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Focus
Select Produce's mission is a total
commitment by all employees to
achieving this goal.By listening, identifying changes, and taking action through education, leadership and innovation, we will assure customer satisfaction and the continued growth of our company and its people.
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Reliability
Select Produce’s philosophy for food-
service operations is based upon the
development, implementation and
maintenance of the highest professional
food service standards.Our approach is to test and refine programs which can be duplicated in each customer we service and which are adaptable to our customer’s requirements.
The ability to deliver quality programs again and again under very different circumstances for customers with very different objectives is unique in the fresh produce distribution industry. This ability says more about our management philosophy than anything.
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Strategy
Select Produce Inc. believes in a continuous
flow of fresh merchandise. We have
incorporated a "fresh in, fresh out"
theory behind business.Strategically located where all the freeways meet in downtown Los Angeles, Select is situated in an ideal location four to seven hours from a majority of our growing partners. Products are received between 11pm and 3am daily and distributed to our customers that very same day, thereby eliminating the need for inventory and increasing the freshness and shelf life of the products we supply.
You can always count on Select Produce to deliver the freshest and highest quality available in the Produce Market.
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Trust
Select Produce Inc. has been servicing southern
California restaurants and institutional food service
customers since 1978 with roots going back from
as early as the 1940s.The relationships with our suppliers and sourcing partners are of the highest standards. These relationships are based upon several decades of mutual trust and reinforcement. They say more about our company and its personnel than anything else.
The same philosophy can be said for our relationships with our customers. Years of continuous service with many of our customers speak to the mutual trust we have built in these relationships.
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Food Safety
In today’s delicate and fragile food industry knowing where products come from
and how they are grown, distributed, and handled is crucial. Select Produce
tracks and keeps records of all products sold.Code of Good Manufacturing Practices compliance is followed by all production and maintenance personnel and our fleet of vehicles are fully temperature controlled.
Additionally and what should be the standard today, every Select Produce employee is food safety certified so all customers can be confident that each product is safe and fresh. Select Produce tracks all food recalls so each customer can feel safe that every product sold is tracked and safe.