Produce Alliance adds Black River Produce
Produce Alliance adds Black River Produce
Black River Produce in North Springfield, VT, has joined Nashville-based Produce Alliance, a leading produce management group dedicated to marketing high-quality goods and services in the produce sector.
In a press release, Steve Birge, co-founder of Black River Produce, said, "We partnered with Produce Alliance because of its purchasing power. With close to $1 billion in sales revenue, we have the strength in numbers to supply our customers with the highest-quality product available at competitive prices."
Mark Curran, the other co-founder of Black River Produce, added in the release, "Produce Alliance gives us four sustainable, competitive advantages: national sales and marketing, purchasing power, training and education for our staff and state-of-the-art information services."
"We are very proud to welcome Black River Produce to our alliance of quality member-distributors," Joe Collier, director of distribution for Produce Alliance, said in the release. "Black River Produce has proved to be a superior company that believes in providing the highest quality of produce and other fresh items to its customers. We are also proud of the fact that Black River Produce demonstrates a high level of integrity and offers a significant value to our group. Produce Alliance could not have made a better choice of distributor to carry out the mission of the alliance and will play a major role in helping Produce Alliance reach its goals."
Founded in 1978 by Messrs. Birge and Curran, Black River Produce is a leading privately held distributor in Vermont and one of the larger distributors of high-quality produce, fresh seafood, floral and dairy in New England. It serves a market area within a 150-mile radius of its new 62,000- square-foot facility in North Springfield, VT, and utilizes a fleet of 37 trucks all equipped with Nav-Track to monitor temperature and product quality on an ongoing basis.
In a press release, Steve Birge, co-founder of Black River Produce, said, "We partnered with Produce Alliance because of its purchasing power. With close to $1 billion in sales revenue, we have the strength in numbers to supply our customers with the highest-quality product available at competitive prices."
Mark Curran, the other co-founder of Black River Produce, added in the release, "Produce Alliance gives us four sustainable, competitive advantages: national sales and marketing, purchasing power, training and education for our staff and state-of-the-art information services."
"We are very proud to welcome Black River Produce to our alliance of quality member-distributors," Joe Collier, director of distribution for Produce Alliance, said in the release. "Black River Produce has proved to be a superior company that believes in providing the highest quality of produce and other fresh items to its customers. We are also proud of the fact that Black River Produce demonstrates a high level of integrity and offers a significant value to our group. Produce Alliance could not have made a better choice of distributor to carry out the mission of the alliance and will play a major role in helping Produce Alliance reach its goals."
Founded in 1978 by Messrs. Birge and Curran, Black River Produce is a leading privately held distributor in Vermont and one of the larger distributors of high-quality produce, fresh seafood, floral and dairy in New England. It serves a market area within a 150-mile radius of its new 62,000- square-foot facility in North Springfield, VT, and utilizes a fleet of 37 trucks all equipped with Nav-Track to monitor temperature and product quality on an ongoing basis.
