Colavita USA is a leading importer and distributor of Italian foods, notably olive oil, pastas, sauces, and vinegars sold under the Colavita label. It supplies products to retail grocery store chains, specialty food stores, and wholesale distributors, as well as restaurants, caterers, and other foodservice operators. Colavita USA, L.L.C. was started by John J. Profaci, who struck a distribution agreement with Italy's Colavita family in 1978. Rome-based Colavita S.p.A owns 80% of the US importer.

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.

Moonlight Packing Corporation does its business so we can partake in fruit consumption by sunlight and moonlight. The California growing/packing/distribution company is a stone-fruit (peaches, nectarines, plums, pluots) and table-grape grower, packer and supplier.

Nodine's Smokehouse smokes and sells bacon and other meats, poultry, fish, and cheeses to wholesale customers throughout the US. Its products have been sold at well-known outlets such as Dean & DeLuca and Zabar's. In addition, Nodine's Smokehouse operates a retail store in Goshen, Connecticut, and sells its products online. The family-owned company, which also offers fundraising opportunities, is run by Johanne Nodine and her husband, Ronald. Nodine's Smokehouse was founded in 1969.

The brewer produces, markets and distributes premium, mainstream, and budget beers under its brands including Formosa, Laker, Red Baron, Red Cap, and Waterloo. The company also produces and distributes private label beer for the Loblaws grocery chain and co-packs alcohol-based drinks for beverage maker Canada Dry Mott's. It manufactures and distributes its products in Ontario and Quebec, and distributes some products in Ontario for US brewer High Falls Brewing. Former chairman Jim Brickman founded Brick Brewing in 1984; the company touts itself as the largest publicly held Canadian-owned and Canada-based brewer.

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.

Alabama Farmers Cooperative, originally the Tennessee Valley Fertilizer Cooperative, was organized in Decatur, Alabama in 1936 by a group of local county co-ops. Upon becoming a single entity, the new cooperative developed a modest plant in Decatur to satisfy the farmers’ need for fairly priced fertilizer.Over the years, AFC acquired or built additional facilities. Today, AFC has storage facilities for both liquid and dry fertilizer throughout the areas that it serves.Alabama Farmers Cooperative (AFC) provides farmers in the Yellowhammer State a full range of agricultural supplies and services, including feed, fertilizer, seed, grain storage, and marketing, along with home-gardening items such as seeds and hardware. The co-op, which boasts 46 member associations, serving members in 49 US states; it owns and operates member-only co-op stores in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. AFC owns Bonnie Plants, one of the largest suppliers of vegetable and herb plants for the home gardener in the US, along with BioLogic, which makes forage products for wild game. AFC also operates catfish fish farms and supplies the foodservice industry with whole and value-added catfish.

As a grower, the prime responsibility of Sharyland Farms is to produce a quality product for the various packing, shipping, and marketing of the farm's fruit and vegetables. Sharyland Farms contracts millions of pounds of raw product to various processors annually millions of packages are sold to the fresh market through packer and shipper arrangements. These packages are sold under various labels from the different packer-shippers. We are proud of our products and proud of our established relationship with the various packing facilities who market our products. We conduct extensive training sessions among our employees and entomologists to assure the highest quality in production, as well as strict compliance with all food safety regulations.The marketing philosophy of Sharyland Farms is to forward contract vegetables and grain to processors to assure the company a profit when fresh market prices fail to justify harvesting, packaging, and shipping costs. Our management is aware of the importance of diversification, as well as the increasing demand for prepackaged food in today's market, and explores every available means to market products internationally on a year round basis while maintaining outstanding quality and service.

Robertet bottles "eau de profit" and essences of jasmine and ginger. The French company makes fragrance and flavor ingredients for use in the food, perfume, and aromatic-product industries. They are used around the world in perfumes, essential oils, and cleaning products, as well as for flavorings by food and beverage companies. Robertet creates traditional and new products. It develops new extraction methods and tries to spot and develop trends in areas like perfumery, aromatherapy, and aromachology (the study of the effects of smells on human behavior). Robertet has operations in Asia, North and Latin America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. The Maubert family owns a controlling interest in Robertet.

30 years ago, Elwood began making dietetic portion controlled products exclusively for hospital service. Today, Elwood is a recognized leader in the dietetic food industry; with a complete line of Salad Dressings, Jellies and Condiments specifically formulated for diabetics and others who must follow modified and restricted diet meal plans.Elwood manufactures a complete line of great tasting sucrose-free foods that diabetics can trust, such as: Salad Dressings, Jellies, Sauces, Condiments and Pancake Syrup. Some of our exciting flavors are Russian, Oil & Vinegar, Thousand Island and Blue Cheese Salad Dressings, Cranberry, Tartar, Barbecue and Seafood Cocktail Sauces, Strawberry, Grape, Apricot, Raspberry and Apple Jelly, Pancake Syrup and Condiments like Mayonnaise and Mustard.

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