Servicing the Chicago area the finest in specialty produce.
since 1925
At the turn of the twentieth
century, George Joseph Cornille immigrated to the
Chicagoland area from France to raise his family in America. He started
a farm to raise
Vegetable indigenous to his
homeland, as well as new varieties of produce he discovered here in this
country. Although the Cornille Farm no longer exists, the premier
reputation for outstanding fruits and vegetables established by our
founder is the legacy we strive to uphold.
In 1912, Georges’s son, Henry Joseph
(Hank) Cornille was born, the first child of eight. Having been raised
on the farm, “Hank” was well suited to begin a career at the new South
Water Market. When he was 17 he started working with his father. The 2
men persevered through the Great Depression and WWII, and kept the
business thriving in spite of hard times. Hank’s son, Tom, started going
to the market with his father in 1958, when he was only 5 years old.
After college, Tom was eager to begin working full-time with his dad.
Today at George J. Cornille & Sons,
we still concentrate on bringing our customers the highest quality
merchandise with utmost attention to service. Air freighting has helped
us provide naturally ripe produce at the peak of freshness. It has also
helped us maintain time-efficient deliveries and a wider shipping area.
Through all these years, we have established unequalled relationships
with shippers, local farmers and foragers that enable us to offer an
amazing variety of specialty produce.
With all the changes in the business
during the last decades, the founding premise of integrity and code of
ethics set forth by George has not changed. Tom has pledged to hold to
the standards set by his grandfather, maintained by his father and
carried on by his children into the next generation.
