NYC Food by The Numbers: The Hunts Point Food Distribution Center

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NYC Food by the Numbers: The Hunts Point Food Distribution Center

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Year of opening: 1967

Previous site: Washington Market in lower Manhattan from 1812-1967

Owner of site: New York City Economic Development Corporation

Annual revenues: about $2.5 billion

Acres of land: 113

Total number of employees: 7,000 -10,000 (includes sellers, buyers and distributors)

Number of people who depend on market for produce: 23 million; market supplies NYC residents with 60% of daily fruits and vegetables

Components: Hunts Point Produce Market, Hunts Point Meat Market and New Fulton Fish Market

Major food processor: Bazzini Nuts which coats nuts with chocolate

Size of Produce Market: 1 million square feet divided into 270 store units

Number of purveyors: 39 in Meat Market, 42 in Produce Market and 34 in New Fulton Fish Market

Number of truck deliveries: 130,000 per year

 

For More Information:

Barron M et al.  Understanding New York City’s Food Supply. Workshop in Applied Earth Systems and Policy Analysis, Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, 2010.

Zalman J. A Perishable Business. Narratively September 9, 2013.

Websites of:  Hunts Point Produce Market, Hunts Point Meat Market and New Fulton Fish Market

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