Fehr Foods, Inc. was established in Abilene, Texas in February 1992. The manufacturing facility initially consisted of one shift, two ovens, three customers and approximately forty different product items. Since then, the company has grown in every conceivable way. We now operate around the clock with three shifts, our oven capacity has more than doubled, our customers now number over 100 and the product line keeps expanding. Our customers are located in 27 different states and our trademark Lil' Dutch Maid cookies continue to gain national recognition.The primary market of Fehr Foods, Inc has always been in the value priced, wholesale cookie market where our niche is to provide the best quality at the lowest cost.Our customers vary from local and regional distributors to the Fortune 500 retailers, to other manufacturers who purchase our cookies to use in their manufacturing process. In order to continue the growth and success of our past decade, we are committed to strive for excellence, integrity and honesty.

Little Lady Foods is celebrating over 25 years under current ownership as “The World Custom Food Maker”. Although Little Lady Foods was founded in the Wrigleyville neighborhood of Chicago by the Esposito family in 1961, it was restaurateur Angelo Geocaris who purchased the small company in 1984. The Geocaris family had deep roots in the restaurant industry and Angelo had the vision to take his Barnaby’s pizzeria recipe into grocery stores nationwide.Over the past 25 years the company has changed and grown. Little Lady Foods today develops and manufactures products for private label, foodservice and contract manufacturing customers. Under the current management team, Little Lady Foods has grown from $100,000 in sales in 1984 to well over $300 million. Little Lady Foods pizzas, hand held items and gourmet sandwiches are available in the largest and most popular restaurants and food companies in the world!

Tangerine Confectionery is a UK based confectionery manufacturer with one of the most diverse ranges of traditional and contemporary confectionery in the industry. Within the last three years Tangerine's turnover has increased from over £40 million to £150 million and continues to grow in line with the popularity of our products. This mass appeal, together with seven UK production sites employing around 1500 people, makes Tangerine the largest independent sugar confectionery manufacturer in Europe.

Going with the grain, Wheeler Brothers Grain Company operates beef cattle feedlots and grain elevators in Oklahoma. The company offers agronomy services and has certified crop consultants who offer advice regarding the development of production strategies. Traditionally, Oklahoma wheat had been marketed domestically or shipped through the Texas Gulf for export. However, in the wake of the implementation of NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement), Wheeler Brothers Grain became one of the first Oklahoma grain companies to ship grain directly (by rail) to millers in Mexico in 2000. The company was founded in 1917.

Boca Foods Company a subsidiary of Kraft Foods, makes frozen low-fat meatless products, including burgers, breakfast links, ground crumbles, and breaded faux chicken nuggets and patties. It also offers entrees such as "meat" lasagna and chili. The products, which are soy-based (using organic and non-organic soy protein), provide the consumer with the needed protein normally found in meat. The company's products are mainly sold through US grocery retailers, but Boca has begun to offer its products to restaurants as well. Kraft acquired Boca Foods from private investment firm, Austin Ventures, in 2000.

North Central Farmers Elevator's mission is to give its members a lift. The full-service member-owned agricultural cooperative located in South Dakota offers farm-support goods and services, including feed, seed and other farm supplies, along with agronomy, energy, and marketing services. In conjunction with LOL Farmland Feeds and South Dakota Wheat Growers, North Central Farmers Elevator owns Dakotaland Feeds, which makes and markets feed to producers. It also has a marketing alliance with South Dakota Oilseed Processors to sell its member/farmer's soybean crops.

Atkins has pushed beef off its plate in favor of a protein shake. Atkins Nutritionals, which once touted the meat-heavy Atkins diet, makes nutritional bars and shakes. The number of products offered by the company is down from the more than 300 items it made at the height of the low-carbohydrate diet craze. Atkins no longer offers strictly low-carb dieting advice, but instead focuses on nutrition. As with other weight-loss companies, Atkins offers memberships and diet plans. Its Web site has an online support group called the Community Forum. The company's branded food products are sold in retail outlets worldwide.

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.

Standard Candy Company is the maker of the Goo Goo Cluster, a milk chocolate candy filled with caramel, marshmallow, and peanuts. Considered one of the first combination candy bars (as opposed to solid bars), the company's Goo Goo cluster has been around since 1912 and since that time Standard has added to its offerings, which now include Supreme and Peanut Butter Goo Goo versions. It also makes a line of Cinnabon-branded clusters through a licensing agreement, as well as the Cumberland Ridge brand of pecan rolls. Standard Candy sells its products at retailers in Tennessee and other southern US states, as well as through its Web site.

Williams Sausage is a leading regional meat processor that produces sausage, ham, and bacon products for both retail and wholesale customers. Its product lines include several varieties of pork sausage, cured hams, and smoked bacon. The company also markets microwavable pork biscuit sandwiches and smoked pork sausages. Most of its meat products are sold under the Williams brand; it also markets sausage and bacon under the Old South banner. The family-owned company was founded by Harold Williams in 1958.

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