North Bay Produce is a year-round berry shipper, offering a continuity of supply between regions and hemispheres in the fall, which allows for consistency and stability of product.

Buona Foods is a third-generation, family-owned mushroom company, which operates three farms and a packinghouse in the mushroom capital of the world, Kennett Square, PA.

Foodservice has always been an important part of Gold Coast Packing’s business and has helped the company thrive through the years.

“Recently we have started to focus a lot on the retail sector and offer more items for our retail customers,” said Crystal Chavez, marketing coordinator for the Santa Maria, CA-based company. “Still, the majority of our offerings remain foodservice-focused.”

Baldor Specialty Foods partners with more than 1,000 farms to supply food items to restaurants, wholesalers, corporate foodservice, schools, hospitals and more — but foodservice has long been its bread and butter.

“The success of our foodservice business has allowed us to venture into other sales channels,” said Benjamin Walker, senior vice president of sales, marketing and merchandising for the Bronx, NY-based company.

The Salad Farm, a family-owned company based in Hollister, CA, began 15 years ago to meet the needs of the foodservice industry with consistent high-quality baby leaf items.

“With the years of experience and knowledge from our partners and our team, The Salad Farm excelled to be known as one of the highest quality shippers in the industry,” said Lex Camany, president and co-founder of The Salad Farm.

Produce veterans Jim Provost and Neil Millman joined forces to form I Love Produce, a wholesale garlic and produce company with strong values, a family atmosphere and a steady supply chain of garlic, shallots and ginger for their customers.