SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              Washington, DC 20549

                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT

                        Pursuant to Section 13 or 15 (d)
                     of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                        Date of Report: January 22, 2002

                              Synergy Brands, Inc.
             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware                            0-19409                   22-2993066
(State of incorporation)     (Commission File No.)           (IRS Employer
                                                            Identification No.)

                1175 Walt Whitman Road, Melville, New York 11747
               (Address of principal executive offices) (zip code)

       Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (631) 424-5500

                                 Not Applicable
          (Former name or former address, if changed since last report)



Item 4.  Changes in Registrant's Certifying Accountant

BDO Seidman LLP was previously  the principal  accountants  for Synergy  Brands,
Inc.  ("the  Registrant").  On January  22,  2002,  that firm's  appointment  as
principal  accountants  was  terminated by the Registrant and Grant Thornton LLP
was engaged as principal  accountants.  The decision to change  accountants  was
approved by the Board of Directors of the Registrant.

In connection  with the audits of the two fiscal years ended  December 31, 2000,
and the  subsequent  interim  period  through  January 22,  2002,  there were no
disagreements  with BDO Seidman LLP or Belew  Averitt  LLP,  whose  practice was
combined  with BDO  Seidman  LLP,  on any  matter of  accounting  principles  or
practices,  financial  statement  disclosure,  or auditing  scope or procedures,
which disagreements if not resolved to their satisfaction would have caused them
to make reference in connection  with their opinion to the subject matter of the
disagreement.

The audit report of BDO Seidman LLP on the consolidated  financial statements of
the  Registrant as of and for the year ended  December 31, 2000, did not contain
any adverse  opinion or disclaimer of opinion,  nor was it qualified or modified
as to uncertainty,  audit scope, or accounting  principles.  The audit report of
Belew Averitt LLP on the consolidated  financial statements of the Registrant as
of and for the year ended December 31, 1999, did not contain any adverse opinion
or  disclaimer of opinion,  nor was it qualified or modified as to  uncertainty,
audit scope, or accounting principles.

During the two years ended December 31, 2000 and the  subsequent  interim period
preceding the  termination of BDO Seidman LLP on January 22, 2002, no reportable
events  occurred in connection  with the  relationship  between BDO Seidman LLP,
Belew Averitt LLP and the Registrant.

A letter from BDO Seidman LLP is attached as Exhibit 16 to this Form 8-K.

Item 7.  Financial Statements, Pro Forma Financial Information and Exhibits

         (c)      Exhibits

                  16.   Letter of BDO Seidman LLP dated January 22, 2002




                                   SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the  requirements  of the  Securities  and Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant  has duly  caused  this  report  to be  signed  on its  behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                              Synergy Brands, Inc.

                              By: /s/ Mair Faibish
                                  ----------------
                                      Mair Faibish
                             Chairman of the Board

                            By: /s/ Mitchell Gerstein
                                ---------------------
                                    Mitchell Gerstein
                              Chief Financial Officer

Dated:  January 22, 2002




                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

         1. Correspondence from BDO Seidman LLP, Dated January 22, 2002