Four Star Fruit

What Four Star Fruit does

Four Star Fruit, Inc. is a privately held, family-owned table grape grower, packer, and shipper founded in 1987 and now in its third generation of Campbell-family ownership. The company operates as a vertically integrated producer with headquarters in Delano, California, and production acreage distributed across California's San Joaquin and Coachella Valleys as well as Mexico, which together enable staggered harvest windows and year-round supply. Annual production totals approximately 14.5 million boxes, split across 11.8 million boxes of domestic conventional varieties, 940,000 boxes of USDA-certified organic grapes, and 1.8 million boxes of Mexico-origin grapes, sold under both proprietary variety branding (notably Pristine Seedless, a late-season green seedless licensed from breeder Anton Caratan) and conventional variety names including Autumn King, Magenta Seedless, Autumn Royal, and Scarlet Royal. The company plans to double organic production over a two-year horizon, supported by a dedicated USDA-certified organic processing room to prevent cross-contamination.

Operationally, Four Star Fruit invests in cold-chain and packing automation: a Spara EMS energy management system and a 1 megawatt solar array power its cold storage, while an automated pallet wrapping system preserves product quality post-pack. Food safety is governed by a HACCP system, Primus Labs microbiological testing, and an ATP detection system that validates cleaning and sanitation, and the company has held a Superior rating under the Primus Labs GFS benchmark for eight consecutive years. Crop protection is managed through a licensed Pest Control Adviser (Eddie Byrne) using integrated pest management, and an SO2 fumigation program developed with a Fresno State University professor supports conventional product treatment.

The company sells exclusively into retail grocery through a small in-house direct sales team led by three account executives covering domestic and wholesale accounts, with no disclosed distributor or food-service channel. Pricing is not publicly listed; the company solicits direct quotes through its sales office. The customer base is described as "local grocery stores" without named national or regional retail logos, and the channel mix is enterprise field sales targeted at collaborative retailer partnerships. The company has no public listing, no disclosed institutional ownership, and no funding rounds in the input data; its only announced inorganic move is a Q2 2026 definitive agreement, via affiliate Joseph Vineyard Estates LLC, to acquire Pardee Resources Company's table grape assets for $6,130,000, adding a wholly owned 40-acre ranch and an 85%-owned 220-acre joint-venture ranch in California's Central Valley.

Name

Four Star Fruit

Legal name

Four Star Fruit, Inc.

Website

https://fourstarfruit.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Four Star Fruit is a privately held, family-owned table grape grower-packer-shipper founded in 1987, producing roughly 14.5 million boxes annually of conventional, organic, and Mexico-origin varieties for U.S. retail grocery customers through direct enterprise sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Fresh Table Grapes

NAICS

Grape Vineyards (111332), Noncitrus Fruit and Tree Nut Farming (11133)

SIC

Agricultural Production-Crops (100)

akta.pro primary industry

Table Grape Vineyard Operations (Fresh-Market Quality, Clusters, Compliance) (AFAGAJAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Post-Harvest Grape Handling & Logistics (Sorting, Bins, Transport to Winery/Packhouse) (AFAGAJAH), Grape Harvesting Operations (Hand & Mechanical Harvest) (AFAGAJAG)

Keywords

• Table grape production
• Organic grape farming
• Fresh fruit distribution
• Agricultural packing services
• Proprietary grape varieties

Headquarters

HQ city

Delano

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Table Grape Sales (Domestic): Growing, packing, and shipping approximately 11.8 million boxes of domestic conventional grape varieties per year to retailers across the United States
2. Table Grape Sales (Organic): Growing, packing, and shipping approximately 940,000 boxes of organic grape varieties per year
3. Table Grape Sales (Mexico): Growing, packing, and shipping approximately 1.8 million boxes of Mexico-origin grape varieties per year

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Four Star Fruit is a vertically integrated family-owned grower, packer, and shipper of table grapes. The company produces approximately 14.5 million boxes of conventional and organic table grapes per year across fields in California's San Joaquin and Coachella Valleys and in Mexico. It offers multiple grape varieties — including the proprietary Pristine Seedless trademark — and delivers them to retail grocery customers with custom packing by color or color mix.

Product overview

Four Star Fruit is a family-owned table grape producer operating as a unified grow, pack, and ship operation. The company offers three product lines: Conventional Grapes (11.8 million boxes annually), Organic Grapes (940,000 boxes), and Mexico Varieties (1.8 million boxes). Core products include proprietary varieties such as Pristine Seedless (trademark) and other conventional/organic varieties including Autumn King, Magenta Seedless, Autumn Royal, and Scarlet Royal. The company has invested in organic expansion with a USDA-certified organic room to prevent cross-contamination, and operates an in-house packing facility with automated pallet wrapping and advanced cold storage technology.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Pristine Seedless: Proprietary trademarked late-season green seedless table grape variety developed by Anton Caratan. Features crisp texture with sweet vanilla streak and zesty Granny Smith apple finish. Harvest mid-August to mid-October.

Products and services

• Pristine Seedless

Quantifiable outcome

• 14.5 million boxes of grapes produced annually (11.8M domestic, 940K organic, 1.8M Mexico)
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Joseph Vineyard Estates LLCmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 22 April 2026Joseph Vineyard Estates LLC is an affiliate of Four Star Fruit. Pardee Resources Company entered into a definitive agreement to sell all of its table grape assets to Joseph Vineyard Estates LLC for total cash proceeds of $6,130,000. The assets consist of a wholly owned 40-acre table grape ranch and a second 220-acre ranch that is 85% owned through a joint venture, both located in the Central Valley of California. Expected to close in Q2 2026.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Trinity Fruit Company: Grower, packer, and shipper of table grapes and tree fruit based in California's Central Valley. Comparable vertically integrated supplier with similar retail customer base.
• Divine Flavor: Table grape grower-shipper with production spanning Mexico and other regions. Directly comparable as a multi-region table grape shipper serving North American retail.
• Stevco: California-based table grape and stone fruit grower-shipper. Comparable product mix, retail customer focus, and vertically integrated operating model.
• Anthony Vineyards: Multi-generation California table grape grower and shipper. Directly comparable in crop focus, geographic footprint, and family-owned table grape supply model.
• Fresh Farms: Grower-shipper of table grapes and other fresh produce serving retail and wholesale channels. Comparable in multi-region table grape sourcing and retail distribution.
• Pandol Brothers: California-based grower and shipper of table grapes and other produce. Closely comparable as a Delano-adjacent, vertically integrated table grape shipper serving retail customers.
• Sun World International: Licensed proprietary table grape and stone fruit variety developer and grower-marketer. Directly comparable to Four Star Fruit as a vertically integrated US table grape producer with proprietary licensed varieties and large retail distribution.
• Moonlight Companies: California-based grower-shipper of table grapes and other produce. Directly comparable in vertically integrated table grape operations and retail grocery focus.

Emerging players

• The Grapery: Specialty table grape grower-shipper known for proprietary branded varieties (e.g., Cotton Candy). Comparable as a US-based table grape producer leveraging proprietary variety IP to drive retail differentiation.
• Grapa Varieties / ARRA Varieties: Proprietary table grape variety breeder and licensor. Comparable to Four Star Fruit's relationship with the Pristine Seedless licensor, as both compete and overlap in bringing branded grape varieties to market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/fourstarfruit
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/four-star-fruit-inc.

Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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