How important is the Hunts Point Market to keeping New York City and the Tri-state area fed?

According to Gabriela D’Arrigo, the vice president of marketing and communications for D’Arrigo New York, it is so vital that just describing it to a new customer or someone just curious about the market is not nearly enough.

A&J Produce Corp., operating in Hunts Point in the Bronx, serves a wide range of customers from small retailers to distributors, caterers to restaurants, local mom and pop stores to large chain stores, and gourmet outlets.

Pan Hellenic is a wholesale produce company at the Hunts Point Market in the Bronx, servicing the restaurant and foodservice industries with a full line of fresh and frozen fruits and vegetables.  

The company, which began in 1993, offers a variety of produce items, including citrus fruits, herbs, melons, mushrooms, potatoes, onions, carrots, salad, tomatoes, tropicals and western vegetables.

The New York Apple Association launched its Apple Ambassador program on March 21, with Kelly Springer, official spokesperson on health and wellness for the organization, leading the way.

Baldor Specialty Foods has started 2024 in a sprint.

The company has hired a new chief people officer in Regina Picciano from Southern Glazer Wines & Spirits, and promoted Ben Walker, who has been with the company for 11 years leading sales and marketing, to chief revenue officer.

Robt. T. Cochran & Co. has more than 130 years of experience in the produce industry, working with those in the industry to provide the best value around for its customers.

Michael Cochran, vice president of sales for the company, is a fifth-generation family member at the Hunts Point Terminal Market in the Bronx, NY, and knows his family’s legacy in the industry has helped the company remain a success.

The early word on 2024 is pretty much following the pattern of last year, with some challenges impacting how things are going.