The USDA released the contract recipients for the Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP) produce box program May 18.
USDA will fund 1,288,353 boxes totaling $9,708,057. It previously said it had a $20 million budget for the program.
Deliveries are scheduled for June 1 to Sept. 30. The box price ranges from $5.63-$82, and the average box price is $7.53.
Produce box contracts are as large as $1.9 million ranging to $3,948 on the low end.
Blue Book reached out to USDA for more information on the contracts but have not heard back as of May 19.
The following companies received contracts (Company, location, number of boxes, contract amount):
Aggrigator Inc., Watsonville, CA; 241,657; 1,930,049
Brian Campbell Farms; Berwick, PA; 9,120; $77,520
C & C Produce Inc.; North Kansas City, MO; 17,200; $137,600
Chico Produce Inc.; Durham, CA; 1,500; $8,925
Daylight Foods Inc.; Union City, CA; 337,500; $1,994,495
DiMare Fresh Inc.; Fort Worth, TX; 1,500; $15,375
DNO, Inc.; Columbus, OH; 167,450; $1,202,378
E.K.K. Investments LLC; Vernon, CA; 12,000; $360,000
First Cut Produce Inc.; Evanston, IL; 2,450; $28,175
Garden State Farms LLC; Philadelphia, PA; 350; $3,948
Goodman Food Products; Inglewood, CA; 3,300; $42,141
Gourmet Gorilla Inc.; Chicago, IL; 17,200; $180,600
Ham Produce and Seafood Inc.; Honolulu, HI; 7,376; $94,412
M. Palazola Produce Co.; Memphis, TN; 128,073; $940,719
Miceli Dairy Products Co.; Cleveland, OH; 2,400; $25,800
Military Produce Group LLC; Virginia Beach, VA; 29,856; $241,945
Pacific Coast Fruit Co.; Portland, OR; 900; $8,955
Produce Alliance L.L.C.; Buffalo Grove, IL; 5,024; $76,449
Proffer Wholesale Produce Inc.; Park Hills, MO; 60,738; $456,656
Sudano’s Produce LLC; Hanover, MD; 16,400; $146,780
Sunterra Produce Traders Inc.; Newport Beach, CA; 55,100; $466,745
Tomato Thyme Corp.; Wimauma, FL; 162,259; $1,107,811
United Apple Sales LLC; Lyndonville, NY; 600; $6,300
Wescott Agriproducts Inc.; Elgin, MN; 1,200; $98,400
Wiers Farm, Inc.; Willard, OH; 7,200; $55,875
These states provided their TEFAP produce box orders through USDA:
