Field Fresh Foods

What Field Fresh Foods does

Field Fresh Foods, Inc. is a privately held, family-owned fresh-cut produce processor established in 1994 and headquartered in Gardena/Los Angeles County, California. The company operates a single production facility supporting a cut-to-order model that processes fruits and vegetables to customer specifications and delivers them on a just-in-time basis. Its technology stack is operational rather than digital: a proprietary water filtration system recycles more than one million gallons of fresh water daily, a 24/7 processing and fleet operation enables same-day delivery on company-owned refrigerated trucks, a strict cold chain maintains product at 36–38°F with pre-cooling within two hours of harvest, and a Field-to-Fork traceability system tracks source fields, pesticides, and seeds for food safety compliance. The company is 99.9% landfill-free, diverting roughly 80,000 pounds of trim daily to local dairy farms.

The company serves three primary B2B customer segments from the same production base: food service operators requiring daily fresh-cut deliveries (restaurants and institutional buyers), retail grocery chains competing on produce department quality and consistency, and food manufacturers needing bulk ingredient supply with supplier diversity. Pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed, with revenue mechanics reflecting standard fresh-cut transaction fees per order. A sister company, Fresh Frozen Foods, distributes frozen onion SKUs (red, yellow, and white in diced and sliced formats) to food manufacturers across North America with stable year-round pricing. A sub-brand, Fresh Snacks, packages individually portioned fruit and vegetable snacks in cases of 50, targeting the K-12 nutrition requirements of the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.

Customer acquisition is relationship-driven: the company uses direct enterprise sales, trade shows, partner referrals, and a website-based New Customer Application workflow, supplemented by a blog and Facebook presence for top-of-funnel content marketing. Named customers are limited to the Los Angeles Unified School District and the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank (a donation recipient, not a paying account). Geographic reach covers multiple western U.S. states for fresh-cut produce and broader North America for frozen products via the sister entity. The company has no disclosed funding, no parent company, no M&A activity, and no venture or private equity backing documented in available materials.

Name

Field Fresh Foods

Legal name

Field Fresh Foods, Inc.

Website

https://fieldfresh.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Field Fresh Foods is a privately held, family-owned fresh-cut produce processor founded in 1994 in Gardena, California, serving food service operators, retail grocery chains, and food manufacturers across multiple western U.S. states with cut-to-order fruits and vegetables delivered via its own refrigerated fleet.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fresh-cut Produce Processing

NAICS

Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing (3114), Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Merchant Wholesalers (42448)

SIC

Canned, Frozen & Preservd Fruit, Veg & Food Specialties (2030), Wholesale-Groceries & Related Products (5140)

akta.pro primary industry

Fresh-Cut & Value-Added Produce (Washed, Peeled, Sliced, Packaged) (AFAKAFAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Fresh Produce Wholesale (Fruit & Vegetables) (AFAIABAE), Fresh Cut / Value-Added Produce Wholesale (Pre-Cut, Packaged, Salad Kits) (AFAIACAD), Frozen Fruits & Vegetables Manufacturing (AFAKACAF)

Keywords

• Fresh-cut produce
• Food service supply
• Cold chain distribution
• Frozen onion products
• Just-in-time delivery

Headquarters

HQ city

Gardena

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Fresh-Cut Produce Sales: Core revenue from processing and selling fresh-cut fruits and vegetables to food service, retail, and manufacturing customers. Products include fresh-cut lettuce, onions, apples, and various other produce items cut to customer specifications.
2. Food Service Supply: Providing fresh-cut produce daily to food service partners including restaurants, hotels, and institutional customers requiring just-in-time delivery of fresh products.
3. Retail Produce Supply: Supplying fresh-cut and whole produce to retail grocery chains with focus on consistency, quality, and freshness for shelf space competition.
4. Food Manufacturing Supply: Providing products to food manufacturing partners with supplier diversity and competitive pricing through extensive supplier network.
5. Frozen Onion Products: Sister company Fresh Frozen Foods offers frozen onion products (red, yellow, white onions in diced and sliced formats) to food manufacturers throughout North America with stable year-round pricing.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Field Fresh Foods processes and distributes fresh-cut fruits and vegetables on a cut-to-order basis to food service operators, retail grocery chains, and food manufacturers across the Western United States. The company operates a 24/7 processing facility in Los Angeles County with its own refrigerated truck fleet, enabling just-in-time delivery within hours of order placement. Its sister company, Fresh Frozen Foods, supplies frozen onion products throughout North America, and the Fresh Snacks sub-brand provides individually packed fruit and vegetable snacks for institutional nutrition programs.

Product overview

Field Fresh Foods is a fresh-cut produce processing company operating as a single unified product portfolio across four interconnected service lines: Food Service (just-in-time delivery of fresh-cut produce to partners), Retail (supplying grocery retailers with consistent fresh produce), Food Manufacturing (ingredients for food manufacturers), and Frozen Onions (processed frozen onion products). The company also offers Fresh Snacks as a sub-brand targeting institutional nutrition requirements. All offerings are unified around the core mission of providing the freshest food at the highest quality specifications, with operations built around a cut-to-order business model serving the Southern California market and expanding to multiple Western U.S. states.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Fresh Snacks: Quality snacks product line packed individually and sold in cases of 50, designed to meet nutrition requirements for the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010.

Products and services

• Food Service

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Los Angeles Regional Food BankminorOthers · 17 June 2016Field Fresh Foods partnered with Los Angeles Regional Food Bank for food donations, contributing approximately 200,000 pounds of fresh produce over recent years including a specific donation of 8,000 pounds to the Feed SoCal food drive. Emelio Castañeda serves as board member of the Los Angeles Food Policy Council, connecting the company to broader food system advocacy.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Taylor Farms: Largest U.S. fresh-cut produce processor with national DSD and food-service reach. Most direct competitor to Field Fresh across retail, food service, and food manufacturing in California and the West.
• Fresh Express: Chiquita-owned fresh-cut salad and produce processor serving retail and food service nationally. Competes head-to-head with Field Fresh in bagged salads and cut vegetables on West Coast retail shelves.
• Ready Pac Foods (Bonduelle): Bonduelle's Ready Pac unit produces fresh-cut produce, salad kits, and snacking produce for retail and food service. Directly comparable customer base, product format, and go-to-market motion.
• Mann Packing (Fresh Del Monte): Fresh Del Monte's Mann's brand is a major fresh-cut vegetable and vegetable snack supplier to retail and food service. Highly comparable product portfolio and customer mix to Field Fresh.
• Apio (Eat Smart): Landec's Eat Smart / Apio unit is a fresh-cut vegetable and salad kit brand sold through retail club and grocery channels. Comparable fresh-cut production model and West Coast exposure.
• Gills Onions: California-based processor specializing in fresh-cut and frozen/dried onion products for food manufacturers and food service. Most direct comparable to Field Fresh's Fresh Frozen Foods sister-company frozen onion line.
• Veg-Fresh Farms: Regional Western U.S. fresh produce grower, packer, and shipper serving retail and food service. Closely comparable regional scope, customer mix, and cut-to-pack operating model.
• Earthbound Farm: Organic fresh produce and pre-packaged salads brand serving retail and food service nationwide. Comparable pre-cut product format with overlapping retail and food-service customers.

Broad incumbents

• Dole Food Company: Diversified global fresh produce grower/shipper with broad fresh-cut and value-added product lines. Competes with Field Fresh on retail produce shelves but at much larger scale and category breadth.
• Lamb Weston: Global frozen food manufacturer with deep food-manufacturing and food-service customer relationships. Adjacent frozen-produce category relevant to Field Fresh's frozen-onion sister-company line.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/fieldfresh
• Xx.com/FieldFreshFoods

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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