FLAVOR 1st Growers & Packers, LLC

Flavor First Growers & Packers is a grower, packer and marketer of its own tomatoes, as well as packer and marketer for other growers in the Southeast. In 1973, Pete Johnson Sr. founded the company as Johnson Farms in North Carolina. By 2005, farming operations expanded from North Carolina to Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee. Flavor First Growers & Packers contracts with other suppliers in the area to meet customer demand. The company operates a 30,000-square-foot packing facility in Horse Shoe, N.C. Flavor First Growers & Packers also has a packing facility in Homestead, Fla., and farming operations at eight other locations.