One of the leading meat processors in Finland, Atria Group supplies meat and poultry products and value-added convenience foods. The group, through flagship subsidiary Atria Oy and several other subsidiaries, provides packaged beef and pork products, ready-to-cook steaks, and chicken and turkey products in Finland and the Baltic region. It also offers pre-made meals, fresh salads, and restaurant and catering products. The group, founded as a co-op in 1903, manufactures under brand names such as Atria, Forssan, Arboga, Maks & Moorits, and Sibylla. Its primary subsidiaries include AB Sardus, Liha-Pouttu Oy, and OOO Pit-Product.

All those University of Wisconsin sports fans have a place to buy meat. Badgerland Meat and Provisions stores, wholesales, and distributes beef, pork, and poultry products in its home state, as well as parts of Illinois and Michigan. It sells to grocery chains, meat markets, restaurants and warehouses stores. The company gets its meat from producers such as American Foods, Excel, Farmland Foods, Gold Kist, and Iowa Turkey. Badgerland also operates a case-ready business for which the company cuts, packs, and distributes more than 300,000 pounds of pre-packaged and pre-priced pork products every week.

Since 1937 Baker Commodities Inc. has been one of the nation’s leading providers of rendering, and grease removal services. Baker Commodities Inc. is a completely “green” company, recycling animal by-products and kitchen waste into valuable products that can be used to feed livestock, power vehicles, and act as a base for everyday items.

Founded in 1967, Balchem provides state-of-the-art solutions and the finest quality products for a range of industries worldwide. Our Company consists of three business segments: ARC Specialty Products; Food, Pharma and Nutrition; and Animal Nutrition and Health. Balchem employs over 300 people worldwide who are engaged in many diverse activities, developing our company into chosen market leadership positions.

Bar-S Foods Co. began operations in 1981 following the acquisition of facilities, brand names, and other assets of the Cudahy Company.Today, Bar-S is recognized as one of the ten largest privately held companies in Arizona, and ranks among the top 40 largest meat processing companies in the United States.

Barber Foods doesn't produce mullets. Mohawks, or crew cuts, but it does chop chicken into meal-sized portions. The company offers value-added poultry products including all white-meat chicken breasts, chicken nuggets and fingers, and stuffed chicken entrees. Its packaged frozen chicken is sold in retail supermarkets and club stores, including Albertson's, Safeway, and Wal-Mart stores, as well as at BJ's Wholesale Club, Costco, and SAM'S CLUB outlets throughout the US. Barber Foods also provides products to the foodservice industry. The company was founded by Gus Barber in 1955 and is still owned and operated by the Barber family.

Beef Products, Inc., the world's leading manufacturer of boneless lean beef, is headquartered in the heartland of America, Dakota Dunes, South Dakota. Since its inception in 1981, BPI has operated with one simple guideline, to be the best at what we do. This drive to be a leader within the meat industry has resulted in continuous development of new processing techniques, sanitation programs, and food safety innovations. BPI's dedication to quality and innovation spans over two decades of proven leadership in the lean meat manufacturing industry. BPI's products are found in the majority of all ground beef produced in the United States. Current production of over 7 million pounds per week, makes BPI the world's largest manufacturer of boneless lean beef in the world. Eating a hamburger from a Quick Service Restaurant or buying ground beef from your local retailer, the chances are you'll be eating product produced by BPI.

Bell & Evans® is a pioneer in the natural foods market. For four generations, beginning in the 1890's, we have been providing the highest quality poultry to the upscale market. Our chickens are raised and processed in the heart of the Pennsylvania Dutch Country, in our modern facility, using only the latest technology. Today Bell & Evans is a leading producer of chickens raised without antibiotics. Our chickens are fed an all-natural diet of hexane-free soy bean meal and corn, supplemented with vitamins and minerals.Unlike companies run by conglomerates, where the day-to-day operating decisions are made by managers in remote locations and management strategies are based on the bottom line, we are a family owned and operated company. In fact, we're part of a network of family owned companies, our growers, our feed producers, and our hatchery operators, just to name a few.

Bernard Matthews is the top turkey processor in the UK. The company produces fresh, chilled, and frozen turkey and value-added turkey products under the Bernard Matthews and Golden Norfolk brand names. It operates 56 turkey farms in Norfolk, Suffolk, and Lincolnshire. It expanded in Lincolnshire with its purchase of free-range and fresh turkey provider Lincs Turkeys in 2010. Founder and chairman Bernard Matthews started the company in 1950 with just 20 turkey eggs and a used incubator and grew the business by coaxing consumers into thinking of turkey as a year-round meat by introducing value-added products. After nearly 30 years as a public company, Matthews and his family took the company private in 2000.

When my grandfather, Frank Vignieri, borrowed $35 from my grandmother’s cookie jar to start a meat packing company in 1936, he couldn’t have imagined what that investment would turn into. The company, known as Kenosha Beef, quickly grew its Midwest customer base thanks to a reputation built on customer satisfaction, high quality standards, innovative ideas, and exceptional tasting food.For more than seven decades, Birchwood Foods has been a leader in providing quality beef for the foodservice and retail industries. My father, Charles Vignieri (pictured), continued to successfully grow the company while never losing sight of the traditions and family values it was founded on.

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