Pennsylvania Co-Operative Potato Growers

What Pennsylvania Co-Operative Potato Growers does

Pennsylvania Co-Operative Potato Growers is a privately held agricultural cooperative based in Pennsylvania that supplies fresh and wholesale potatoes. Per its own positioning, the company operates as a trusted regional supplier in the state, aggregating member-grower output and channeling it into fresh-pack and wholesale produce markets. The business model is consistent with a traditional grower cooperative: member growers contribute production volume, and the cooperative handles pooling, packing, and distribution to downstream buyers.

There is no public disclosure of the company's revenue scale, headcount, grower membership count, contracted buyers, packaging capacity, storage infrastructure, or logistics footprint. The cooperative structure implies shared ownership among growers, member-based governance, and revenue mechanics driven by pooling margins on commodity potato sales rather than subscription, licensing, or transaction-fee pricing.

The available input does not disclose any proprietary technology, processing capability beyond fresh-pack handling, certifications (e.g., GAP, organic), brand IP, or partnerships. The company's public web presence is limited to a basic marketing site that was not accessible beyond a verification page during data collection, and there are no records of funding rounds, M&A activity, leadership appointments, or strategic announcements. As a result, while its operating activity and structure are evident, any further claims about scale, technology, or strategic positioning would exceed the evidence available.

Name

Pennsylvania Co-Operative Potato Growers

Website

https://pacooppotatoes.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1922

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Pennsylvania Co-Operative Potato Growers is a privately held Pennsylvania-based agricultural cooperative that aggregates member growers' potato production for sale into fresh and wholesale produce markets.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Harrisburg

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations

Core offering

Pennsylvania Co-Operative Potato Growers is a Pennsylvania-based agricultural cooperative of potato growers that supplies fresh and wholesale potatoes. The organization aggregates production from its member growers to deliver potatoes to wholesale and fresh-market buyers.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fresh Potatoes Fresh potatoes supplied by the cooperative's Pennsylvania member growers for fresh-market buyers and retail channels.
• Wholesale Potatoes Bulk wholesale potato supply aggregated from member growers for distribution to wholesale and foodservice buyers.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Expansion highlights2 records

Direct peers

• Heartland Potato Co-op: A grower-owned potato cooperative in the central U.S., directly comparable in cooperative structure and aggregated farm-supply model serving fresh and wholesale potato customers.
• Black Gold Farms: A large multi-state potato grower producing fresh-market potatoes across the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and South, directly comparable in fresh-pack potato farming and wholesale distribution to foodservice and retail customers.
• R.D. Offutt Company: One of the largest U.S. potato producers, growing and shipping fresh potatoes from operations in multiple states. Comparable as a large-scale fresh potato grower operating across regional markets.
• Sterman Masser, Inc. A multi-generation family-owned potato grower operating across Pennsylvania, comparable in core activity (fresh-market potato farming and pack/ship) and overlapping regional grower base with Pennsylvania Co-Operative Potato Growers.
• Wayne E. Bailey Produce Co. A grower-packer of fresh sweet potatoes and other produce operating in the eastern U.S., comparable as a regional grower-led packer of fresh vegetables sold into wholesale and retail channels.

Broad incumbents

• McCain Foods: Global frozen-potato product manufacturer that contracts with large potato growers across the U.S. Comparable as a buyer of bulk potato volume and a competitor for grower supply relationships within the broader fresh-and-processed potato category.
• Lamb Weston Holdings: The largest North American processor of frozen potato products (fries, hash browns), sourcing from a broad contract grower base. A broad incumbent in the potato supply chain whose contract grower network competes for farmland and grower relationships with cooperatives like Pennsylvania Co-Operative Potato Growers.

Regional players

• Plover Farm (Heartland Growers / Plover-style grower operation): Wisconsin / Midwest regional potato grower operations that supply fresh-market potatoes. Relevant as a competing regional fresh-potato shipper in geographies the Pennsylvania co-op does not cover.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights3 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/pacooppotatoes
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/the-pennsylvania-cooperative-potato-growers

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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

M&A

Investments

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