Sourcing and Operational Programs

At Chestnut Hill Farms, we are committed to sourcing products which meet our defined specifications for ripeness, nutritional content and consumer value. Once we find them, our next goal is to get them to market in the most cost-effective and freshest means available.

The fact that our mission is to market fruits and vegetables which are "ready-to-eat" doesn't make our job any easier. Our goal is to take full advantage of the new technologies available and deliver superior tasting products which are fully mature when harvested.

Preserving the "cool chain" from farm-to-market is a critical success factor in our business operations and this is one of the primary reasons we own and operate our own logistics business. No matter how efficient we may be from harvest through pack-out, if we can't move it to market in a timely and controlled manner, then we lose the value we strive to achieve.

Our sourcing mission is to find the right production areas that can deliver the consistency of volume and supply needed to meet our customer's needs in developing a manageable category plan.

Our operational mission is to move the product we source from farm-to-retail as cost-effectively and efficiently as possible so that we can deliver what we have sold as fresh as possible.

Our success is based on our customer's acceptance to our business offerings. We measure our performance through our growth in the strategic relationships we have worked hard to establish.

Our sourcing and operational programs are designed to give meaning to our slogan:

"It's How You Select The Best"