GrubMarket has announced it has completed the acquisition of Vernon, CA-based Best Oriental Produce, a company in the fresh produce industry that owns a 700-hectare farming operation across California and Mexico, where it produces the highest quality vegetables year-round.
In addition to being the largest Asian squash provider in the US, Best Oriental Produce is also the single largest importer of young coconut from Thailand into the US. and the largest Chinese eggplant grower worldwide. Best Oriental Produce grows and ships over 46,000 cases of Chinese eggplant each month, moving up to 10 full truckloads a day from Mexico.
Founded over 35 years ago by fresh produce veteran Ben Charoensuk, Best Oriental Produce is now a large-scale produce import and export business that grows a wide variety of Asian produce, such as bitter melon, Chinese eggplant, long bean, and Asian squash, across broad open field farms and greenhouse facilities.
They also operate a PrimusGFS-certified warehouse facility that spans nearly 25,000 square feet and offers state-of-the-art refrigeration capabilities. Best Oriental Produce proudly serves many of the most popular and well-known supermarket and retail chains across California, New York, Chicago, and Florida, as well as other regions throughout the US and Canada. The company's tireless focus on quality and service has allowed it to cultivate decades-long relationships with many of its top customers, allowing Best Oriental Produce to stay highly profitable since its inception. After the acquisition, the business will continue to be managed by its current experienced, mission-driven, and highly capable leadership team.
As a part of GrubMarket's portfolio, Best Oriental Produce will enjoy the advantages offered by GrubMarket's suite of proprietary technology solutions, including AI-powered ERP software, WholesaleWare, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that provides food industry wholesalers, distributors, and shippers with seamless financial management, powerful sales support, online ordering, precise inventory management, lot traceability, grower accounting, and automated routing and logistics; GrubAssist, the groundbreaking enterprise AI assistant that empowers food supply chain businesses with deep insights, intelligent analysis, and automated order processing; Orders IO, a custom branded, mobile eCommerce solution connecting sellers and buyers; and GrubPay, a digital payments offering designed specifically for the food supply chain industry.
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