10. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

12 Months Ended

Oct. 31, 2012

Related Party Transactions [Abstract]

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, 2012 and 2011 of $577,446 and $457,566, respectively.

An employee of one of the top two vendors is a director of the Company.  Purchases from that vendor totaled approximately $31,900,000 and $25,300,000 for the years ended October 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.  The corresponding accounts payable balance to this vendor was approximately $2,460,000 and $2,041,000 at October 31, 2012 and 2011, 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, 2012 and 2011 was $528,687 and $538,707, respectively.  Deferred compensation expenses included in officers’ salaries were approximately $0 during the years ended October 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively.