Entrepreneurial Success

Elda Devarie of EMD Sales, Inc.

From humble beginnings in 1989, selling products from the back of her minivan with her young son in tow, Elda has built her company into one of the fastest growing international food distributors in the Mid-Atlantic Region.

Today, EMD Sales occupies a 153,000 square foot warehouse, employs over 175 and provides next-day delivery of well over 3,000 products to more than 1,500 customers including major supermarket chains, restaurants and independent retailers.


Elda has received numerous industry awards including being named to the Nation’s Capital Metro Area Latinos 100 Most Influential People List and received the MD Chamber of Commerce’s Outstanding Small Business Award, Progressive Grocer Top Women in Grocery award and the SBA’s 70 Anniversary Legacy business award.



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