Gem Pack Berries

What Gem Pack Berries does

Gem Pack Berries is a family-owned grower-shipper of fresh berries — strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries — founded in 1940 in Southern California and now operating from seven growing regions across California, Florida, and Mexico to enable year-round supply. The company distributes through major North American retail grocery chains (including Costco, Walmart, Kroger, HEB, Publix, Safeway, Sam's Club, Food Lion, Meijer, Sprouts, Smith's, Loblaws, and Metro), produce wholesalers, and food service operators, following a sales-led B2B go-to-market with an Irvine, CA headquarters and shipping facilities in Oxnard and Watsonville. Its technology differentiator is the proprietary Trace Back system, which uses encoded stickers and a harvest-time scanning workflow to link each consumer unit to its field of origin (date picked, grower, ranch, field, variety, crew), supported by precision drip irrigation. Revenue is generated through one-time sales of fresh produce, with food-safety and organic positioning reinforced by PrimusGFS and CCOF certifications, and recent operational additions including a TRIC Robotics pest-control partnership, the Earthmade® Solutions organic line, and a November 2025 European expansion partnership with Reborn Materials focused on sustainable hybrid-plastic packaging.

Name

Gem Pack Berries

Legal name

Gem-Pack Berries

Website

https://gem-packberries.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1940

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Gem Pack Berries is a family-owned grower-shipper of fresh strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries, distributing year-round from seven growing regions in California, Florida, and Mexico to major North American retail grocers, wholesalers, and food service operators.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fresh Berry Production

NAICS

Strawberry Farming (111333), Berry (except Strawberry) Farming (111334)

SIC

Wholesale-Groceries, General Line (5141)

akta.pro primary industry

Berry Farming (Strawberries, Blueberries, Raspberries, Blackberries, Cranberries) (AFAGACAD)

akta.pro secondary industry

Berry Sorting & Packing Facilities (AFAOAGAD)

Keywords

• Fresh berry supply
• Organic produce growing
• Fruit distribution
• Agricultural products
• Farm-to-retail berries

Headquarters

HQ city

Irvine

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Fresh Produce Sales: Gem-Pack Berries generates revenue through the sale of fresh strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries to retailers, wholesalers, and food service operators across North America. The company operates as a grower-focused berry producer with year-round supply from California, Florida, and Mexico growing regions.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Gem-Pack Berries is a grower-focused berry producer that cultivates and distributes fresh strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries year-round across North America. Operations span seven berry growing regions in California, Florida, and Mexico, supplying major retail grocery chains, produce wholesalers, and food service operators. The company also offers the proprietary Trace Back traceability system and the Earthmade organic produce partnership.

Product overview

Gem-Pack Berries operates as a grower-focused berry company offering a unified portfolio of fresh produce centered around four core berry types: Strawberries, Blueberries, Blackberries, and Raspberries, supplemented by the Gemsour Berries sub-brand. The company differentiates through value-added offerings including Trace Back Technology for end-to-end food safety traceability and the Earthmade® Solutions organic partnership. Berries are distributed year-round across North America through retail partnerships, with growing operations spanning California, Florida, and Mexico following seasonal regional patterns for consistent supply.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strawberries Field-fresh, hand-picked strawberries cultivated in California, Florida, and Mexico, providing sun-ripened berries year-round with a focus on quality and sustainability. Sold to retail grocers, wholesalers, and food service operators across North America.
• Blueberries Fresh blueberries grown across seven berry growing regions in California, Mexico, and Florida, offering consistent seasonal supply with rich antioxidant content. Distributed to retail chains and food service customers.
• Blackberries Premium blackberries cultivated with sustainable farming practices, delivering nutritional benefits including vitamins C and K, and anthocyanin antioxidants. Supplied year-round to retail and food service customers.
• Raspberries Fresh raspberries grown across multiple growing regions, featuring dietary fiber, antioxidants, and ellagic acid for digestive and overall health benefits. Supplied to North American retailers and food service operators.

Named customers13 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Reborn MaterialscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 November 2025European expansion partnership announced at Sustainable Packaging Summit 2025. The partnership focuses on a full-cycle hybrid plastic program utilizing enzyme technology, smart waste management, and energy recovery. This represents Gem-Pack's sustainability innovation through packaging Circular economy solutions.
• Earthmade FoodscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerTransformative collaboration dedicated to advancing sustainability and producing the most healthful organic produce. Partnership integrates cutting-edge practices in agriculture, farming, and science to substitute the use of artificial and heavy metal-based pesticides. Partnership branded as Earthmade Solutions.
• Berry SustainableminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for sustainable packaging initiatives. Gem-Pack is committed to sustainable packaging in collaboration with Berry Sustainable organization.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Driscoll's: Driscoll's is the largest berry grower-shipper in the world, supplying strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries year-round to the same major North American grocers that Gem-Pack serves. It is the dominant category captain against which Gem-Pack directly competes for shelf space and category leadership.
• Naturipe Farms: Naturipe Farms is a major grower-owned berry producer offering strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries to retail and foodservice customers across North America. It competes head-to-head with Gem-Pack in the multi-berry category with similar grower-shipper economics.
• California Giant Berry Farms: California Giant is a grower-shipper of strawberries, blueberries, raspberries, and blackberries with operations primarily in California and international growing partners. It is a direct comparable to Gem-Pack in crop mix, geography, and customer base of major retail grocers.
• Wish Farms: Wish Farms is a family-owned Florida-based grower and shipper of strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, and raspberries. It shares Gem-Pack's family-owned grower-shipper model and competes for shelf space at the same North American retail accounts.
• Well Pict Inc. Well Pict is a premium strawberry and raspberry grower-shipper supplying North American retailers. It is comparable to Gem-Pack as a focused fresh berry producer targeting premium retail positioning with seasonal growing regions.
• Sun Belle / Frutura: Frutura (formerly including Sun Belle) is a marketer and distributor of berries and other fruits sourced from Latin America and other regions to North American retailers. Comparable to Gem-Pack in supplying fresh berries to U.S. and Canadian grocers through grower partnerships.
• Blazer Wilkinson GP, LLC: Blazer Wilkinson is a California-based strawberry grower and shipper supplying major retail grocers. It is a direct comparable to Gem-Pack's strawberry operations, with a similar California-focused growing base and large-retailer customer model.
• Munger Farms: Munger Farms is a large California blueberry and table grape grower with diversified production. It overlaps with Gem-Pack in blueberry supply to North American retailers and shares the multi-region, large-grower profile.

Broad incumbents

• Stemilt Growers: Stemilt Growers is a larger, vertically integrated tree-fruit grower-shipper (apples, pears, cherries) that also has organic berry programs. Comparable to Gem-Pack as a family-owned multi-region grower-shipper selling to major North American grocers, though focused more on tree fruit than berries.

Emerging players

• Hazel Technologies: Hazel Technologies is an ag-tech company that provides shelf-life extension and quality-monitoring solutions for berries and other fresh produce. It is comparable to Gem-Pack's Trace Back technology as an enabling technology provider in the fresh berry supply chain, though it sells to growers and packers rather than competing for retail shelf.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• Instagraminstagram.com/gempackberries

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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