One of the most thriving trades in the New Jersey-New York Metropolitan area is the food industry. The area is home to over 20.3 million people, nearly 7 million more than the second place Los Angeles metropolitan area in the United States. It has a GDP of over $1.735 trillion, $73,133 GDP per capita and an area of over 13,318 square miles. That is a lot of mouths to feed each day. Due to such density, there is an incredible demand for space to store the food.