According to excerpts from the story:
Heeren Brothers Produce and J.A. Besteman decided they were tired of "beating each other up."
Instead, the two family-owned wholesale produce distributors have joined forces to strengthen their position in an increasingly competitive industry, spokesmen for the business said.
"Instead of letting larger competitors come from the outside and make inroads into the Michigan market, we started chatting around the first of the year about building on each other's bases."
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