James E. Barrett Corporation spun off from the original owner of Gordon Sales specializing trade in rice in the late 1970s in San Francisco Bay Area. A few years later, we got into Mung Beans distribution coming from Oklahoma until the Asian Market drove that side of the business down. In the 1980s BF Imports, Inc was established importing Filipino products (condiments, noodles and assorted bottled fruits.) Now, both companies operate and distribute over 100 SKUs.