United Biscuits (UB), the market-leading UK biscuit (cookies to all you Yanks) maker. UB's cake brands include such stalwarts as Jacob's Cream Crackers, Jaffa Cakes, and, probably the company's biggest bite, McVitie's Digestive Biscuits (it sells some 71 million packet of them a year). Catering to savory flavor lovers, the company's salty snack brands include McCoy's, and Hula Hoops. In addition to its name brands, United Biscuits produces private-label biscuits and snacks for food retailers. Beyond the UK, the company is also a leading biscuit and snack maker in Western Europe. It is jointly owned investment firms, The Blackstone Group and PAI.

Kerry Group today is a world leader in food ingredients and flavours serving the food and beverage industry, and a leading supplier of added value brands and customer branded foods to the Irish and UK markets. The Group has grown organically and through a series of strategic acquisitions in its relatively short history, from the commissioning of its first dairy and ingredients plant in Listowel, Ireland in 1972, and has achieved sustained profitable growth with current annualised sales of approximately €4.5 billion.Headquartered in Tralee, Ireland, the Group employs over 20,000 people throughout its manufacturing, sales, technology and application centres across Europe, North America, South America, Australia, New Zealand and Asian Markets. Kerry supply over 15,000 food, food ingredients and flavour products to customers in more than 140 countries worldwide. Kerry have established manufacturing facilities in 20 different countries and international sales offices in 20 other countries across the globe. Launched as a public company in 1986, Kerry Group plc is listed on the Dublin and London Stock Markets and has a current market capitalisation in excess of €3.5 billion.

The cows at Laura's Lean Beef aren't particularly skinny, but they haven't been fattened up artificially. The company provides fresh, naturally raised beef products under the Laura's Lean Beef brand to approximately 6,500 natural food stores and conventional grocery retailers in 47 states nationwide. Its cattle are not given growth hormones, and its feed program is based on grazing and natural feeds. Additionally, Laura's Lean Beef does not add fillers, additives, or water and salt. Aside from the usual cuts of beef, the company also offers frozen beef patties and fully cooked entrees including beef pot roast au jus and shredded beef with barbecue sauce. The company is a subsidiary of Meyer Natural Angus.

Founded in 1926, Jel Sert is still owned by the Wegner family; Charles Wegner (grandson of the founder) is chairman. Jel Sert Co. made its name in the early 1960s with its popular Pop-Ice "stick 'em in the freezer and squeeze 'em out of the tube" treats. Since then it has expanded its product line to include Flavor-Aid and Wyler's powdered drink mixes; Fla-Vor-Ice, Otter Pops and Wyler's Italian Ice freezer pops; and MONDO Fruit Squeezers fruit drinks. As a result of a 2000 purchase from Nabisco, Jel Sert also makes My*T*Fine and Royal pudding mixes. Jel Sert Co. offers contract manufacturing services. Its products are available throughout the US and Canada.

Warburtons is proof that a family business can rise nicely by loafing around. With roots that date back to the late nineteenth century, Warburtons is one of the the largest independent bread bakeries in the UK. Warburtons company bakes up breads, crumpets (English muffins in the US), rolls, fruit loafs, and teacakes day at its 13 bakeries. Its products are distributed in the UK under the Warburtons brand name. Warburtons company has grown through careful expansion, choosing to build new factories throughout the years, rather than acquire smaller businesses. The fifth generation of the founding Warburton family owns and operates Warburtons company.

With approximately 80 plants in 30 countries, Provimi is a world leader in animal nutrition and related know-how. With about 8,000 employees among which are 450 scientists serving our clients in all markets, Provimi is a world leader in animal nutrition solutions. Provimi produces and purveys provisions. For those of you who dislike the pompous overuse of alliteration, Provimi makes animal food, primarily agricultural animal feed (mainly for swine, poultry, and cattle) in the form of premixes, concentrates, and complete feed. Its customers include livestock farmers, animal feed manufacturers, and veterinarians. The French company also makes specialty feeds (for young animals and animals with special dietary needs), as well as commercial fish and pet food. Provimi's operates 87 plants in some 30 countries and its products are available worldwide. KoroFrance owns some 87% of the company's shares.

J. Lohr Winery pours it on. It produces red, white, sparkling, and non-alcoholic wines. The winery's vintages are divided into tiers with the more expensive wines falling under the J. Lohr Cuv�e Series, J. Lohr Vineyards Series, and J. Lohr Estates labels. Its less expensive wines bear the Cypress Vineyards and Painter Bridge labels. The company also makes a line of non-alcoholic wines called ARIEL. It grows mainly red varietals of grapes on some 3,000 acres that it owns and farms in the Arroyo Seco, Paso Robles, and Napa Valley regions of California.

Mr. R. William "Bill" Becker owns Peace River Citrus Products, Inc., which owns two processing plants with a total processing capacity of 18 to 20 million boxes. The Arcadia plant started production in November 1994 and the Bartow plant began production in November 2003. After selling his part of a family citrus business in 1991, Mr. Becker began studying the future of the Florida citrus industry. This study indicated a lack of citrus processing facilities in the new citrus growing region of Florida.The Peace River Citrus Products, Inc. Arcadia plant was built in the town of Arcadia, Desoto County, Florida. Arcadia was chosen because it was positioned in the center of the new growing region and there were no processing plants within 50 miles. Mr. Becker furthered his position in the citrus processing industry with the purchase of the plant in Bartow, Polk County, Florida in October 2002. The plant in Bartow will process both oranges and grapefruit (white and red) while the plant in Arcadia will primarily be dedicated to processing oranges. The mission of Peace River Citrus Products, Inc. is to produce the highest quality citrus products, market them at competitive prices, provide superior customer service, and maximize returns to Florida citrus growers. With this mission in mind, Mr. Becker maintains his processing facility with state of the art equipment utilizing a cost efficient layout.

Good Food, Good Life is the very essence of Nestlé and this philosophy can be traced back to our beginnings. The Nestlé Company was founded in 1867 by Henri Nestlé, who developed the first milk-based baby formula in order to save the life of a neighbour’s baby. His Farine Lactée formula went on to nourish many babies who were unable to feed from their mothers or unable to accept the usual substitutes. Since this beginning, nutrition has been the heart of the Nestlé business. At Nestlé, we believe that every food has a role to play in achieving a balanced diet. This is why we produce and market a wide range of foods and beverages which satisfy many consumer needs – nutrient content, variety, pleasure and convenience – which all contribute to achieving a balanced diet and overall well-being. We continue to use our extensive scientific knowledge to develop new products to help consumers manage their health, well-being and body weight and to improve the nutritional profiles of existing products.

Quantum Foods doesn't need physics to portion out its products. The company, founded in 1990, processes beef into individual steaks which are then sold to customers in the foodservice industry, such as restaurant chains, airlines, and the US military, as well as to retail outlets including supermarkets, general merchandisers, and convenience stores. Its products include ribeye, T-bone, skirt, strip, tenderloin, and porterhouse steaks. The company also provides fully cooked chicken-breast entrees. Its brands include Quantum Steakhouse (beef) and Simply Gourmet (chicken).

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