State Department of Agriculture Program: New York

State Department of Agriculture Program:  New York
New York Grown and Certified: New York State Grown & Certified is the first statewide, multi-faceted food certification program designed to strengthen consumer confidence in New York products, address food product labeling, and assist New York farmers so they can take advantage of the growing market demand for foods locally grown and produced to a higher standard.
www.certified.ny.gov/

Core Customers:  Retail
New York is home to a number of important retail  and food service customers who are ideal to look at for distribution.  These include D’Agostino Markets, Dan’s Supreme, Dean and DeLuca, Food Emporium, King Kullen, Mann Dell Foods, Penn Traffic Co, Price Chooper, Top’s Markets, Waldbaum’s, Wegman’s, Western Beef Markets, Krasdale Distribution, Quality King, Valu Home Centers, Family Health Foods, Ricky’s, Vitamin World, Avon Products, MyWebGrocer.com, Tripifoods, Gourmet Garage, Gristede’s Foods, Key Foods, Aeropostale, Fila, J Chuckles, Jimmy Jazz, Priceless Kids, Rainbow Stores, Wings NY, Sam Ash Music, Aid Auto, Auto Barn, Carquest, Downey Auto Parts, Main Auto Parts, Gasteria, Stewart Shops, Bunk1.com, Dylan’s Candy Bar, Cookie’s Children’s Stores, Amazing Savings, CH Martin, Mrs Green’s, FreshDirect.com, Bobby’s, Conway Stores, DeeDee Stores. Elmundo, Gem Stores, Just A Buck, Jembro, Shopper’s World, National Wholesale Liquidators. Cunningham’s Ski Barn, Laux Sporting Goods, Duane Reade. Kinny Drug, NY Fitness, Crunch Fitness, Equinox Fitness Centers, 1-800 Flowers, Nassau Confections, Bowl America, Eat At Joe’s, Delaware North, etc