"HESCO began as a small cooperative designed to service only its members. Now nonmember buyers receive the same great service and preferred pricing."
Frank Hunt III
Founding Member
Hunt Brothers Cooperative
- Blue Ribbon Citrus Packers
- Harvey's Groves
- Holly Hill Fruit Products, Inc.
- Hunt Brothers Cooperative
- Indian River Exchange Packers, Inc.
- Mixon Fruit Farms, Inc.
- Oslo Citrus Growers Association
- Silver Springs Citrus, Inc.
- Southern Fulfillment Services, LLC
- Sun Harvest Citrus
- Tuxedo Fruit Company
- Winter Garden Citrus Growers Association
Meet Our Cooperative Members/Directors
Our Cooperative
Until 2008, HESCO was a membership-based cooperative primarily servicing the Florida citrus industry. HESCO then expanded beyond cooperative members to offer our products and services to pre-approved Registered Buyers in industries ranging from manufacturing to food processing to healthcare.
While our Cooperative Membership is closed, we welcome qualified buyers to leverage our just-in-time inventory fulfillment services, service-first customer support, and volume pricing. Becoming a Registered Buyer is easy and fast. Apply online today!
Our Cooperative Mission Statement
"It is HESCO's purpose to help optimize, whenever possible and practical, the net cost of each member's operations by assisting in the procurement of relevant inputs, by providing supply warehousing and distribution support, and by facilitating the utilization of the expertise of allied agents in an incrementally beneficial and noticeably superior manner to any third party alternative.
At all times, each shareholder and stakeholder is expected to conduct business in a professional, ethical manner. Accuracy, equitability, and honesty will be hallmarks of our efforts. For each employee, member, customer and vendor, we will constantly strive to be concerned, accessible, responsive, and effective."
