Karat Packaging Inc. Common Stock

Karat Packaging, Inc. manufactures and distributes disposable products for the restaurants and foodservice industry. The company is headquartered in Chino, California and currently employs 636 full-time employees. The company went IPO on 2019-10-16. The firm classifies its customers into four categories. Distributors include national and regional distributors across the United States that purchase their products and provide a channel to offer their products to restaurants, offices, schools, government entities and other end users. National and regional chains typically include fast casual, fast-food restaurants and supermarket chains with locations across multiple states to which they supply specified products. Retail primarily includes regional bubble tea shops and frozen yogurt shops that often purchase their specialty beverage ingredients and related items. E-commerce/Online includes small businesses, often with only one or two locations, as well as customers who purchase for personal use.