History

Get Fresh foodservice distributor services customers with the finest quality produce, dairy, and related foodservice commodities. We service a diversified mix of National, Independent, Institutional, and Retail Foodservice businesses in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin. From our headquarters in Bartlett, IL we deliver over 12 million cases of foodservice products to customers annually. We compete on the basis of service, safety and ready availability of the freshest food.

State of the Art Facility

Get Fresh Produce operates in Bartlett, Illinois from our fully secured, 86,000 square foot, LEEDS designed distribution center. Beginning with a cold chain management system at 28 docks, our facility is equipped with 7 coolers, a 1,200 square foot freezer, ripening rooms, repack areas, an in-house safety and quality assurance team and a backup generator. Nothing can stop us from delivering the goods from farmers and growers to your door. In 2015 we added a custom fresh produce processing facility, Garden Cut. We continue to grow and in 2018 opened our new distribution facility in Indianapolis, Indiana. In March 2024, we moved Garden Cut and Gro Fresh to our new facility at 1397 Schiferl Road, Bartlett across the street from our main foodservice facility.

Fleet

Get Fresh Produce operates a modern distribution fleet of 125 fully refrigerated trucks, all maintained and fueled on-site. Each truck is equipped with state-of-the-art fleet tracking and dispatch communication software. This real-time logistics system allows our team to react immediately to any deviation to ensure customer deliveries are handled with efficiency and care.

Technology

Get Fresh Produce continues to invest in technology to be able to enhance and add value to the services we provide our customers.  Our state-of-the-art Warehouse Management System technology enhances the accuracy of our deliveries, freshness, and food safety.  We trace all packages, at all times, until the end customer delivery.  We maintain compliance with the Produce Traceability Initiative down to the smallest split of product that we offer. Get Fresh is the first food distribution company in the United States to develop paperless invoicing and have our delivery drivers run their entire day – routing, GPS, invoicing, and returns, from a single tablet device.

We Feed People is our internal campaign and reminder that we effect the majority of the lives of the people in our service area. With our school and heath care customers, it carries additional weight because it reminds our employees that the food we deliver is being served to our children and family.

We Feed People is one of the many values that places our approach and mentality at the top of the food service universe. Contact us to find out more about our range of food service offerings.