History of M. Palazola
The Palazola name has been synonymous with fresh produce in the Memphis area for over 100 years.
Since great grandfather, Tony Palazola, started selling fruits and vegetables from a horse and wagon in the early 1900’s, the Palazola family has continued servicing the Mid-South Area.
M Palazola, incorporated in 1974, is a family business rich in history. Since inception, the company operates as a customer centric business with family being its anchor and core. The company comprised of matriarch, mother-grandmother, Josephine, who retired at the age of 90 in 2015, her sons Mike, John, Charlie and Andy, grandson Drew, grandson-in-law, Jesse Conrad and several 40 plus years veterans, namely General Manager, Ric Gaia and CFO, Kerry Forsythe.
Over the course of the past 45 years M. Palazola has become a leading wholesaler and distributor of fresh fruits and vegetables to restaurants, schools, hospitals, prisons, other institutional food service establishments, retailers and wholesalers in the Greater Memphis Tri-State area.
It is one of the few, and maybe the only, complete full service produce facility under one roof in the Memphis Tri-State area. With fresh tailor cut produce, rooms for custom ripening for bananas, avocados and tomatoes, repacking tomatoes and repackaging made to order, the company has the flexibility to pack a dozen lemons or ripen 960 boxes, a truckload, of bananas to customer’s desired color.
The Company stays abreast of industry standards, innovations and the latest of technology to help service the needs and wants of its customers. We are open 24/7 and just maybe with our crew we can help you with YOUR needs.
