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Related Party Transactions | 12 Months Ended
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Oct. 31, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
Related Party Transactions | NOTE 11 - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS: The Company has engaged its 40% partner in Generation Coffee Company, LLC as an outside contractor (the “Partner”). Included in contract labor expense, which is a component of cost of sales, are expenses incurred from the Partner during the years ended October 31, 2019 and 2018 of $401,227 and $447,140, respectively. An employee of one of the top two vendors is a director of the Company. Purchases from that vendor totaled approximately $8,300,000 and $9,100,000 for the years ended October 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The corresponding accounts payable balance to this vendor was approximately $840,000 and $215,000 at October 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. In January 2005, the Company established the “Coffee Holding Co., Inc. Non-Qualified Deferred Compensation Plan.” Currently, there is only one participant in the plan: Andrew Gordon, the CEO. Within the plan guidelines, this employee is deferring a portion of his current salary and bonus. The deferred compensation payable represents the liability due to an officer of the Company. The deferred compensation liability at October 31, 2019 and 2018 was $378,453 and $532,726, respectively. Deferred compensation expenses included in officers’ salaries were $0 during the years ended October 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/topic&trid=2122745 + Details
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