Leelanau Fruit Comapny

LFC processes strawberries, brine cherries, sweet cherries, dark sweet cherries, plums, and peaches. It is not unusual for LFC to process 10-15 million pounds of cherries each season. LFC's processing capabilities include brining, punch pitting, Elliott pitting, slicing, pureeing, individual quick freezing, and bulk freezing. In 1996, LFC pioneered the marketing of tart cherry juice concentrate in the United States. LFC continues to package tart cherry juice concentrate for retail sale year round. We have customers throughout the United States and Canada. LFC has purchased a second plant in Buckley, Michigan in order to process brine cherries into Maraschino Cherries. This will give LFC the ability to be a total supplier of sweet cherries to industrial users. LFC is located in the heart of cherry country. Leelanau County grows more tart cherries than any other county in the United States. Michigan is ranked the number one state for growing tart cherries and is also ranked in the top four (4) states of producers of sweet cherries, sharing this status with Oregon, California and Washington.