Our Produce
For more than 70 years, the fresh produce specialists at the Anthony Marano Company have been dedicated to sourcing and selecting the perfect products for our customers, generation after generation.
Full service produce distribution for retail, food service and wholesale customers.
We love our customers and it shows!
For more than 70 years, the Anthony Marano Company has provided exceptional service, produce and pricing to stores, distributors, processors and ingredient-based companies.
GROWERS
We've created partnerships with quality farms, worldwide, for more than 70 years.
RETAIL
Delivering the best service, selection and value to customers throughout the Midwest.
FOOD SERVICE
As one of the first suppliers of tomatoes to restaurants in the Chicagoland area, the Anthony Marano Company has perfected the art of providing produce for food service customers.
Our co-founder, Josephine Marano, hand selected only the best produce for her customers and family. We continue her tradition in our exclusive brand named for her, "Gramma Jo's".
Visit Gramma Jo's
USDA Certified premium quality organic fruits and veggies. Fresh from the farm direct to you!
Visit Gramma Jo's Organics
Okra? Mamey? Pitaya? Strange and Beautiful, look for our new line of expertly selected weird and wacky fruits and veggies.
Visit What the fruit?
Get your "gotcha" brand citrus, avocados and kiwi exclusively at the Anthony Marano Company. Packaged fresh daily!
Get Your GotchaOur Brands
Exclusively available at the Anthony Marano Company! Ask us about our repack capability and private labeling options for your brands too.
Featured Recipes
Chef Fred's Chilled Watermelon Gazpacho
Ingredients:
1 large seedless watermelon, cut and scooped
2 sweet onions, sliced
2 jalapenos, sliced and seeded
4 ancho chiles, toasted
½ to 1 cup fresh lime juice
½ cup honey
1 cup silver tequila
1 clove garlic, minced
Instructions:
- Sauté onion, garlic, and jalapeno until translucent.
- Add one ancho (seeds removed), ¼ of the lime juice, honey, and tequila.
- Reduce slightly.
- Let cool briefly, then puree (in a food processor) with watermelon.
- Strain through a chinois or other fine sieve.
- Add remaining ancho chilies to steep (wrap in cheese cloth preferably).
- Let cool. Remove ancho and adjust seasoning with salt and remaining lime juice.
- Serve chilled with diced melon and fresh chopped chilies.
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