Groupe Limagrain has its feet planted securely in success. The French cooperative is a European leader in the breeding and production of corn and wheat seeds for professional growers. Its field seed brands include Advanta, LG, and Nickerson. Limagrain's subsidiary, Vilmorin Clause & Cie, is a world leader in the same seeds for the home garden. Vilmorin's home-gardening brands such as Harris Moran, Oxadis, Suttons, and Top Green. Limagrain also produces cereal ingredients (brands include Ulice and WestHove). Rising to even further success, its Jacquet bakery division, which makes the popular brand, Pains Jacquet, is one of the top industrial bakeries in France.

Since its listing, with the enthusiasm and support of the Beijing Municipal Government and various sectors in Hong Kong, Beijing Enterprises has successfully adhered to the mission of maximizing shareholders' interests. Leveraging on Beijing's edges and through the convergence of both the resources in Beijing and Hong Kong, we insist in a proactive and steady direction of operation as well as prudent and focused investment strategies. The scale of its businesses and assets are gradually expanding with improving operating results. Our strength as a whole enhanced significantly. Since 2004, Beijing Enterprises actively traces the changes of market orientation, reform in the state-owned assets administration system, and the progress of market-oriented operations for public utilities. We have established the market positioning of "an integrated public utilities company with municipal energy services as the core business segment" and created the overall strategic mission as "the major entity and the investment and financing platform under the Beijing Municipal Government for the operation and administration of infrastructure and public utilities". We have initiated the joint reorganization of Beijing Gas Group, and divested non-core business segments at an extensive scale. Through more than three years of uninterrupted dedication and devotion, Beijing Enterprises preliminarily achieved the strategic transformation from a conglomerate to a professional public utilities company.

The PepsiCo challenge (to keep up with archrival The Coca-Cola Company) never ends for the world's #2 carbonated soft-drink maker. Its soft drinks include Pepsi, Mountain Dew, and Mug. Cola is not the company's only beverage: Pepsi sells Tropicana orange juice brands, Gatorade sports drink, SoBe tea, and Aquafina water. The company also owns Frito-Lay, the world's #1 snack maker with offerings such (Lay's, Ruffles Doritos, Fritos). Its Quaker Foods unit offers breakfast cereals (Life, Quaker Oats), rice (Rice-A-Roni), and side dishes (Near East). Pepsi's products are available in some 200 countries. In 2010 the company acquired its two largest bottlers, Pepsi Bottling Group and PepsiAmericas.

Dairylea Cooperative’s rich heritage dates back to 1907. Throughout the years, we have made it a top priority to ensure that Northeast dairy farmers have the best possible market for their milk.As a milk-marketing organization, Dairylea markets members’ milk to realize a better financial return than an individual farmer could achieve alone. We maintain the toughest milk quality standards, and supply strong, stable markets for our members’ milk. In the mid 1980s, Dairylea embarked on a new venture by offering a variety of value-added services to help improve milk quality and boost farm businesses for members. These services continue to operate today as Agri-Max Financial Services, Agri-Services Agency (ASA), Eagle Dairy Direct, Risk Management Services (RMS), Empire Livestock Marketing, Dairy One Cooperative and Agri-Edge Development.

The Natural Fruit Corp. was founded in 1984 by Colombian brothers Simon (president) and Jorge Bravo, Sr. (EVP). Natural Fruit Corp. company manufactures and markets frozen snacks made from 100% natural fruit -- no artificial anything. Its signature product is the Chunks O' Fruti frozen fruit bar, but the company also makes frozen yogurt bars and Allyson JAYNE brand frozen fruit drink mixes. Natural Fruit Corp. company's fruit-filled foods are distributed throughout the US and internationally.

Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc., a DuPont business, is the world's leading developer and supplier of advanced plant genetics to farmers worldwide. We seek to increase customer productivity, profitability and develop sustainable agricultural systems for people everywhere. Innovative and customer-focused, Pioneer is a leader in the agriculture industry and upholds the highest standards. Headquartered in Johnston, Iowa, Pioneer provides services to customers in nearly 70 countries. Forget T-bills and CDs. Pioneer Hi-Bred International, a subsidiary of chemical giant DuPont, guarantees the best yields around. One of the world's largest commercial seed producers, Pioneer uses genetic research to develop hybrid seeds designed to produce higher crop yields for farmers, who, in turn, sell their crops primarily as feed for animals. The company produces seed (hybrid and other varieties) for corn and soybeans, as well as alfalfa, canola, sorghum, sunflowers, and wheat. It also makes silage and hay inoculants. The company's acquisition by DuPont in 1999 allowed Pioneer to further its development efforts by tapping into DuPont's considerable research capabilities and wealth.

Founded in 1928 in New Iberia, Louisiana, Bruce Foods had been manufacturing original Cajun and Tex Mex food products for more than eighty years - long before these spicy cuisines were introduced to the rest of the world. Our Mexican food plant in El Paso, Texas was founded in 1931 and pioneered the first canned Mexican foods.Today, Bruce Foods is one of America's largest privately-owned food manufacturers with more than 1,200 employees, and four processing plants in the U.S. Bruce products are distributed throughout the U.S. and in more than 100 countries, and are carried by most of the top retail grocery chains worldwide so there's bound to be one near you.Known for bruce famous "Original" Louisiana brand hot pepper sauce, Cajun Injector Products, Bruce's Yams and Casa Fiesta Mexican food items, bruce manufacture a variety of more than 350 food products under nine premium brands - all authentic, all delicious and all natural.

Morgan Foods, Inc. was founded in 1899 by Joseph Morgan and his partners; the firm is in its fourth generation of Morgan-family ownership and management. Morgan Foods aims to warm up tummies with a hot bowl of soup. Morgan company makes private-label condensed and ready-to-serve soups and broths, baked and refried beans, and chilies, as well as a line of gravies and sauces for retail food outlets. It offers such services as consumer-preference testing, regulatory auditing, competitor and sensory and product-assortment analysis, promotional and marketing plans, and label development.

Northwest Naturals makes the ingredients that give juice, cereal, smoothies, sorbets, and sherbet their natural flavor. Northwest Naturals company's fruit-based ingredients include all-natural juice concentrates, bases, essences, flavorings, purees, and sweeteners in an exhaustive list of selections. (Ever heard of aroniaberry? Me neither. But sure enough, Northwest has a concentrate for it.) Northwest Naturals company, which was founded in 1981 in Seattle, maintains a technical staff to research new ways to provide its customers with flavor and color using 100% natural ingredients. Northwest Naturals company is a subsidiary of juice maker, Tree Top.

Centaur Grain guards the harvest and protects the profits. At least it tries to. The farm cooperative specializes in grain marketing and trading for its members. The co-op's storage facilities serve over 1,800 UK grain growers in Southern England and the eastern counties up to the Scottish borders. It offers four marketing plans and advisors to help its farmer members choose wisely. In addition to marketing, Centaur provides grain grading, cash flow management, warehousing, and online ordering services. It sells grain to retailers, bakeries, and bio fuel producers. Centaur was founded in 2001 with the merger of Group Cereal Services and Lingrain Limited.

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