That would be Texas Basket Co in Jacksonville, TX (www.texasbasket.com) - they manufacture every conceivable kind of wooden basket and crate for commercial displays of fruits, vegetables, flowers, etc. Minimum orders are small.

I am looking for shallow, stackable plastic crates for tomatoes - TX Basket makes wooden ones - very attractive, but they aren't washable and won't hold up ($9.25 each!). I found the plastic ones, like WalMArt uses for tomatoes, on the web but they are available only in lots of 2000!! We have been transporting tomatoes to market in laundry baskets. Some people use bread trays - I can get those from a source in Georgia for $12 each plus freight (seems a little [pricey). People dig around in the laundry basket and do a lot of damage to the tomatoes and soft ones on the bottom are crushed, bruised and unsalable. We need a container with a single layer.

Any suggestions?

Jack

Jack

You can sometimes find good baskets at yard sales and estate sales. I have found several unusual items to display things in at estate sales. They get people's attention at market, make you stand out a bit and more than once I have had people ask if they could buy the container that I had my produce in.

Bread flats, stackable plastic ones such as are delivered to stores. Often, we have found those and milk crates that companies discontinue style or color - or older ones. Free, and a quick coat of spray paint meant for use on plastics makes them uniform in color for market appeal. Just the right height for a single layer of tomatoes.