Growers Cooperative Grape Juice, Inc

Employee Size

2-10

Headquarters

Westfield, NY

Founded

1929

Since 1929, Growers Cooperative Grape Juice has turned Concord grapes and other regional fruit into bulk juices, concentrates, and purees for commercial food and beverage makers. Farmer-owned by more than 70 growers in New York’s Lake Erie Grape Belt, the cooperative processes fruit from its Westfield facility and also provides toll processing for customer-owned harvests. Its SQF-certified operation has grown from a seasonal grape plant into a year-round supplier serving domestic and international markets.

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