Founded in 1986, Ford's Gourmet Foods is a specialty foods and gift baskets division of Ford's Produce Company. In addition to shipping fresh fruit worldwide, it is also the master distributor of Wine Nuts, Fire Dancer Jalape o Nuts, Bone Suckin' Sauces, Earth Family Foods and A'Lese Tois handmade chocolates. Ford's Gourmet Foods parent company, Ford's Produce Company, is a family-owned and operated business that was established more than 60 years ago in Raleigh, N.C. Ford's Produce Company offers over 500 varieties of fresh fruits and vegetables, including apples, bananas and zucchini. The parent company s specialties include peppers from Holland and Israel, white asparagus, seedless cucumbers and Belgian endive. Ford's Produce Company also provides edible flowers and orchids, fresh herbs, lemon grass, haricot verts and miniature yellow patty pan squash .