According to a recent announcement by GrubMarket, it has successfully acquired JC Cheyne, a well-known fresh fruit company with locations in Oregon and California that is referred to as the “wholesale house of the finest onions and potatoes in the Bay Area.”

Presently, JC Cheyne supplies about seventy distinct products – including potatoes and onions in nearly every color, size, and grade – to more than eighty retail, food service, wholesale, and mom-and-pop stores throughout the state of California. They also take pleasure in having outstanding ties with their suppliers in Oregon’s Klamath Basin, Northwestern Washington, Idaho, and Mexico.

Jimmie Cheyne, a seasoned producer of fresh vegetables, created JC Cheyne more than 60 years ago. Under his direction, Jimmie developed an environment of empowerment for staff members at all levels of the organization, fostering operational excellence.

Scott Fenters, whose 40-year produce career includes farming, managing packing sheds, selling produce, and starting a potato packing house in Oregon, has been in charge of JC Cheyne for the past few decades.

One of the biggest and busiest fruit terminals in Northern California, the Golden Gate Fruit Terminal, is home to multiple stalls and refrigerated storage operated by JC Cheyne. With an average product turnover of less than three days, JC Cheyne can rotate products fast and optimize for freshness thanks to the team’s attention to detail and quality. The company will remain under the management of its present, highly skilled leadership group following the acquisition.

“This company started through the hard work and vision of Jimmie Cheyne, who instilled in all of us the core philosophy to take care of our business and relationships the way we would want our partners to take care of us. I am proud of what we have built at JC Cheyne and the sterling reputation we have developed over the years through our commitment to treat everyone with respect and integrity. We are excited to join the GrubMarket team, which shares our family-oriented values and cares as much as we do about cultivating strong and lasting relationships with both suppliers and customers. We are also excited to leverage GrubMarket’s technology ecosystem to bring more potatoes and onions to GrubMarket’s end customers nationwide,” Scott Fenters, owner of JC Cheyne, mentioned.

Mike Xu, CEO of GrubMarket added that the JC Cheyne owners have done a wonderful job steering the company to the levels of success that it is seeing today.

“The company has an exceptional reputation in the Bay Area and has certainly earned the respect of its peers. Its highly diversified customer base, expertise in potatoes and onions, and proficiency in quick inventory turnover are a true testament to its strong business fundamentals. The entire JC Cheyne team treats each other like family, which aligns with GrubMarket’s commitment to taking care of our people and partners. With this acquisition, GrubMarket continues to strengthen our West Coast presence; I am thrilled to welcome JC Cheyne to the GrubMarket family,” Xu declared.

As a part of GrubMarket’s portfolio, JC Cheyne will utilize GrubMarket’s innovative and proprietary WholesaleWare software suite, the company’s software-as-a-service platform that provides food industry wholesalers and distributors with seamless financial management, powerful sales support, online ordering, precise inventory management, lot traceability, grower accounting, and automated routing and logistics, as well as Orders IO, GrubMarket’s custom branded mobile eCommerce solution.