# Everytable

> Everytable is a Los Angeles-based, mission-driven food company that makes fresh, nutritious meals affordable and accessible to everyone. Built around a central commissary kitchen and small-footprint stores, subscriptions, delivery and refrigerated SmartFridges, the company prices meals by neighborhood - keeping food affordable in communities often treated as food deserts. Founded in 2016 by former Wall Street trader Sam Polk and ex-private-equity executive David Foster, Everytable is a public benefit corporation pioneering a Social Equity Franchise Program to build generational wealth for entrepreneurs of color.

- **Founded:** 2016
- **Headquarters:** Los Angeles, United States
- **Founders:** Sam Polk (Co-Founder & CEO), David Foster (Co-Founder)
- **Team size:** ~170 employees
- **Products:** Grab-and-go stores, SmartFridge, Subscription & home delivery, Everytable at Work, Social Equity Franchise Program
- **Notable:** Sold more than 5 million fresh-prepared meals across its markets, Raised over $106M in total funding through Series C, Operates dozens of retail locations across Southern California, plus New York City and the Bay Area

## Products & services

- **Grab-and-go stores** — Small-footprint retail locations stocked with chef-prepared, refrigerated meals priced for the surrounding neighborhood.
- **SmartFridge** — Refrigerated, self-checkout vending machines that place fresh meals in workplaces, campuses and community sites.
- **Subscription & home delivery** — Weekly meal subscriptions and direct-to-consumer delivery of fresh-prepared meals.
- **Everytable at Work** — Workplace and institutional food programs supplying fresh meals to offices and organizations.
- **Social Equity Franchise Program** — A franchise model offering loans with no required cash equity to graduates of Everytable University, aimed at entrepreneurs of color.

## Achievements

- Sold more than 5 million fresh-prepared meals across its markets
- Raised over $106M in total funding through Series C
- Operates dozens of retail locations across Southern California, plus New York City and the Bay Area
- Launched a pioneering Social Equity Franchise Program requiring no cash equity from franchisees
- Tripled its unit count in 2022
- Structured as a public benefit corporation centered on food access

## Latest updates

- **2023-06** — Raised $25M Series C-2 from impact investors focused on food as medicine, pushing total raised past $106M.
- **2022-08** — Closed $55M Series C to accelerate national expansion after tripling unit count.
- **2024-01** — Outlined expansion into new metro markets including Philadelphia and Washington, D.C., with plans for roughly 300 franchises.

## Links

- Website: https://everytable.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/everytable
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/foreverytable
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@foreverytable
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/foreverytable
- Facebook: https://facebook.com/everytable
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@everytable

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Last updated: 2026-06-15