1939-1942
1st Generation Chicago, Ill.
“It all started here,” Gaetano Sirna opened his first store in Bridgeport, Chicago. Pictured above are Joseph and Connie Sirna with their father. The family of 6 resided above the market during that time.
1943-1959
2nd Generation Cleveland, OH. “Joe’s Food Market”
After the move from Chicago, our family went to Woodland Ave. in Cleveland, Ohio and opened Joe’s Food Market. That location later became part of the Eagle Market Chain.
1959-1979
3rd Generation Garfield Hts., OH. “Eagle Super Market”
Now leading the way, son Joe, looking for a better opportunity, opened Eagle Super Market. During this time, Joe earned the honor of becoming President of the Eagle Market Chain. Joe and his wife Christine had 3 children, Tom, Vince and Serena who all started their careers with the family in Garfield Hts.
1979- 1987
Aurora, OH. “Mainline Farm Market”
Looking to go in a different direction, we purchased Mainline Farm Market in Aurora, Ohio. It was located across from Geauga Lake Amusement Park. To take advantage of the seasonal summer business, we opened 3 fresh Concession Stands, Nature’s Harvest, in the Park.
1988
Wholesale Produce Service Begins
With seasonal farm market limitations, we started our wholesale distribution division.
1994
Aurora Expansion
We broke ground in 1992. The retail store and attached warehouse were finished in 1994. This included office space to run the wholesale aspect of the company.
- Wholesale name changed – Sirna & Sons Produce
- Retail market name changed – Sirna’s Market & Deli
2001
Norwalk
As our distribution radius grew there was a need for another facility in the Western part of the state in Norwalk, OH.
2006
Ravenna
Growing out of our 8-dock facility in Aurora, our corporate headquarters relocated to Ravenna, OH. The new location is 50,000 square feet with 17 loading docks.
2010
Norwalk, OH. Expansion
Our 32,000 square foot expanded Norwalk location has 14 shipping and receiving docks. The 10,800 square foot addition was completed in December 2010.
2013
4th Generation Starts
As a fourth-generation family member, Anthony is a grandson of Joe Sirna and the son of Tom Sirna.
2016
Ravenna expansion
The Ravenna expansion consisted of 50,000 sq ft. of cooler and dock space, 13 new dock doors, 2,500 sq ft. freezer space, 13,500 office space, ECO lighting, ECO friendly gas for refrigeration needs, separate inbound freight lane and 1,331 solar panels.
2016
“Christine’s Cuts”
In memory of our late mother, we added a woman owned, Kosher and Primus GFS certified 6,000 sq ft. produce processing facility called Christine’s Cuts.
2020
Covid -19, Joe’s Grab n’ Go
We were hit by the Coronavirus global pandemic in 2020. For a period of time, all bars, restaurants, and non-essential businesses were forced to close, causing us to pivot our business in many ways.
As a result of more interest in healthy grab and go options, we created our own line of fresh cut fruit and vegetable packs produced in Christine’s Cuts, named Joe’s Grab n’ Go after our father, Joe Sirna.
2020 – 2021
USDA Farmers to Families Food Box Program
Over the course of two rounds, five months, and over 10,000 hours of labor, we packed 445,668 combination boxes delivered to food insecure communities around Ohio and the United States. Boxes were made up of produce, dairy, and meat items, weighing 30lbs each.
In image from left to right: Anthony Sirna, Tom Sirna, Serena Sirna Wagner, Vince Sirna, Jeff Novak, and Allie Sirna, daughter of Tom who joined as the second fourth generation family member in 2019.
2022
Still facing the aftereffects of Covid, with labor shortages, rising fuel costs, and supply chain issues, Sirna & Sons Produce rebounded with our highest yearly sales volume in company history.
2023
Joe Sirna
To bring in the New Year of 2023, we celebrated our beloved father’s 98th birthday on January 16th. Unfortunately, after a brief illness, he passed away peacefully on February 25th.
He was a dedicated husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather, friend to many, and our company’s inspirational leader. He will live on with us in everything we do in the future!
2023
Joining the FreshEdge Family
After months of due diligence and negotiating, Sirna & Sons was acquired on July 24th by FreshEdge, becoming part of their growing network of Best-in-Class customer-obsessed distributors.
