RBest Produce completes move to Long Island
RBest Produce completes move to Long Island
“We have just completed our move from Hunts Point in the Bronx to Port Washington, Long Island, New York,” said Carl DelPrete, vice president of RBest Produce Inc. “We have built a state-of-the-art facility, which recently scored 98 percent in our PrimusGFS [Global Food Safety] audit inspection.”
He added that RBest Produce’s sister company, El Sol brands, headquartered in Medley, FL, is now offering the “El Sol” label that provides consistent packaging and quality.
The companies together handle a wide range of tropical fruits and vegetables, and DelPrete noted, “We are particularly strong in yucca and batata sweet potatoes.”
RBest Produce, which recently relocated to Long Island, NY, from the Hunts Point Terminal Market in the Bronx, NY, carries a wide array of tropical produce items.The line also includes vegetables such as calabaza, chayote and squash, and fruits including avocados, starfruit, mangos and papaya.
Luis Perez, accounts manager for El Sol brands, noted that the companies also offer coconuts, breadfruit, recao, yautia and ajicitos.
“We utilize pre-managed inventory, where product is hand-picked to company specifications,” said Perez. “This includes PLUs, uniform sizing and customized packaging to serve customers’ needs. Our sales do not end at the customers’ loading dock. We provide merchandising at store level to educate produce teams on the category and how to maintain the retailer’s point of sale in optimum selling conditions.”
DelPrete added, “Our products are shipped from the packinghouse at our locations in Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Jamaica, Mexico and the U.S. to our facility. Ocean cargo arrives in three to seven days.”
He noted that the company’s complete line is available year round.
Jasmine Hines, director of marketing and advertising for RBest Produce, emphasized that the company is proud to be the number one supplier of “El Sol” brand premium tropical.
“As the largest importer of roots and Latin American produce, we have the infrastructure to insure consistency of supply, quality and pricing,” she said. “With facilities in New York, Miami and Chicago, through a strategic partnership with a large Midwestern distributor, El Sol can extend distribution up and down the East Coast and west of Chicago. We do not buy open market. Instead, our partners in over six countries are sourcing weeks and months in advance, often times purchasing farms well before harvest.”
