Southern Specialties

Founded in 1990, Southern Specialties grows, imports, processes and markets a variety of fruits and vegetables from the United States, Central America, South America, Mexico and Canada. It maintains a warehouse for storage of food products and features several vertically integrated programs to serve wholesalers and food service companies. The company produces asparagus, tropical fruits, berries, beans, peas, baby vegetables, potatoes, onions, lettuce, peppers and tomatoes. Southern Specialties spreads over an area of more than 70,000 square feet and offers various cold-storage services. Additionally, it provides various hydro cooling, grading and reclassification, palletization, consolidation, inventory control and freight forwarding services. The company maintains its offices in Plant City, Fla.; New York City, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Buena Park, Calif.; McAllen, Texas, and Cincinnati. Southern Specialties is located in Pompano Beach, Fla.