Dios mio! M. Dias Branco is Brazil's top manufacturer of crackers, cookies, and pasta. The company is also one of the country's largest producers of wheat flour and whole grain wheat; other products include margarine and vegetable shortening. M. Dias Branco operates 11 factories and markets its products across Brazil under hundreds of brands including Adria, Fortaleza, Richester, and Vitarella. Its products are sold to 56,000 retailers, including Carrefour and Wal-Mart. In addition to selling raw ingredients to other food manufacturers, M. Dias Branco relies largely on its own supply of wheat and oil-based ingredients for its food production. The company was founded in the 1940s by baker Manuel Dios Branco.

Owned and operated by the Rodriguez family, La India Packing Company was founded in 1924. Located in Laredo, Texas, la india packing company sells authentic Hispanic herbs, spices, and teas. It offers tejano and fajita seasoning, pica rico (for seasoning fruits), Mexican chocolate and more. Its products are sold in bulk, boxed, and bagged. They are available online at La India's Web site and at la india packing company's store in Laredo, where the owners also operate a small restaurant called the Tasting Room Cafe. La India's spices are also carried by such retail outlets in Texas as Albertsons, H.E.B, Kmart, and Wal-mart.

Borg Produce Sales company is headquartered in Los Angeles, where it operates 130,000-square-feet of storage space and maintains its fleet of 20 refrigerated delivery trucks. Borg Produce Sales is a leading wholesale distributor of fresh fruit and vegetables serving Southern California. It supplies grocery retailers and other customers with a wide array of fresh produce, including asparagus, bell peppers, cauliflower, corn, and zucchini, as well as tropical fruits (bananas, mangoes, papaya). In addition, Borg Produce imports such products as grapes, kiwis, and peaches from Chile, along with Clementines (a variety of mandarin orange) from Spain.

Bronco Wine has been known to buck the system. One of the nation's top wine producers, the vintner makes some 60 labels, including Charles Shaw, Forest Glen, and Coastal Ridge. Operating a 40,000-acre vineyard, the California bulk wine producer is the fourth largest wine seller in the US. It produces some 20 million cases of wine every year. Bronco Wine created a stir in the wine industry and continues to do so by selling its Charles Shaw brand for $1.99 at Trader Joe's Company locations. (The wine, dubbed "drinkable" by many, quickly gained the nickname Two-Buck Chuck.) Other Bronco labels include Carmenet, Crane Lake, and Ridge.

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.

Michigan Sugar is the largest beet-sugar processor east of the Mississippi. The agricultural cooperative is owned by some 1,250 beet-sugar farmers who purchased the company from Imperial Sugar in 2002. Michigan Sugar manufactures both private-label and branded consumer, foodservice, and industrial products. Its sugars include granulated, confectioner's and brown sugar, along with molasses and liquid sucrose. It also manufactures sugar by-products such as beet pulp, which is used for animal feed and fertilizer. Michigan Sugar's flagship brand is Pioneer Sugar, but the company also sells to institutions under the name Big Chief Sugar.

Tropical Nut & Fruit was founded by Jerry York and Garland Williamson in 1977. Tropical Nut & Fruit wants to pass out handfuls of tropical flavors. Tropical Nut & Fruit company manufactures and sells more than 50 varieties of packaged roasted nuts, seeds, and snack mixes, more than 3,000 items in all. It also distributes baking ingredients, pastas, jelly beans, dried fruit, grains, cereals, and spices and seasonings. Tropical Nut & Fruit company operates four Nut House retail outlet stores in Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, and Tennessee. Tropical Nut & Fruit company's customers include grocery stores, specialty stores, bakeries, ice cream and coffee shops, and foodservice operators.

WhiteWave Foods is a leading producer of dairy and dairy-related products, including coffee creamers, dairy toppings, and yogurt. The unit of Dean Foods is best known for its Silk brand milk-substitute soy beverages, as well as organic dairy products sold under the Horizon Organic label. It also makes International Delight coffee creamers and Rachel's yogurt products, in addition to LAND O' LAKES-branded coffee creamers and dessert toppings (sold under license from dairy co-op Land O'Lakes). WhiteWave's products are sold through natural food and grocery stores, as well as at major food chains across the US and Canada.

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.

Guida's Milk & Ice Cream is one of the largest independent dairies in New England. Since 1886 Guida's has had the reputation of supplying the finest products and service to our large customer base. With a fleet of over 200 vehicles, Guida's Milk & Ice Cream delivers fresh dairy and dairy related products throughout Southern New England. Our service area includes Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, northern New Jersey and New York State including Long Island. Emphasis on quality control cannot be overstated. With a 18-day code on all of our fluid milk products, Guida's can guarantee the utmost integrity of its product line. Guida's also processes a full line of ice cream mixes, fruit juices, fruit drinks and water to meet all of our customers' needs.

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