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Sample rows

10 of the 734 rows. Emails and phone numbers are masked here; the CSV has them in full.

What the list shows

California has the most listings: 110 businesses, 77 of them with an email address. New York follows with 110.

10 rows (1%) carry one of 1 names used by 10 or more listings, led by Central Market with 10. 626 businesses have a name used only once, and 447 of those have an email address.

The median Google rating of the 681 rated businesses is 4.6, and 105 have a perfect 5.0.

Of the 514 email addresses, 234 (46%) are role addresses such as info@, 193 (38%) name a person and 87 (17%) are free mail.

Source: ProfessionLens, November 2026.

What is in this gourmet grocery store email list?

The CSV contains 734 Google Maps businesses categorized as Gourmet grocery store, counted on 9 November 2026. A row is an independent specialty food shop: an Italian or Mediterranean market, a delicatessen, a cheese and charcuterie counter, an import grocer, a fine foods boutique or a neighborhood market with a curated shelf. A store with one location listing is one row.

514 rows have an email address from the shop's own website, one for each business. Phone numbers are on 671 rows and a website on 587. Specialty food shops publish their product ranges, tasting events and catering menus online, so the site helps you see what a store buys before you pitch.

One Google category, Gourmet grocery store, covers every row.

How can you segment the file?

You work with the CSV in a spreadsheet and filter on its columns. Category is constant, so the cuts are geography, name keywords and email type.

State and city let a food producer follow its distribution. A cheese maker with refrigerated trucks, a bakery or a pasta company that ships fresh product needs stores within a day. A dry goods brand that ships by pallet can sell to the whole country.

A store's name often tells you its counter or cuisine. Words such as Italian, Mediterranean, Greek, Asian, kosher, Polish, European, cheese, butcher or deli point to the cuisine or the counter the store runs. Words such as market, provisions, pantry and larder suggest a general fine food shop. The store's own site will list the brands on its shelves.

• State and city: a delivery range for fresh and chilled goods.
• Name keywords: Italian, Mediterranean, kosher, cheese, deli, provisions.
• Email type: 193 with a person's name, 234 shared info@ or orders@ style, 87 on free mail.
• Website: check the brand list and the catering page before you write.

Who buys a gourmet grocery store email list?

Producers and importers of specialty food are the main buyers. Small-batch makers of sauces, preserves, olive oil, vinegar, pasta, chocolate, crackers, snacks and condiments want shelf space. Importers of European and Asian foods look for shops with the right customers. Cheese and cured meat makers, bakeries and frozen meal brands pitch to stores with chiller space. Coffee roasters and tea companies sell to counters that offer both a bag and a cup.

Service companies and distributors also use the list: specialty food distributors that want to add retail accounts, packaging and label printers, point of sale and inventory software vendors, food brokers, and trade show organizers for fancy food events.

How do you run outreach to gourmet grocery stores?

Begin with the address mix. The file has 193 named-person addresses, 234 role addresses such as info@ or orders@ and 87 on free mail domains. In an independent shop, the owner is often the buyer, and a named or free mail address often reaches that person directly. A role address may be read by a deli manager or a counter worker who can forward a request to the buyer.

Shop owners are on the floor in the morning and during the afternoon rush. They read mail late in the day or before opening. Keep the note short and put the product, the case size, the wholesale price range and the shipping terms in the first few lines. Offer a sample, because a food buyer will want to taste a product before buying it.

State why the product suits that shop. A Spanish olive oil importer should name the Mediterranean shelf the store already has. A pasta maker should mention the Italian counter. A hot sauce brand should say how it sold in similar stores in the same city.

Buyers plan holiday orders in early autumn and again in late winter for spring. Write ahead of those windows and send in small batches.

What email rules apply when you contact food shops?

For a commercial email to a shop owner, CAN-SPAM calls for a valid postal address for your company in the message and a working way to opt out, which you must honor. When a deli manager answers asking not to receive more, delete that address from every list you use.

Which states and cities should you start with?

California and New York each have 110 listings and 77 emails. Florida has 78 listings and 55 emails, Texas 57 and 40, North Carolina 26 and 18, Pennsylvania 24 and 17, Ohio 22 and 15, Georgia 21 and 15, Washington 19 and 13 and Massachusetts 17 and 12.

New York City dominates the city list: New York has 52 listings and Brooklyn 33. Then come Miami with 19, Philadelphia with 14, San Francisco with 13, Atlanta with 12, Seattle with 11, Houston with 10, and Los Angeles and Chicago with 9 each.

A fresh food maker based in the Northeast can concentrate on the New York rows, where one delivery route reaches many shops. A shelf-stable brand can mail the entire file and run a second wave to states where it already has a distributor.

What is in the list

Source: ProfessionLens, November 2026. Counted 9 November 2026.

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