When Nathel & Nathel opened at Hunts Point, the company was called Wishnatzki & Nathel. Most of the houses are full line, but there are still several specialty houses.” Today, after tremendous consolidation, there are 32 firms in total.Īccording to Joel Fierman, president of Fierman Produce Exchange and the Co-op’s co-president, “The market has consolidated and grown all at the same time. These firms have expanded and grown in the past 52 years. Armata, D’Arrigo, Joseph Fierman & Son, Rubin Bros., Kleinman & Hochberg (now LBD), Robt. Ten of those original wholesalers who were on The Washington Street Market moved to The Hunts Point Market: Nathel & Nathel (then Wishnatzki & Nathel), S. Hunts Point opened in 1967 with more than 130 produce companies. We move an enormous amount of product.” She makes the Costco analogy because of the savings that come from buying in bulk at the terminal market. Co of New York at Hunts Point, and she’ll tell you “it’s Costco on steroids. It is estimated the Hunts Point Market employs more than 10,000 people directly and indirectly, supplying 23,000 restaurateurs and providing 60 percent of the produce that feeds the area’s 23 million people.Īsk Gabriela D’Arrigo, marketing director for D’Arrigo Bros. Stretched out onto 113 acres, it is the largest food terminal market of its kind in the world – that doesn’t sell flowers. It has been described as New York’s food supply hub, produce market Disneyland. You could tell them that in a 24-hour period, thousands of vans, trucks and 18-wheelers come and go to the distribution center in the Bronx. You can try to describe the Hunts Point Cooperative Market – its constant activity, sprawling acreage and massive reach – to someone who has never been there. The Bronx hub sets the bar high for New York City produce Off the Market companies also help deliver to the area’s 20.3 million people.
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