Tattooed Chef, Inc.: directors' dealings · United States · SEC (Form 4)

About Tattooed Chef, Inc.

Tattooed Chef, Inc. is a U.S. food company historically listed on the NASDAQ in the United States under the ticker TTCF before its financial distress and restructuring. For French-speaking investors, it is best understood as a consumer staples / packaged-food story tied to the “better-for-you” trend, plant-based eating, and frozen meals. The company grew out of a cross-border operating base in the United States and Italy and was rebranded as Tattooed Chef in 2020 following a business combination with Forum Merger II Corporation. SEC filings indicate that the business was originally built around 2017, with Sarah Galletti, the brand’s creator, and Salvatore “Sam” Galletti, a long-time food industry entrepreneur, playing central roles. Its historical headquarters was in Paramount, California, United States. Tattooed Chef’s core business has been the manufacturing and sale of plant-based foods, primarily in the frozen aisle. Its portfolio has included ready-to-cook bowls, cauliflower-based and acai bowls, vegetable spirals, cauliflower-crust and wood-fired plant-based pizzas, handheld burritos, quesadillas, bars, and other value-added meal and snack items. The company sold products both under the Tattooed Chef brand and through private-label arrangements, allowing it to address retail partners seeking differentiated branded innovation as well as customers wanting competitive-priced store-brand offerings. Strategically, it positioned itself as an innovation-oriented, vertically integrated player in a highly competitive market where much larger food groups have deeper balance sheets, broader distribution, and stronger brand recognition. Geographically, the business was centered in the United States, with important sourcing and manufacturing capabilities in Italy. The company highlighted its vertical integration as a way to protect product quality, ingredient availability, and speed of innovation from concept to commercialization. In the U.S., the brand gained retail visibility through expanded distribution in mass-market channels and club retail, helping it build awareness in frozen plant-based foods. Recent developments have been dominated by restructuring rather than growth. In 2023, Tattooed Chef announced plans to seek Chapter 11 protection and pursue a sale of assets after disclosing liquidity pressure, a weak share price, and an inability to secure additional financing. The company also disclosed Nasdaq listing issues tied to its share price. In 2024, Tattooed Chef completed the sale of substantially all of its assets. For an investor tracking SEC Form 4 insider transactions, the key point is that this is an issuer with a historically public-market profile on NASDAQ, but one whose operating platform and equity story were materially altered by bankruptcy and asset sale proceedings.