Jim & Ralph’s Produce

Love this place! They have a great variety of fresh produce and the staff is super friendly. We come here at least twice a week to buy our produce. Best local place to get fresh fruits and veggies by far, definitely recommend.

Great produce at great prices!

If you want fresh fruits and veggies, this is a great place! For the most part, I’d say 90% of the time the produce is fresh.
I’ve been coming in for 3 years, and I’d say it’s a great bargain.
The prices fluctuate up and down too much, but when it’s down, oh man, is it a steal! You can’t beat it, when the prices are at it’s lowest, and when everything is fresh, NOONE can beat it, when they’re on their game.
Overall, the service is really good and friendly as well, except for one grumpy old man who is a bit rude. Besides him, everyone else is great!
Also, make sure you bring cash, and come early, because this place gets croweded in a heartbeat!
If i had written this review after my experience with that older man, then I would have probably given 2 stars but now that I’m settled down, I’m writing this review based on my 50 plus experiences total~

Best place to get produce in the area hands down! The guys behind the counter and always so nice as helpful and the quality of produce is great. You can tell it came right from someone’s garden and I love that I’m supporting a local vendor. If you go on a Saturday or Sunday, expect to wait a while because this place gets busy but they have a good system going. Plus the price is worth the wait.

I visited here yesterday for the first time, Friday about noon. It was certainly crowded. And fast moving. I was number 16. As 12 was called, I asked a customer if they took credit card and she said No. So i had already waited for awhile and was torn as to what to do. She said. They are so nice here, give them your order and then run down to Specks a mile away for the ATM. I’m thinking really? So, I asked and they said that’s fine. All of the staff was amazing !! And the produce so far is delicious! Here’s what I got for $ 22 — 2 doz
ears of corn, 6 lbs nectarines, 3 lbs plums,
6 lbs bananas, 6 lbs apples.. I might be missing something but that’s amazing isn’t it? And nothing is in poor quality and the corn last night was delicious! I paid for my purchase and a nice young man asked if he could carry it to my car. I said yes! Each of the staff was as nice as can be!

Discovered this place through word of mouth. It’s a large produce stand in Collegeville that’s open Thursday — Monday. Bring cash!
The prices here are very very good, and the produce quality good, and for these reasons alone this place is worth patronizing. I walked away with a box slightly larger than a paper box of produce for under $ 16. The box included an assortment of lettuce, beets, cilantro, broccoli, peanuts, oranges, avocados, red onion and other produce I can’t remember. Keep in mind I picked up various quantities of all of these things.
The stand itself is an enclosed building. Half of the produce you can walk around and pick yourself and the rest you grab a number for and wait to be served. As others have written grab a number as soon as you walk in. I went there an hour before close and had 5 ahead of me. Not too bad. The service is as quick as the customers make up their minds.
***Since half of the produce they pick for you, make sure you take a look at what you end up with before walking away***. Not saying you have to hawk — 95% of the stuff I bought that was picked for me was in great shape, the remaining 5% looked like it had already gone. And if you spotted some produce that spoke to you, make sure you communicate the exact one you like, or they’ll use their judgement. This also goes for relative sizes of the items you want.
I didn’t notice too much if anything was organic, but some produce was. I had a bunch of red beets that were organic. Also, this place carries mostly typical fruits/​veggies carried at American grocery stores. Don’t expect to find exotic or ethnic produce. Call ahead to see if they carry.
Overall a solid place if you need a lot of veggies especially in bulk, have a large family, have a recipe that calls for a lot, or are a juicer. You cannot get this kind of produce AND prices at the grocery store.

Definitely a fan… great produce, great prices… they do have strange hours… Thursday — Sunday 9−5…I try to load up on produce Thursday or Friday… Grab a ticket when you step in the door and wait for your number to be called… You can grab the stuff you want on the customer side of the counter… they get your produce from their side… If you see something you want ask for it and they will get it for you! Good staff and good food! Located near Speck’s Drive in off of Ridge Pike

I just wanted to tell people the hours — I went through a lot of websites for them and couldn’t find the hours. I’ve been going there for years, but didn’t really pay attention to the hours.
Thurs 9 – 6: Friday 9 – 7; Sat. 9 – 5; Sun 9 – 4.
It seems like the best time to go is Thurs and Friday. I was just there at 4:45 Friday and only had 3 people ahead of me. Best prices for produce! Just cut open a delicious watermelon!

Whacky hours and long waits aside, you cannot beat the prices on anything here. I moved to the area in 1991 long before the present building when they were selling out of the back of a tractor trailer on weekend mornings. It has since grown into THE fresh produce destination when you want to buy in bulk. I love making fresh juices in my Breville juicer and this is the place to get the ingredients. Where else do you get a 5 lb. bag of carrots for $ 2? In the spring, there are flower, herb and vegetable seedlings galore. Bring your Kindle and leave easily-​bored kids at home.

These guys are awesome. Discovered this about a year ago and won’t go anywhere else. Why? Because as a single woman living alone, I don’t need the 3lbs of this or the 5 lbs of that. I ask them for 5 bananas or 6 mushrooms or 3 cucumbers and they’ll give it to me. I go every week after church but now to beat the crowd I sometimes go before. Excellent prices, customer service, and even though the lines are long, it’s so worth it! I’m amazed at how they can sell so cheaply. The BEST prices around.
WARNING ABOUT THE NEW PRODUCE PLACE IN JEFFERSONVILLE ON MAIN STREET NEAR GINO’S: Everything is bagged and prices are high.

For a local produce place, we like coming here. The produce seems fresher than other local produce markets and they have great prices! I know others have complained about how crowded it is – we’ve not experienced that so maybe I’ve just lucked out and not been there at peak times. That’s not to say the place hasn’t been busy when we are there, but my wife and I have been able to get in and out of there without much difficulty. They aren’t open everyday and bring cash, as they don’t take credit cards.

I went there yesterday to get some tomatoes for canning. After standing around for about ½ hour for my number to be called, I told the man waiting on me that I wanted Jersey tomatoes for canning. They had 1 box out and even he didn’t like the quality of those in it. He went to the back and brought out another box. Several on the top looked nicer but had some spots. I mentioned it and told me that’s how they come & what people buy. After buying the 25 pound box, I got home to start canning. I had to throw out about 7 pounds of the 25 pounds. As I got lower in the box they got worse in quality. The ones on the bottom were all bruised and some had spots with mold growing in them.
I got green peppers there too. The quality of those was poor too with little cracks covering the peppers (you can’t pick out your produce — they pick it). I also purchased an unsweet watermelon.
Although the prices are seem relatively inexpensive, with the quality and amount of food that is non-​usable, the cost is actually more expensive.
Follow-​up: The celery I purchased did not even last the week. It was very limp (to the point of bending in a big U) after about 5 days. When I get it in the Giant, it doesn’t get this limp until about 3 – 4 weeks.
Not ever going back here.

I have been getting my produce here for nearly 10 years and I love these guys! The best prices and produce around. I highly recommend them.

This is a large produce stand just outside of Collegeville. The basic set up is that they have a large row of fruits and vegetables and people behind them. You take a number, and they begin to fill a box up of what you want. Some things they select themselves, while other things… such as pineapples and watermelons… you can pick yourself.
Like other reviewers state… it can get pretty crazy here, so if you hate waiting, it’s best to go on off peak hours. The prices here are great and definitely worth the trip if you are in the area.

I go there, not just for the decent produce and great prices, but also to go back to my childhood memories of going food shopping with my parents or other relatives. Not an electronic gadget in sight, one-​on-​one service and all the calculations done in someones head!
Most of the workers there seem to be owners, or at least, act like it. That is a good thing for the business! The place is chaotic to say the least, but they manage to get a fairly large number of customers processed. They also help you with getting stuff into the car; that helps when you buy 50lbs of produce!

Great produce and better prices. You can find pretty much anything from apples to zucchini. You name it they probably have it at a great price. The hours are reasonable for a family owned business. You can visit the store Thursday — Sunday all year round and on Monday at the Perkiomen Farmer’s Market. They also sell seasonal flowers and Christmas trees.

Super fresh produce and great prices. The wait can be a bit long and they’re only open a few days a week, but it’s definately worth it. Much better produce and prices than any of the local grocery stores.

Great produce at an incredible price… what more can you ask for? Many restaurant chefs seem to buy produce from here.
4 stars instead of 5 because their hours are a bit wacky (Thurs-​Sun 9am-​5pm?) and it can get pretty crowded.
You can also buy milk, eggs (by the crate), flower pots, etc.