Growers' Refrigeration operates a full-service cold storage warehouse and refrigerated trucking fleet across San Francisco and Oakland, run by the third generation of the same family that started it.
From the moment your product reaches our dock to the moment it reaches your customer, it never leaves controlled temperature.
Drive-in racked storage, computer-monitored refrigeration from 0°F to 45°F, order picking, freight consolidation, and hand palletizing — built for high volume without losing personal attention to detail.
See warehousing details ↓Temperature-controlled drayage from tractor to panel van, LTL/FTL delivery within a 100-mile radius, and daily routes to the Port of Oakland and SFO for air and ocean intermodal cargo.
See trucking details ↓Every line below is a real capability on our dock floor today — not a brochure promise.
Individually monitored storage spaces hold precise set points whether product needs 0°F, 32°F, 35°F, or 45°F.
Preserves packaging integrity and keeps traffic moving efficiently in and out of the facility.
Single package to truckload quantities, pulled and shipped to your inventory control requirements.
Multiple vendor shipments consigned to us and combined into one timely delivery.
In-house lumper services build pallets to correct tie and height, plus a pallet exchange program.
Onsite certified scale and staging area for FDA inspections and USDA customs entry recordkeeping.
From 10 lbs to 43,000 lbs, serving cargo terminals, distributors, retailers, restaurants, and mom & pop stores.
Daily routes to the Port of Oakland and San Francisco International Airport with active interchange agreements.
Small trucks handle narrow downtown streets and underground delivery bays cross-country carriers can't reach.
Transfers in-bond freight to and from customs examination stations without delay.
Forklift attachments accommodate bulk-loading requirements for shipments without pallets.
Staffed docks and handling equipment in both San Francisco and Oakland stage freight for faster Bay Area delivery.
In the late 1920s, Sebastian Baumsteiger was working the produce market in what's now San Francisco's Financial District when he saw growers needed a shared place to store perishable goods. He converted a three-story concrete building at Front and Oregon Streets — insulating the walls and installing refrigeration — and incorporated Growers' Refrigeration in 1929.
As the Financial District expanded, the produce market and the company relocated south of Market Street. In the late 1950s, Sebastian's sons Rich and Fred joined the business and acquired a trucking company: Geneva Refrigerated Truck Service.
Today, Rich's son Kevin, and Fred's sons Tim, Jeff, and Ted, run the company as its third generation — using modern refrigeration and transportation technology to deliver the same standard their grandfather set in 1929.
Sebastian Baumsteiger converts a Financial District building into shared cold storage for market growers.
Sons Rich and Fred join the business and add refrigerated trucking, expanding into meat, seafood, poultry, and chocolate.
Kevin, Tim, Jeff, and Ted operate both companies from San Francisco and Oakland with modern cold-chain technology.
Our cold storage facility sits in San Francisco, with a transfer dock at the Port of Oakland — letting us stage and move freight strategically across the region.