In 1990, Tree-Ripe Fruit Co. was born out of our founders desire to bring amazing fruit to the Midwest quickly and affordably. We were founded as Tree-Ripe Citrus Co. by Gordon Paine, and our company is a third-generation family business. In 2018 changed our name to Tree-Ripe Fruit Co. to reflect our love of all fruits.
At that time superior quality citrus was available by mail order, but it came with extremely high shipping prices. We changed that by working directly with farmers to make their fruit available directly to our customers.
We started small, with only a few locations, but it caught on like wildfire! Our customers immediately requested more fruit and we quickly realized that our new challenge was to find the right farmers growing the right fruit with as much passion as we had. Over the 30+ years we’ve been in business we’ve had the honor of growing our family of farmers all over the country and expanding our offerings to over 17 products including Georgia peaches and pecans, Michigan blueberries, Oregon pears, Wisconsin apples and more.