While some might be green with envy, Grower's Express is green with veggies. Growing some 40 different crops, its primary offerings include asparagus, broccoli, cauliflower, celery, green onions, iceberg lettuce, and strawberries. Headquartered in California's Salinas Valley, the group also has fields in Arizona, Oregon, and Idaho, as well as in Mexico so that its crops can be grown year round. The company purchased the licensing rights from General Mills for the Green Giant Fresh brand in 2009. In addition to Green Giant, the grower also packs under the Western Express, Capurro, and Topless labels.

Atkins has pushed beef off its plate in favor of a protein shake. Atkins Nutritionals, which once touted the meat-heavy Atkins diet, makes nutritional bars and shakes. The number of products offered by the company is down from the more than 300 items it made at the height of the low-carbohydrate diet craze. Atkins no longer offers strictly low-carb dieting advice, but instead focuses on nutrition. As with other weight-loss companies, Atkins offers memberships and diet plans. Its Web site has an online support group called the Community Forum. The company's branded food products are sold in retail outlets worldwide.

The Schwan Food Company was founded in 1952. The Schwan Food Company, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets frozen foods through home delivery, retail grocery, online, and food-service channels. It offers frozen pizzas, egg rolls, and desserts. The Schwan Food company also markets and distributes frozen-food products and meal solutions to schools, hospitals, chain restaurants, convenience stores, and other institutional channels in the United States.

From the very beginning, Unibroue has carved out a special niche in the beer world with top quality products and a brand rooted deep in Quebec culture. It made history by becoming the first North American beer maker to use a brewing method inspired by the two-centuries-old tradition developed by Trappist monks in Europe—particularly in Belgium. Over the years, Unibroue has remained faithful to its origins even as it has grown to become an icon of the brewing world. Unibroue products take you on a journey filled with legends and fabulous tales.

Ginger has long been regarded as an essential remedy in the East, but recently Western medicine has been embracing the health benefits of ginger too. While there is not yet published research on Reed’s products, some traditional herbal health values associated with fresh or brewed ginger include headache relief, improved digestion, cardiovascular protection, relief of stomach upset, greater energy, menstrual relief, morning sickness, greater sperm motility, ulcer and arthritis aid, cancer protection, and more. Pamela Miller, D. Ac., D.Hom., our local expert in Chinese Herbs and Acupuncture, recommends Reed’s to many of her patients who have morning sickness or complain of headache with nauseousness. She also suggests it to parents and other patients who are looking for an alternative to commercial sodas.

Virgin Drinks Group Ltd. has gone beyond colas to make and distribute energy drinks, tea, flavored colas, vodka and other alcoholic beverages. Although the company has scaled back its US offerings, it sells its drinks throughout the world. Virgin Drinks brewed up more business with the launch of Virgin Th�, the company's tea brand, in France in 1996. Virgin Th� is now also distributed in Switzerland and Italy. Virgin Colours offers colas in twelve fruity flavors.Young upstart Virgin Drinks wants to take some of the fizz out of soft-drink venerables Coca-Cola and Pepsi. Having first launched operations as Virgin Cola in 1994.

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.

Bengard Marketing serves as a sales agent between produce growers, packers, and distributors. Bengard Marketing Company purchases fresh fruit from California growers, as well as produce from other US and international growers, and markets it to retail and wholesale customers. Bengard Marketing's products include grapes and pears. Bengard Marketing company is operated by the Bengard family.

Pfister Hybrid Corn produces corn seeds that pack a punch. The company produces high-yield hybrid seed through its biotechnology processes, including YieldGard, Herculex, and Poncho insect-protected corn seeds. It also produces Roundup Ready corn seeds (for use with Roundup's WeatherMAX and CORN 2 products) and other herbicide seed systems. Founded by Lester Pfister in 1936, the company's products are available throughout the Midwestern US, including the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, and South Dakota.

Miko has brewed up an interesting business strategy. The company provides coffee services through subsidiaries in Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, and the UK; coffee services make up more than 55% of sales. Products include roasted coffee, filters, and coffee dispensing systems. Miko also makes plastic packaging products for the food and cosmetics industries through production plants in Belgium and Poland. The company got its start in 1801 as a grocery shop dealing in colonial merchandise; it began roasting coffee a century later.

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