Over the
years, Donio Produce had grown from a small warehouse in Hammonton, New Jersey
to a leading national wholesaler of "Jersey Fresh" fruits/vegetables
and herbs. From modest beginnings, the company now has expanded to occupy
a 75,000 square foot building at which 17 trailers can be loaded simultaneously.
In addition, other trailers are loaded every
day at various other shipping points, including farmers auction blocks and
farms.
In 1998 an expansion and renovation project will begin to increase the number of loading docks to 25. The facility currently includes 30,000 square feet of cold-storage capacity, and a hydro-cooler used principally for peaches and corn. A mobile vacuum cooler is also used for the pre-cooling of all leaf vegetables.