Sunsweet Growers Inc.

Sunsweet Growers Inc. is a small agricultural cooperative and manufacturer of dried fruit products headquartered in Yuba City, California. The company is the world's largest handler of dried fruits and has established itself as a key federal supplier of agricultural commodities to government nutrition programs. Sunsweet Growers Inc. has been registered in SAM.gov since December 2003 and maintains active federal contracting and grant relationships with the U.S. Department of Agriculture across multiple service lines.

Through prime federal contract awards, Sunsweet Growers Inc. has consistently provided pitted dried plums packaged in 1-pound bags to support USDA food donation programs, including the National School Lunch Program. The company's contract portfolio demonstrates sustained engagement with the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service and Food and Nutrition Service, with individual contract awards ranging from approximately $72,000 to $8.7 million. Notable recent contracts include an $8.7 million firm-fixed-price definitive contract awarded in May 2025 for delivery of over 2 billion pounds of pitted dried plums, a $440,970 contract awarded in August 2024, a $72,156.82 contract awarded in July 2024, and historical contracts valued at $516,315 (February 2022), $2.1 million (August 2021), $304,875 (July 2021), and $4.6 million (March 2021). These contracts are predominantly designated as small business set-asides, reflecting Sunsweet Growers' status as a small agricultural cooperative. All contracts specify firm fixed pricing structures and utilize FOB destination delivery terms to locations across the United States. The commodities procured align with federal food assistance and child nutrition initiatives, with material specifications consistently identifying Material 100290 (Plums Pitted Dried Pkg-24/1 LB) as the primary deliverable.

Through federal grant awards, Sunsweet Growers Inc. has received multiple Value-Added Producer Grants from the USDA's Rural Business Cooperative Services supporting the development and expansion of value-added dried fruit products. The company received a $250,000 Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program grant (CFDA 10.175) awarded on September 3, 2025, with a completion date of September 3, 2027, designed to develop, coordinate, and expand local and regional food systems. Additionally, Sunsweet Growers received Value-Added Agricultural Product Market Development Grants of $250,000 each on September 20, 2022, September 13, 2023, and September 19, 2024. These grants support Sunsweet Growers' efforts to process and market value-added agricultural goods including prunes, apricots, dates, mangoes, cranberries, and blueberries, with objectives focused on generating new products, creating and expanding marketing opportunities, and increasing producer income. The grant funding enables the company to advance its portfolio of value-added activities through bio-based product development and marketing initiatives.

Sunsweet Growers Inc. holds a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract valued at $10,158,675 with the USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service and Food and Nutrition Service, awarded on May 16, 2024, with a completion date of January 31, 2025. This IDC is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside and covers the delivery of pitted dried plums to support government food donation programs. The contract represents a comprehensive procurement vehicle enabling the federal government to issue multiple task orders for dried plum commodities in support of child nutrition and food assistance initiatives. The IDC structure allows Sunsweet Growers to respond flexibly to USDA commodity procurement needs throughout the contract performance period, with the underlying contract ceiling providing authorization for sustained federal purchasing of dried fruit products.

Sunsweet Growers Inc. is a grower-owned Prune Cooperative based in Yuba City, CA. For 100 years we have been committed to providing the highest quality and most delicious prunes to our customers around the globe.