delicious meal options.
Patty’s Palisade One Stop: Patty’s Palisade One Stop, in Palisade, MN will provide a new freezer venue for local farmers and their products as well as increasing the availability of nutritious food items in the community.
Valley Hardware & Supply: Valley Hardware & Supply, located in Halstad, will move their refrigeration units to the exterior of the store to improve energy efficiency, reduce energy costs, and ensure that there are fresh fruits, vegetable, and other foods available to their community.
Winnibigoshish Historical Center: Winnibigoshish Historical Center, located in Bena, will update the refrigeration system to hold more fresh produce, milk, cheese, and eggs.

Fiscal Year 2021 Projects

Bois Forte Band of Chippewa: Nett Lake C Store, owned and operated by the Bois Forte Band of Chippewa, will use their funds to purchase a 3-door display cooler and to cover renovation costs for the project.
Brothers Restaurant and Grocery: Brothers Restaurant and Grocery is a local grocery store providing culturally appropriate foods to African immigrants and international students in the Mankato area.
Clearview Retail Partners: Clearview General Store, a convenience store located in Lutsen, is expanding their retail space to include more food products.
Jimmy's Food: Jimmy’s Food, located in North Minneapolis will purchase an air curtain refrigerated merchandiser and upgrade their checkout counter to encourage customers to purchase more food items at their store.
Kosmatka's Market: Kosmatka's Market, located in northwestern Minnesota, will replace 35-year-old equipment with two new freezers and one produce display case.
Main Street Market of Buffalo Lake: Main Street Market will purchase a produce case, a lunch meat case, a deli grab & go, and a meat case.
Nicollet Family Dollar & Halal Meat Market: A South Minneapolis grocer, Nicollet Family Dollar & Halal Meat Market, will purchase a meat saw, meat grinder, produce display case, and an eight-door display cooler to provide more culturally appropriate foods to their customers.
Osakis Family Foods: Osakis Family Foods will purchase a new closed-door refrigerator and ten produce display baskets, nearly doubling the square footage dedicated to fresh fruits and vegetables.
Pillsbury United Communities: The North Market Healthy Meals Merchandising Project will purchase portable display cases to feature more nutritious and affordable food options for customers.
Shu Karen Grocery: Shu Karen Grocery, located in St. Paul, is a small, locally-owned grocery store serving primarily Karen and Asian community members.
Thirtythird Meat & Grocery: Thirtythird Meat & Grocery, a Somali-owned grocery store located in St. Cloud, will purchase new shelving, a refrigerated produce display, and a composter to turn food waste from their store into compost for local community gardeners.
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Global Trade Activities

Bcs African Wholesale Food Supply is an exporter and importer based in the United States. These facts are updated until 08-10-2024 and are based on Volza's Global Export Import data, which compiles information from over 90+ Countries with additional Mirror Data of 119+ Countries import and export shipments.

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Top Commodities:

X FT CONTAINERS S.T.C , PACKAGES OF FOODSTUFF INDOMIE DRIED NOODLE PKGS , KGS HS CODE .
CEREAL PKGS KGS HS CODE . SEASONING , PKGS , KGS HS CODE . BEVERAGES CANDYCHOCO MILO PKGS KGS HS CODE .
SEMOVITA WHEAT FLOUR PKGS KGS HS CODE . LACASERA DRINKS PKGS , KGS HS CODE . GROUNDED BEANS FLOUR PKGS KGS HS CODE . NET WEIGHT , KGS GROSS WEIGHT , KGS NXP NO XG FREIGHT PAYABLE IN LAGOS CONTAINERS SAID TO CONTAIN
11X40FT CONTAINERS S.T.C 1,751 PACKAGES OF FOOD STUFFS BEANS 300 PKGS 6900KGS HS.CODE 200551 PEELED BEANS 107 PKGS 2461KGS HS.CODE 200551 GROUNDED PEELED BEANS 5 PKGS 50KGS 200551 GARRI 239 PKGS 2390KGS HS.CODE 071410 INDOMIE DRIED NOODLES 350 PKGS 1400KGS HS.CODE 190230 ELUBO 50 PKGS 1000KGS HS.CODE 071410 CEREAL 400 PKGS 3200KGS HS.CODE 190110 SOFT DRINKS POP 300 PKGS 2400KGS HS.CODE 220210 NET WEIGHT 23801KGS FDA NUMBER 1831439752 NXP NO XG202500058134658 FREIGHT PAYABLE IN LAGOS CONTAINERS SAID TO CONTAIN
1CONTAINER SAID TO CONTAIN SHRINK WRAP NKULENUS PALM SOUP BASE112780G HS CODE 2104000 SHIPPERS LOAD STOW AND COUNT NKULENUS PALM DRINK 112625ML HS CODE2206000 NKULENUS GA KENKEY 26800G HS CODE11081200 NKULENUS FANTI KENKEY 112400G HS CODE11081200 BANKU MIX28400G HS CODE11081200
1CONTAINER SAID TO CONTAIN 1602 PACKAGES OF FOODSTUFF ITEMS BEANS - 510 PKGS 11730 KGS HS CODE 200551 GARRI - 414 PKGS 9522 KGS HS CODE 071410 DRIED PEANUTS - 58PKGS 174KGS HS CODE 200811 INDOMIE NOODLES - 550 PKGS 1980 KGS HS CODE 190230 GROUNDED MELON - 20 PKGS 40KGS HS CODE 120770 CUSTARD B - 50 PKGS 100KGS HS CODE 210690 NXP XG2024000057125493 FREIGHT PAYABLE IN LAGOS CONTAINERS SAID TO CONTAIN1

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FDA Warning

The FDA sent the company a warning letter in July 2010 after the FDA and the MDA inspected the company’s facility. BCS African Wholesale assured the FDA that it was not selling uneviscerated fish.

The FDA’s associate commissioner for regulatory affairs, Dara Corrigan, said yesterday (1 June) that BCS African Wholesale has “ignored warnings by the FDA and Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) by continuing to sell seafood that puts the consumer’s health at risk”.