As a state-of-the-art facility located in Glassboro, NJ, in close proximity to the major Delaware ports, Eastern Propak is a leading hub for those on the East Coast, fulfilling a long list of services for its customers, including receiving, repacking, shipping, cold storage and more.

Since starting operations in the early ’80s, Gem Tomato has focused on marketing vine-ripened, field-grown tomatoes. The company grows in Florida from November through May, moves north to Arkansas for harvesting in June and July and then heads to its home headquarters in Benton Harbor, MI, where it completes its summer program.

As an anchor tenant at the Detroit Produce Terminal, Riggio Distribution Co. has long been one of the largest produce wholesalers servicing the Midwest.

“Southeast Michigan and Metro Detroit has been home to our family and our team for many years,” said the company’s Dominic Riggio. “Our family is third-generation produce wholesalers with relationships in the business going back decades. Detroit is a very strong produce town known for quality and competitive pricing.”

The Van Solkema family, the fifth-generation growers and shippers behind Van Solkema Produce, have been in the produce industry for more than 117 years. The company operates in the growing regions of Glennville, GA, Moultrie, GA and its home base of Byron Center, MI.

North Bay Produce is a cooperative of more than 32 grower-owners from North, Central and South America, producing fresh fruits and vegetables year-round.

Edward L. Myrick Produce has long been a big player in the produce scene in Florida and Georgia, working with chain stores and wholesalers all around the United States and Canada. This year, the Pompano Beach, FL-based company opened a new Michigan facility in an effort to increase its year-round supply of fresh fruits and vegetables.