NEW Cooperative provides its Iowa member/farmers with a full range of agricultural products and services, including corn and soybean drying, storage, pricing, marketing. The co-op also provides its member/farmers with seed, feed, crop protection, soil sampling, fertilizer and a staff of agronomy experts. It operates via a network of 23 facilities located 14 counties in the northwestern region of Iowa. The organization was formed as the result of a merger of two cooperatives in 1973; it has expanded throughout the years as a result of other co-ops joining NEW. Regarding its name, NEW stands for North East Webster (Iowa's Webster County is part of the company's original service area).

Sara Lee chose cheesecake over clothing. Jettisoning the apparel business, Sara Lee now peddles mostly food and drink, along with some household goods, although it's selling off that business too. Its North American Retail unit is a major packaged meat maker (Ball Park, Jimmy Dean), and a leading manufacturer of frozen bakery products, including Ms. Lee's famous raid-the-refrigerator-at-midnight frozen cheesecakes. The fresh bakery segment supplies North America with prepackaged bread and other baked goods. Sara Lee International oversees coffee, tea, and bakery in Europe, Australia, and Brazil. The North American Foodservice unit supplies coffee, meat, and bakery to foodservice operators across the continent.

Reichel Foods was founded by president, Craig Reichel, in 1997. Reichel Foods company produces value-added branded and private-label ready-to-eat convenience foods such as sliced apples and caramel dip all packaged together for customer convenience. Just open and eat. Its flagship Dippin' Stix products come in single-serve portions. Several choices of "Stix" are offered, including apples, carrots, pickles, pita chips and come with either caramel, ranch-dressing, yogurt, peanut-butter, or hummus dips. Reichel Foods company also offers party-tray and bulk-pack variations of Dippin' Stix. All are available at food retailers throughout the US.

Indalco Food Corp. company manufactures a milk and caramel spread called dulce de leche (literally "milk candy") that is a familiar product in Central and South America. Indalco has brought this traditional food product to the US. The spread can be used in a variety of ways, such as a dessert topping or filling, or in baked goods such as cheesecake. Indalco Food company's customers include bakeries, donut shops (Dunkin' Donuts), restaurants (McDonald's), ice cream makers (Heagen-Dazs), and confectioners (Mars), as well as retail food stores. Indalco's dulce de leche is sold under the Del Campo label.

Guinness Anchor Berhad (GAB) was incorporated on 24th January 1964 under the name of “Guinness Malaysia Limited”. The Company changed its name to “Guinness Malaysia Berhad” on 15th April 1966 and assumed its present name on 15th November 1989. GAB has been listed on the Main Board of Bursa Malaysia since 1965. GAB evolved from the merger of Guinness Malaysia Berhad and Malayan Breweries (Malaya) Sdn Bhd (“MBM”) in 1989, whose parent companies were Guinness Overseas Ltd and Malayan Breweries Ltd (the present Asia Pacific Breweries Limited) respectively. The merger in 1989 saw a new joint venture company, GAPL Pte Ltd as the holding company of GAB whilst MBM became a dormant wholly-owned subsidiary of GAB.

Raisio plc makes grain-based foods for people and feed for animals. It also produces malt for beverage makers and starch-based ingredients for food companies. While strong in Finland, the company's food business has grown in Russia and Poland, where it sells pasta and porridges. In 2007 Raisio sold its food diagnostics business, which accounted for only 2% of sales, to Ciba Specialty Chemicals (Ciba bought Raisio's chemical business in 2004.) Focusing on its grain-based products, in 2009 Raisio sold its margarine business to Bunge for E80 million ($109 million). In keeping with this focus, Raisio bought UK snack and candy maker Glisten in 2010.

Scheid Vineyards, Inc. engages in the production and sale of wine grapes and bulk wine in the United States. It produces 17 varieties of wine grapes, such as Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, and Syrah. The company also converts a portion of its grapes to wine. In addition, the company provides vineyard management services. The company sells its wine grapes under short and long-term grape purchase agreements to a variety of winery clients. As of December 31, 2005, the company had approximately 5,700 acres of wine grape vineyards located in Monterey and San Benito counties in California. Scheid Vineyards, Inc. was incorporated in 1971 and is headquartered in Salinas, California.

Compass Group is the world's largest contract foodservices provider with operations in more than 50 countries. It provides hospitality and foodservice for a variety of businesses and such public-sector clients as cultural institutions, hospitals, and schools. It also offers vending, catering, and concessions services for a number of events and sports venues. Its foodservice brands include Chartwells, Crothall, and Levy Restaurants. In addition, Compass is a franchisee of such well-known chains as Burger King and Starbucks.

You might say a steady diet of red meat has made this company big and strong. OSI Industries (doing business as OSI Group) is one of the largest suppliers of meat products to foodservice operators. Through its operating companies, OSI provides a variety of beef, pork, and poultry products, including beef patties, hot dogs, sausages, bacon, and chicken nuggets. It has long been a supplier of beef to fast-food chain McDonald's. In addition, OSI offers contract manufacturing and packaging services for other food processors; it has more than 40 manufacturing facilities around the world. The company traces its roots to a family meat market started by Otto Kolschowsky.

GreenLine Foods company grows, processes, and distributes fresh green beans, which are packaged in microwaveable bags (for sale in grocery stores and other food retailing establishments) and in larger quantities for wholesalers, foodservice companies, and restaurants. In addition to its green bean products, GreenLine sells packaged carrots, wax beans, snow peas, and green and wax bean mixtures. GreenLine, which growns a majority of its own bean crops, processes and distributes its beans from six facilities located in Ohio, South Carolina, Nevada, Florida, New York, and Pennsylvania.

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