Minkus Family Farms

What Minkus Family Farms does

Minkus Family Farms is a privately held, family-owned agricultural business based in New Hampton, New York, United States. Founded in 1993 by Rick Minkus, the company is described as a packer, distributor, and supplier of onions, operating in the fresh produce segment of the U.S. food supply chain. Its functional role covers post-harvest handling: sourcing, packing, and distributing fresh onions to downstream customers, which typically include wholesalers, foodservice operators, and/or retail buyers, although no specific customer segments or logos are disclosed in the available data. The company has a small headcount in the 11-50 employee range, consistent with a regional, family-operated packing operation.

The business model is consistent with that of a regional produce packer-distributor: revenue is generated by selling packed onions at negotiated per-unit or per-pound pricing to wholesale and foodservice channels. There is no disclosed pricing model, no disclosed revenue, no funding history, no parent company, and no subsidiaries. The company's public web presence (freshonions.com) currently resolves to a loader/verification page rather than a fully populated product or sales site, suggesting a low-investment commercial digital posture. Geri Minkus serves as CEO, with founder Rick Minkus continuing in an Owner & Founder capacity, indicating intra-family succession and continuity of control.

No technology platform, proprietary systems, certifications, patents, partnerships, or differentiated processes are documented in the available data. The operation should be understood as a long-running, small-scale commodity agricultural business rather than a technology-enabled or venture-backed enterprise. Investment-relevant inferences about scale, contract structure, margins, or growth are limited by the thinness of publicly available information.

Name

Minkus Family Farms

Website

https://freshonions.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1993

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Minkus Family Farms is a privately held, family-owned packer, distributor, and supplier of fresh onions based in New Hampton, New York, serving wholesale and foodservice customers in the U.S. produce supply chain since 1993.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fresh Produce Distribution

NAICS

Other Farm Product Raw Material Merchant Wholesalers (424590)

SIC

Wholesale-Farm Product Raw Materials (5150)

akta.pro primary industry

Fresh Produce Packhouses (Fruits & Vegetables) (AFAOAGAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Fresh Vegetable Wholesale (AFAIACAB)

Keywords

• Fresh onion supply
• Produce distribution
• Onion packing
• Wholesale produce
• Agricultural products

Headquarters

HQ city

New Hampton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel

Core offering

Minkus Family Farms is a packer, distributor, and supplier of fresh onions. Founded in 1993 and headquartered in New Hampton, United States, the company handles the sourcing, packing, and distribution of onions for downstream buyers in the produce supply chain.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fresh Onions

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves2 records

Direct peers

• Gills Onions: One of the largest fresh onion processors and packers in the US, with vertically integrated growing, processing, and distribution — directly comparable to Minkus's onion-focused packer-distributor model.
• Peri & Sons Farms: Multi-generation family-owned onion grower, packer, and shipper operating in Nevada and California. Closely comparable in family-business structure, onion specialization, and integrated pack-and-distribute model.
• Keeler Family Farms: Idaho-based family-run onion farm that packs and ships fresh onions nationwide. Comparable as a family-owned, onion-only packer-distributor with a similar customer and product profile.
• Owyhee Produce: Idaho/Eastern Oregon onion grower-shipper specializing in packing and distribution of fresh onions to retail and foodservice. Direct overlap in onion packing and wholesale distribution.
• J.C. Watson Company: Idaho onion packer and shipper with integrated growing, packing, and distribution. Closely comparable in scale, onion-only focus, and packer-distributor business model.

Broad incumbents

• Bolthouse Farms: Large, diversified fresh produce grower-packager with significant carrot and onion-related operations. Comparable in produce packing and broad-line distribution though far larger and more diversified than Minkus.
• Taylor Farms: Major US fresh-cut produce processor and packager serving retail and foodservice. Adjacent in produce packing and distribution, though far broader in product line and customer reach.
• Earthbound Farm: Large organic produce grower-packager with integrated packing and national distribution. Comparable packhouse operations and wholesale distribution model, though at much larger scale and broader category.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/minkusfamfarms

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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