Sam and Rose built their first cold storage facility in 1964, a 1,500 square foot cooler capable of maintaining 36 F°. In addition to storage, it included a packing shed which was utilized to wash, sort, and weigh the peaches. With this infrastructure in place, Sam held the last 6,000 bushels of his harvest, waited a few weeks for the demand to be greater than the supply then sold his peaches at market-demanded premium prices.

​The success of the cold storage brought attention from other larger farmers. Sam reacted by building a cold storage for frozen foods such as blueberries and seafood. By 1978, the attention was not only local anymore. At the request of a meat importer, Sam built the first USDA inspection facility in the Philadelphia area. Many other meat importers became aware of the opportunity, and began directing their product from New York’s ports to Sam's facility, Mullica Hill Cold Storage. Shortly thereafter, the more conveniently located Philadelphia ports dominated the meat import business.