Southern-style foods producer Glory Foods Inc. has signed on with a third-party logistics firm to handle its fresh produce line as the Columbus company makes a heavier marketing and development push.
The company, one of the largest privately held businesses in Central Ohio, said Friday that it tapped Eden Prairie, Minn.-based C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc. to oversee distribution, sales and retail customer support for its fresh produce business. C.H. Robinson (NASDAQ:CHRW) is an $8.6-billion-a-year company that serves 32,000 customers around the world.
Financial terms of the companies’ relationship weren’t disclosed.
Glory Foods, which also makes heat-and-serve canned vegetables and other products, said the deal will allow it to focus on developing new products and marketing as C.H. Robinson works with growers, packers and retailers to boost efficiency.
“Working with C.H. Robinson allows us to concentrate on our specialty – developing quality, Southern-style food products that appeal to consumers’ tastes and meet retailers’ needs,” President Jacqueline Neal said in a release.
Glory Foods in 2007, the latest year of data available, recorded $70 million in revenue, making it one of the 100 largest private companies in the region and the third-largest minority-controlled business, according to Columbus Business First research.
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