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".

StarKist Co. is a leading producer, distributor and marketer of shelf-stable seafood products in the United States. A category leader in innovation, StarKist was the first brand to introduce the StarKist Flavor Fresh Pouch®; StarKist Tuna Creations®, a line of lightly marinated tuna; and, a dolphin-safe policy. As America’s favorite tuna, StarKist represents a 65-year tradition of quality, innovation and consumer trust and is well known for its charismatic brand icon, Charlie® the Tuna, who swam into the hearts of tuna fans in 1961 and is still a fan favorite today. StarKist Co. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Dongwon Group.

Be it pigs in a blanket or chicken in a basket, Olymel will bring the meat to the table. Located in Quebec, the company is one of Canada's largest pork and poultry processors. Its products, including bacon, deli meats, hams, sausages, and frozen, microwaveable meat dishes, sell under the Olymel, Lafleur Flamingo, Prince, and Galco Foods brands. They are distributed throughout Canada and exported to Australia, Japan, the US, and 60 other countries. The company has a combined slaughtering and processing capacity of 160,000 hogs and 1.6 million poultry per week at its facilities in Quebec, Ontario, and Alberta.

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.

The Strauss Group, Israel’s second-largest food & beverage company, is today an international corporation with around 13,000 global employees operating twenty two production sites in twenty countries. In the last six years the Group has consistently achieved growth, generating around $1.62 billion in turnover at the end of 2009, of which 47% came from international activities. The Strauss Group is comprised of four core business units: Strauss Israel, Strauss Coffee, Strauss North America and Strauss Water. The Group is a leading player in coffee markets in Central and Eastern Europe, Brazil and Israel for roast & ground (R&G) coffee and other coffee related products and services. The Strauss Group is traded on the Tel Aviv 25 Index, which lists the largest public companies in Israel, and has achieved a top AA+ credit rating from Maalot, an affiliate of Standard and Poor’s. The Strauss Group is in partnership with leading multinationals Danone and PepsiCo; and Strauss Coffee recently entered into a partnership with TPG Capital, a leading private equity investment fund.

Ruiz Foods company produces some 200 frozen Mexican foods under the El Monterey and Tornados brand names, including burritos, taquitos, enchiladas, and tamales. Its value-added convenience products can be found in grocery stores throughout the US; it also serves foodservice clients. Ruiz Foods manufactures its products at its main 300,000-sq.-ft. facility in Dinuba, California, and, in order to meet the demand for its products in the eastern and midwestern US, two more in Texas. In a move to provide healthy food products, in 2006 the company removed all trans fats from its El Monterey brand products.

The Nisshin OilliO Group company sells salad dressing, cooking oil, and margarine for home and commercial use, as well as meal and grain products. The Nisshin OilliO Group company also dabbles in fine chemicals and health food. Its health foods, designed primarily for patients requiring specific diets, meet the needs of Japan's aging population. Nisshin OilliO's other businesses include software development, restaurants, insurance, and logistics.

Young's Seafood Limited was founded in 1805 and was formerly known as Young's Bluecrest Seafood. Lion Capital bought the company from CapVest in 2008. Young's Seafood company processes and distributes value-added fresh and frozen seafood products to supermarkets and foodservice groups throughout the UK. It sources some 60 different fin- and shellfish species from 30 countries around the world and turns them into frozen breaded fillets, fingers, pies, and steaks. Young's subsidiary, Polarfrost Seafoods, specializes in acquiring frozen cod, haddock, and saithe from factory trawlers and working in the the North Atlantic.

Allens produces a full line of canned and frozen vegetables and beans (including the Popster's absolute fave -- spinach). The Arkansas-based company's brands include Allens, Butterfield, Popeye, Royal Prince, Sunshine, and Trappey's, along with Freshlike and Veg�All. Its customers include US companies in the retail food, foodservice, and food-manufacturing sectors. Founded in 1926, Allens remains a family-owned and -operated business and is the largest privately owned vegetable company in the US.

Over sixty years ago, Marko Zaninovich established Sunview's roots. Today Sunview is one of California's largest family-owned and operated table grape vineyards. Premium quality is our foremost goal. We believe the only way to assure this level of quality is through close personal supervision and attention to every detail from growing through packing and shipping. Decades of practical experience coupled with technological sophistication have enabled us to produce the quality often associated with small family run businesses. Sunview combines consistent quality with the volume required to meet the needs of buyers, both large and small.Every stage of this family operation is built and managed with one goal in mind...premium quality. Our people understand that our first priority is quality. Sales of Sunview grapes begin near the end of June and continue through mid-January with a variety spread that includes Flame Seedless, Thompson Seedless, Black Seedless, Ruby Seedless, Crimson Seedless, Sunset Seedless, Red Globe and Organic Varieties. We also ship fresh Hachiya-Persimmons and Moyer Prune Plums.

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