Welcome to Great Lakes.

Great Lakes International Trading first opened its doors in Traverse City, Michigan, as a full service import & export company specializing in processed fruits, edible seeds, and shell nuts.

Great Lakes was built upon the fulfillment of special requests for difficult or unusual items and has continued to thrive on its success in doing so for over 25 years. Whatever your specialty fruit & nut needs, you can count on Great Lakes!

Want our retail products on your shelves? Want to buy in bulk from Great lakes? Get in touch with a sales representative to start doing business with Great Lakes.  Or, check out our FAQ page and see if someone else has the same question.

Food Rescue

Great Lakes co-founded Food Rescue of Northwest Michigan.

Food Rescue re-distributes soon-to-be-expired perishable food products to food pantries in our area. The program also reduces waste to landfills and puts perfectly good perishable foods to use to feed the needy. Our first year we re-distributed 208,000 lbs of food. As of August 2013, 3,095,549 lbs have been rescued (1548 tons). Great Lakes is proud to be a part of such a great cause.

C-TPAT Certified.

Great Lakes is proudly Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism (C-TPAT) Certified.

Proud Member Of

• Association of Food Industries, Inc. (AFI)
• New England Produce Council
• Southeast Product Council
• Produce Marketing Association (PMA)
• Produce for Better Health Foundation
• Traverse City Area Chamber of Commerce

Certified By

Star-K Kosher

Star-D Kosher Dairy

Blue Book