The Nickey Gregory Co. LLC in Forest Park, GA, has experienced phenomenal growth in recent years leading to regular expansion of the company’s headquarters on the Atlanta State Farmers Market, a tomato operation in College Park, GA and a second warehouse in Miami.

The Gregory Co. recently became a Platinum Partner with PrimusLabs and all three locations are Primus GFS- and HACCP-certified with Superior ratings.

“Food safety has always been a primary focus here and now we are at the highest level as far as food safety is concerned,” Nickey Gregory said. “Our goal has always been to provide our customers with the best quality and safest produce available.”

“The more incidents that happen in our industry, the more important it is to stay ahead of food-safety regulations,” Gregory said. “Why wait two or three years down the road? I want to be safe. I sleep better knowing we’re on top of food safety, we don’t have to worry about any of our products. That weighs a lot on you.”

Gregory also recently launched its “Cheryl’s Best” line of tomatoes, named after Gregory’s wife and the company co-owner.

Gregory stocks over 300 fresh produce items daily including an extensive line of specialty items sourced from local farmers and growers as well as growers throughout the United States, Canada, Spain, Mexico and Holland.

Not only is the company a full line distributor, it also controls its own logistics with an ever-growing fleet of refrigerated trailers delivering within a 750 mile radius of the 50,000-square-foot location in Atlanta and the 25,000-square-foot operation in Miami. The company also offers a cross-dock operation and retail support with direct store delivery.

“Your order is delivered fresh because our hands-on service extends all the way to your door,” Gregory said. “Our fleet of new, climate-controlled trucks ensures on-time delivery to Georgia, North and South Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee and Virginia.

Gregory is a true family company, with family members in leadership and support roles and a flock of grandchildren getting ready to take the reins down the road. The executive team of President Nickey Gregory, Vice President Cheryl Gregory and Vice President Johnny Gregory has more than three-quarters of a century of industry leadership experience.

“We’ve got a lot of old veterans — as bad as I hate to say it, I am one of the old veterans — but we’ve got a ton of young people here that are really stepping up, which is something I’m glad to see,” Gregory said. “Between my generation and theirs, we didn’t gain very many people in this industry. We had a gap and it’s good to see these young people coming back into the business.”