CCU es una empresa diversificada de bebidas, con operaciones principalmente en Chile y Argentina. CCU es el mayor cervecero chileno, el segundo cervecero en Argentina, el tercer mayor productor de bebidas gaseosas en Chile, el segundo mayor productor de vinos, el mayor embotellador de agua mineral y néctares en Chile, uno de los mayores fabricantes de pisco y también participa en el negocio de los confites en Chile. Toda esta amplia línea de productos es distribuida a lo largo de Chile a través de su filial Transportes CCU. Adicionalmente cuenta con una unidad dedicada a la fabricación de botellas y cajas plásticas, Plasco S.A. El variado portafolio de productos CCU incluye marcas propias, licenciadas e importadas, manteniendo contratos de licencia y/o joint ventures con Heineken Brouwerijen B.V., Anheuser-Busch Incorporated, PepsiCo Inc., Paulaner Brauerei AG, Schweppes Holdings Limited, Guinness Brewing Worldwide Limited y Société des Produits Nestlé S.A. Cuenta con más de 4300 empleados y produ

From piglets to poults and hogs to hens, Murphy-Brown supervises a growth industry. As the livestock production subsidiary of pork-processing giant Smithfield Foods, it is the world's largest hog producer and a leading US turkey producer as well. Through partnerships with contract farmers and its own farms, Murphy-Brown maintains about 1 million breeding sows and produces more than 17 million market hogs annually. Its turkey operations produce about 10 million turkeys a year. Along with its own animal production facilities, the company contracts with about 1,700 US farmers, who supply the company with hogs and turkeys.

Black Star Farms, which calls itself "An Agricultural Destination," operates a winery and distillery, a fresh produce farm, horse stables (which can accommodate up to 13 horses), and an eight-room bed-and-breakfast inn. It also offers event planning at its facilities. Black Star's winery produces Arcturos brand white wines (pinot blanc, pinot gris, chardonnay, and reisling); red wines under the Leorie and Red House labels (merlot, pinot noir, and cabernat franc); as well as fruit wines and fruit brandies (apricot, apple, pear, and cherry). Also operating onsite is the Leelanau Cheese Company, an creamery that makes European-style cheeses made from cow's milk. The northern Michigan company was founded in 1998.

Pasta Reale company makes fresh filled and unfilled pastas, gnocchi, and lasagna, as well as fresh pasta sauces. It also manufactures other food items such as soups and consomme's; meat, chicken, and vegetable stocks; and gravies. Pasta Reale company's brands include Pasta Reale, Duchy, and Joubore. Located in southern England, Pasta Reale's chilled foods are available throughout Europe, as well as in the Middle and Far East. Although the subject of take-over speculation and offers in recent years, pasta company remains under the ownership of its founding Lopalco family.

Stirling Foods® began with a simple mission: To produce the highest-quality flavoring syrup possible and sell it at a competitive price to retailers in the Seattle and Tacoma area of Washington State. But . . . a funny thing happened on the way to the market! In spite of minimal advertising and no sales staff, Stirling Gourmet Flavors® were soon in demand throughout the Northwest. The company grew rapidly as orders poured in from across the country. Stirling® is now one of the top flavoring syrup manufacturers in North America, shipping products across the nation and around the world.Was it luck? Was it timing? Clearly, Stirling® brought a quality product to the right market at the right time. Today Stirling® is an industry leader because we offer the highest quality gourmet flavoring syrups available, at a reasonable price, with customer service that knocks the socks off our competitors. Stirling syrups are used in specialty coffee beverages and teas, iced non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages, baked goods and culinary creations. Stirling's customers include independent specialty coffee shops, gourmet product retailers, high-end restaurants, and at-home consumers.In addition to this tremendous growth, Stirling Gourmet Flavors® has been honored with multiple American Tasting Institute Gold Medal Awards for product excellence. These awards are given by an independent panel of chefs from across the nation, and they provide even more proof that Stirling Gourmet Flavors® are "Simply The Very Best".

Privately owned and operated, Nielsen-Massey was established in 1907 as a provider of aromas for the cleaning industry. Nielsen-Massey Vanillas company produces vanilla extracts, powders, and bean pastes, as well as whole vanilla beans. It also offers other liquid extracts, including coffee, chocolate, almond, orange, and lemon. With US headquarters in Waukegan, Illinois, and an international office in The Netherlands, Nielsen-Massey supplies organic and conventional vanilla and other flavoring products to customers Africa, Europe, the Middle East, the Pacific Rim, and Central, North, and South America.

MWBrands Holdings has a lot of fish stories under its belt and they're all true. Through its operating subsidiaries, MWBrands produces ambient, or room temperature, seafood products like canned tuna (its primary product and brand John West), salmon, sardines, and packaged seafood snacks. It sells its products in the UK, France, Italy, Ireland, and the Netherlands under its core John West and Petit Navire brand names, as well as under its specialized brands, Parmentier (gourmet sardines) and Mareblu (tuna products sold in Italy). MWBrands operates four production plants in France, Portugal, Ghana, and the Seychelles islands. MWBrands Holdings company has agreed to be acquired by Thai Union Frozen Products for $867 million.

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.

Founded in 1948, Crown Prince also offers a line of natural products that contain no preservatives. Crown Prince hopes to ascend the throne as king of the specialty canned seafood industry. Crown Prince company's products include canned abalone, anchovies, clam juice, clams, crab meat, kipper snacks, mackerel, oysters, salmon, sardines, and shrimp. Crown Prince imports seafood from Canada, Mexico, and Scotland, as well as South American and Middle Eastern countries. Crown Prince's seafood is available in the US and Mexico through natural food retailers such as Whole Foods and Wild Oats, as well as at major US food retailers, including Wal-Mart.

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.

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