WHY PREFERRED?
FRESH
It all starts with the best produce available: From our prepared-to-order Fresh Cut facility and premium conventional produce, to exotic specialty items and locally sourced basics, we take pride in putting the best produce on your customer's plates.
INTEGRATED
An extension of your kitchen: From our SQF Food Safety practices and timely deliveries, to our online ordering/payment platform and customer P.O.S. integration capabilities; we aim to provide you with a truly seamless and efficient produce experience - allowing you to focus on what's most important; growing and running your operation.
CUTTING EDGE
The Cutting Edge of Produce: Our Fresh Cut facility offers an array of fresh cut products, always cut-to-order. Choose from our standard cuts or create a blend unique to your recipe!
This unmatched service generates labor savings, food safety assurance, and consistent food costs.
WhO prefers us?
Our longtime customers stay loyal to Preferred because of our higher quality standards, personalized service, and custom cut-to-order ingredients.
Top chefs and restauranteurs have switched to Preferred because of our industry leading SQF Food Safety practices, consistent and reliable deliveries, and our labor saving fresh cut capabilities.
Multi-Unit Program accounts seek Preferred Produce as a streamlined and efficient partner with the technology, SQF Food Safety credentials, and purchasing power to provide full supply chain management from grower/shipper to operator kitchen.
our story
The Best of Both Worlds: In 2017 Preferred Brands Produce and Simon & Leeman Produce merged operations to provide customers with an unparalleled produce experience. We capitalized on Preferred Brand’s high quality reputation, fresh cut processing facility, and personalized service; while utilizing Simon & Leeman’s technology, food safety certifications, and purchasing power through our affiliation with ProAct. Together, we aim to be our customers’ resource for the best produce experience in Michigan – one that blends superior quality and personalized service with greater access to fresh products, integrated service, and cutting edge ingredients. In the end, our goal is to deliver produce you take pride in serving your customers!
Our 25,000 square foot distribution facility is located near downtown Detroit, a few miles from the Historic Eastern Market. Our Fresh Cut processing facility is the “old” Preferred Brands facility located near Southfield Highway and I-94 in Lincoln Park. We deliver 6 days a week to the southeast and central parts of Michigan (Metro Detroit, Ann Arbor, Lansing, Flint) and northern Ohio (Toledo), and 3 days a week to Jackson, Battle Creek and Saginaw. Please place orders Online by 10pm, and call-in orders by 8pm (you can add on to your existing order until midnight). Orders received after the cut-off cannot be guaranteed next day delivery. Order minimums are $200 per delivery.
PRESS
Doing Good In Hamtramck
Frugal on the Fly
Preferred Produce is proud to be collaborating with USDA in the Farmers to Families Food Box Program. With this USDA Food Box program, we are able to provide fresh produce boxes to the Detroit Area Community. We are currently donating produce boxes to Frugal on the Fly. This is an organization that is providing these free produce boxes every Friday to the community. We have helped to provide food boxes to over 1,400 families. To learn more, listen to the podcast here.
Click here to find more information where to pick up a produce box.
Beaumont Health Foundation
COVID-19 Recognition
Preferred Produce continues to give back to the community! We recognize and appreciate all of the healthcare workers who are on the frontlines everyday helping all of the patients in need during the current COVID-19 pandemic. To show our gratitude we have donated hundreds of fresh produce boxes to the Beaumont Hospital healthcare workers.
Click here to view COVID-19 Recognition page.
contact us
If you have questions please feel free to reach out. Thank you for your interest, and we look forward to hearing from you.