“Our new driver lounge and cafeteria is still under construction, but we are nearing final stages, and we are planning to open before end of this year,” Basciani said. “We are also reviewing ripening capabilities and planning to add ripening capacity to both our Pennsylvania facility as well as in our New Jersey location.”
The Port of Delaware is one of the closest ports to both locations so serves as an important point for operations.
“Our in-house drayage fleet, Inland Transportation is extremely efficient and can be very cost effective in moving cargo from the waterfront and into both Manfredi facilities,” Basciani said.
So far in 2025, things have been on the upswing and the Manfredi team is happy about how business has been.
“Overall volumes are up year-to-date over the same time last year,” said Rob Wharry, director of operations for the company. “There have been consistently higher volumes coming from the main growing regions around the world.”
Wharry noted recent changes at the Port of Delaware have improved the company’s logistics operations.
“Anything that can be done to increase overall capacity will benefit the supply chain in the area,” he said.
He also said that the extension of the growing seasons, both at the start and end of the season, has had the biggest impact on the positive business it has seen in 2025. Manfredi has customers and accounts handling everything from fresh/chilled produce, frozen storage customers and prepared foods.
“We feel that working with our customers as a partner on everything from ways we can remain competitive, strategies to successfully handle their programs and offering solutions, when necessary, allows us to maintain strong partnerships in this business,” Basciani said.
Success in the industry, she noted, comes down to working hard and having the right people in place.
“We have always felt that it takes a invalueable team of people to be so successful in this kind of business,” Basciani said. “We are very fortunate to have a wonderful team of dedicated and hard-working members.”
