NORPAC was formed by a group of Oregon farmers in 1924. NORPAC Foods company is a 240-member, grower-owned cooperative that produces frozen and canned fruits and vegetables, as well as soup and pasta mixes, under the FLAV-R-PAC, NORPAC, WEST-PAK, SOUP SUPREME, and Pasta Perfect labels. The cooperative sorts, processes, and packages its growers' products at its five processing plants in the northwestern US and sells the packaged foods to foodservice companies, retail grocers, club stores, and food manufacturers throughout the US; it also exports products to Canada, Latin America, Puerto Rico, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan.

ARYZTA is a leading global supplier of specialty baked products to customers in the foodservice industry, as well as consumers through retail outlets. Its operating units include Cuisine de France (pastries and other traditional French breads), Delice de France (continental-style breads), and Hiestand (pastries, pretzels, and other baked snacks). In the US, ARYZTA owns cookie maker Otis Spunkmeyer, artisan bread maker La Brea Bakery, and frozen pizza maker Great Kitchens. In addition, the company owns more than 70% of Origin Enterprises, a leader in UK agribusiness products.

Located in Franklin Park, Illinois, Sterling Extract is a family-owned company founded in 1947. Sterling Extract is bent on setting a sterling example in the flavoring industry. Sterling Extract company makes wholesale flavoring extracts and concentrates for the US ice cream, yogurt, bakery item, and confection industries. Its products include natural and artificial vanilla extract, fruit flavors, amaretto, mint, butter, rum, and nut flavors, and other natural and artificial concentrates and flavorings.

Founded by farmers in 1937 as Consumers Cooperative Oil Company of St. James, the company has expanded from its roots in petroleum marketing. During its first 30 years, it found additional strength in crop production and grain marketing, and, ultimately, in bulk feed, bulk petroleum, and custom spraying. The company took the name Watonwan Farm Service in 1965.In 1967, a merger with Lewisville Farmers Co-op Elevator launched two decades of expansion. Grain operations in St. James began the same year. By 1979, when Ormsby Farmers Grain Company merged with WFS, grain storage had grown to 300,000 bushels and total locations numbered four. Grain capacity rose steadily to one million bushels by 1993, and convenience stores expanded the cooperative’s mix of services. In 1994, acquisition of LH Grain Co. added two-unit train load out facilities and five elevators. Through a long-term lease agreement in 1996, the company assumed assets from Grain Land Co-op.In 1999, WFS acquired Blue Earth County Service Co. by retiring 100% of equity to its stockholders and also purchased the assets of the former Truman Farmers Elevator. WFS then added five facilities formerly owned by Agro Distributing, LLC, in 2000.

Windsor Distribution was founded in 1995 by CEO and owner John Karalekas. Windsor Distributing's domain is the fruit and vegetable shipping and brokering business. Windsor Distributing company purchases fresh produce from growers throughout the US, as well as in Canada, and Mexico. Headquartered in Naples, Florida, it partners with fruit and vegetable shipping companies as Ocean Mist, Tanimura & Antle, and A. Duda & Sons to get the ordered products to its foodservice, retail, and wholesale customers. The firm has seven distribution centers spread across the country and offers a wide variety of produce, including asparagus, bell peppers, cabbage, carrots, cucumbers, eggplant, melons, lettuce, and tomatoes.

Dagar's of Austin is a caterer that has served the Austin, Texas, area since 1952. In addition to providing food for everything from bar mitzvahs to luaus, Dagar's of Austin Caterers company also helps coordinate other services, such as audio and video recording and flowers. Dagar's has been family owned and operated by three generations of the Dagar family. It was founded by Freddie Dagar who launched his business by selling barbecue to customers throughout Central Texas.

The Eckes-Granini Group based in Nieder-Olm near Mainz (Germany) is a financially sound and independent family-owned enterprise with annual turnover amounting 827 million Euros. “We bring people the best of fruit for a healthy and enjoyable life” – that is the guiding principle behind everything we do. Competent, committed employees, strong brands and a long-term strategy devoted to sustainable value enhancement are pillars of strength at Eckes-Granini. Since the early 1990s, we have pursued a consistent course toward internationalization. Today, we are represented by 14 national organizations in Europe and employ roughly 1,461 people. We shall continue to seek ways to achieve further growth in future – through organic development as well as acquisitions and strategic partnerships. The internationally renowned premium brand granini and our strong national and regional brands are the foundation of our business. Enjoyment and health, innovation and tradition – these are the goals to which we are dedicated as an independent brand producer in the beverage industry. Superior quality is our highest priority – from the selection of fruits and raw materials to our gentle production process to the finished product.

Summit Foods is the acme, the apex, the peak, the tops. The UK company manufactures frozen, microwaveable snacks, sausages, burgers and readymeals. It offers beef burgers (some 100,000 a day), cheeseburgers, beef burgers, Southern-fried chicken burgers, doner (lamb) kebabs, chicken kebabs, gamon (ham) sandwiches, and meat-filled pita breads. It also makes packaged frozen meals such as a cheeseburger with fries. Summit's products are available under its own Snacksters brand as well as private labels. Summit Food's customers include food retailers and foodservice operators such as Tesco and Wm Morrison.

AWB Limited markets wheat and other grains grown on farms Down Under. AWB's activities include the pooling, marketing, trading, financing, risk and logistical management of wheat. Other crops that it handles include include barley, sorghum, and oilseeds and its seeds division provides seed for those crops. AWB made the transition from government-owned to farmer-owned in 1999 and is now a publicly traded company, although it continues to be monitored by the Wheat Export Authority. AWB also owns rural-services company, Landmark, which operates some 400 retail supply outlets for Australian farmers. AWB's other operations include wool marketing services and fertilizer production.

The family-owned business was founded in 1976 by brothers, Tom and Bob Nunes. The Nunes Company wants to be known as the foxy lady of the produce industry. The Nunes company markets fresh vegetables under the Foxy label. Its products include heads of lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, and celery, as well as bags or party trays of fresh-cut vegetables, salad mixes, and stir-fry vegetables. Nunes also provides some organic produce. The Nunes company operates more than 20,000 acres of cropland, as well as processing and shipping facilities in Arizona and California.

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