At The Western Sugar Cooperative, company primary product is refined sugar. Sugar is nature’s sweetener – pure and simple, with nothing artificial added. Also known as sucrose, sugar is an important source of carbohydrates for humans and is the main carbohydrate stored by the sugar beet.The sugar beet crop is planted in the early spring and reaches its peak sugar content in the fall. The Western Sugar Cooperative growing areas provide a high quality raw material due to the long summer days, cool nights and excellent agronomic conditions. In early fall the beets are harvested over a six-week period and stored in large field piles for processing. During the four-to-five month processing period, the plants operate 24 hours per day, seven days per week, producing pure granulated sugar from the sugar beet. The refined sugar and beet by-products are stored for year-round shipment.

Thompson Hospitality, formed in 1992, is the largest minority-owned food service company and one of the largest minority-owned businesses in the United States. Thompson Hospitality currently employ over 2,500 food service professionals and provide meals at businesses and institutions in 40 states and four foreign countries. The restaurant and retail division operates four different concepts with 22 unique locations in the Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. area, serving over 1.9 million guests each year.Thompson Hospitality, the largest minority-owned foodservice company in the United States, formed a strategic alliance with the Compass Group, the world’s largest food service company, in 1997. This partnership continues to provide synergy and value to clients of this partnership. By choosing the Thompson/Compass partnership as your food service provider, your business will be assured of working with an organization with a solid track record, successful operating history, and the ability to handle all of your food service needs.

Ting, Ltd. was founded by John "The Wizard" Troy in 1990. Doing business as The Wizard's Cauldron, Ting company is a leading producer of organic condiments, dressings, sauces, and marinades. It makes private-label products for strategic partners, which have included Whole Foods, Albert's Organics, Central Market, Spectrum, Earth Fare, and Lund Food Holdings. The Wizard's Cauldron also provides research and product development services.

Tingyi (Cayman Islands) Holding Corp. and its subsidiaries specialize in the production and distribution of instant noodles, beverages, and baked goods in China. Tingyi, is the Chinese market leader in instant noodles, ready-to-drink teas, and bottled water. Tingyi company also makes fruit juices, egg rolls, and sandwich crackers. Tingyi distributes its products, under the Master Kong brand throughout China via a country-wide sales network consisting sales offices and warehouses that serve food wholesale and food retail customers. Tingyi's management owns a controlling interest in the firm.

Founded by chef Laurence Rinehart in 1985, TK&A Custom Catering business is part of diversified catering services firm Hospitality, Inc. TK&A Custom Catering company offers a range of event planning services for conventions and executive and corporate gatherings, as well as for private and social events, in the San Diego area. It provides decorations such as plant arrangements and ice sculptures, tableware, lights and sound, entertainment, staffing, and transportation, in addition to its primary meal catering services. TK&A also provides custom to-go cuisine items, including appetizers and box lunches.

Tom Lange Company was founded in 1960 as a three-man operation in St. Louis, Missouri, Tom Lange has grown to encompass 35 offices in the US and Canada. Produce subsidiaries include Lange Trading, Global Fresh Import & Export, M&M Marketing, Carlsbad Produce, and South Seas Fruit. Tom Lange Company wants you to eat your veggies. One of the largest purchasers and distributors of fresh fruits and vegetables in the US, Tom Lange supplies its comestibles to clients in the retail, wholesale, and food service trades. Tom Lange company also provides third party logistics services specializing in truckload freight movement.

Tongaat Hulett is an agri-processing business which includes integrated components of land management, property development and agriculture. Through its sugar and starch operations in Southern Africa, Tongaat Hulett produces a range of refined carbohydrate products from sugar cane and maize. It has considerable expertise in downstream agricultural products, biofuel production and electricity cogeneration. Competition for water and alternative land usages is an ongoing dynamic. Tongaat Hulett balances the operational requirement for cane supplies to its sugar cane processing operations with the transition of agricultural land to other uses at the appropriate times. It is well positioned to benefit from the changing world of agriculture and agri-processing.Over the past century, Tongaat Hulett has established itself as a leading large scale agri-processing business which has its base firmly established in Southern Africa. Demand for food products is increasing worldwide, renewable energy has introduced a new dimension to agriculture and agricultural trade regimes are changing, with Africa and the European Union moving closer as a trade bloc. Further opportunities for expansion and growth in Africa are thus emerging. Tongaat Hulett has the established business platform and size to capitalise on these opportunities.

Founded in 1984 by Robert and Carlene Hamaty, Tortuga Rum company is owned by their daughter, Monique Hamaty-Simmonds, and her husband Marcus. Tortuga Rum makes goodies approved by pirates of the Caribbean. Despite its name, the Cayman Island company does not focus on the liquid libation favored by pirates, but rather on rum cakes, including chocolate-, coconut-, coffee-, and banana-flavored varieties -- all made with five-year-old premium Tortuga rum. The company's other delectables include rum fudge, rum truffles, gourmet coffees, jellies, and sauces. It also operates a mail-order cake-of-the-month club. Tortuga Rum products are distributed by sister company Miami-based Tortuga Imports.

Total Produce probably wouldn't let you get up from the conference table until you'd purchased some of its vegetables. One of the UK's largest fresh produce producers, Total Produce grows, imports, distributes, and markets more than 200 fruit and vegetable products, including bananas, tomatoes, peaches, lettuce, potatoes, oranges, onions, and cabbage. Total Produce company, which operates 90 facilities in 19 countries, targets its products to retailers, wholesalers, and food service companies around Europe. Its brand portfolio includes its core product line Top, as well as Peviani, Haluco, and several others. Total Produce was formed in 2007 after it was spun off from fruit producer Fyffes.

Tree of Life was founded in 1969. Tree of Life, Inc. markets and distributes natural, organic, ethnic, and gourmet food products in the United States, the Caribbean, and Canada. It offers nutritional supplements, personal care products, organic water crackers, organic tofu and cheese, tuna, soy and peanut nut butter, juices, canned beans, oil, popcorn, and wine and beer. Tree of Life company’s products also include frozen cherries, blueberries, peaches, raspberries, strawberries, and vegetables. It sells its products through a network of supermarkets, independent retail stores, and drugstores.

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