Daffin's Candies has gained a national name for its delectable milk and semi-sweet chocolate candy. In addition to offering its regular line of yummy chocolates Daffin's provides gourmet chocolates through its Jean Marie Collection. This scrumptious collection offers unique hand-molded chocolates with extra special insides containing such things as whole nuts, truffles and their famous Opera Cream. Chocolate has an interesting history, as it didn’t catch on with the public until the 192Os. This wasn't a matter of people not enjoying the delicious taste of chocolate. Rather, it was the debut of air conditioning - which helped prevent chocolate from melting - that pushed chocolate sales through the roof. Prior to that it was uncommon for stores to carry chocolate past April because of the warm temperatures.

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.

Feeling the need for a citrus organization, a group of citrus growers held their first meeting on June 1,1929. Just a few years later, in 1932, the first official meeting of the Edinburg Citrus Association was held in a school auditorium in Edinburg, Texas.The Edinburg Citrus Association has a grower membership throughout the Rio Grande Valley from the Gulf Coast westward. This loyal membership is the backbone of the company and represents thousands of acres of sweet and juicy Texas Red Grapefruit and Oranges.As the oldest and only surviving citrus fruit cooperative in Texas founded in the 1930s and 1940s, the Edinburg Citrus Association takes its responsibility seriously — both to its grower members and to its customers. Steeped in history but focused on the future, ECA has grown and evolved through the years as one of the leading packinghouses of the Texas Citrus Industry.

Staple Cotton Cooperative Association was formed in 1921 in response to a major problem facing Mississippi Delta cotton producers: the chaotic system by which their crops were marketed. Known today as Staplcotn, the organization is the oldest as well as one of the largest cotton marketing cooperatives in the United States. Our mission is to enhance our members' incomes by providing cost-effective marketing, warehousing, financing and other authorized services in a manner that fosters their trust and confidence in the cooperative and meets exemplary standards of business and personal conduct. For more information on Staplcotn's history, please visit the Timeline (PDF) and 75 year history sections of this website. Staplcotn considers our producers as our most important assets. Along with Stapldiscount, we provide a range of services to our members including domestic and export marketing, cotton warehousing and agricultural financing. The Mill Sales Program offers a flexible range of options for Mid-South and Southeastern cotton producers to market their crop. Staplcotn and Stapldiscount seek to provide a cost effective, high return program for all members.

Founded in 1851 as a small grocery store, William Jackson and Son today offers a line of bakery goods through its Jackson's Bakery business; and sells oriental food products under the Kwoks Foods brand. Other businesses include Tryton Foods, which sells Aunt Bessies Yorkshire Pudding batters, potatoes, and sausage balls. In mid-2004 the UK's #3 grocery chain, J Sainsbury, acquired the company's 114-store Jacksons Stores chain of convenience stores. William Jackson and Son is a family-owned business, which is headed by chairman Christoper Oughtred, the founder's great grandson.

Producers Rice Mill dries, mills, and markets more than 50 million bushels rice each year, which it sells both domestically and overseas. The growers' cooperative is one of the largest private-label producers of rice in the US, packaging more than 100 brands for the retail food, foodservice, private-label, and food-manufacturing industries. Its brands include ParExcellence, LeGourment, Golden Harvest, Classic Grains, Granada, Mandalay, Bamboo 103, Calrose, and Thai Orchard. It also processes rice for animal feeds such as Buck Grub deer feed and Equi-Jewel horse feed.

Hickory Foods produces pre-formed, frozen BUBBA Burgers and BUBBA Hickory Smoked Bacon for retail grocery customers. Best known in the southeastern portion of the US, the company's products are available throughout the US, Puerto Rico, and the Bahamas, as well as worldwide through the US military commissary system. BUBBA Burgers come in a range of styles and tastes, including jalapeno, reduced fat, sweet onion, and Texas-shaped varieties. Walter "Bubba" Eaves founded the company in the 1990s and continues to oversee burger production, although he sold the company to partners and executives, William Morris and Steven Coon in 2000.

U. S. Sugar Corporation company is a leading US cane sugar maker and citrus grower. It produces some 700,000 tons of sugar and more than 20 million boxes of oranges (enough for 120 million gallons of orange juice) a year. Its sugar is sold to baked-goods, ice-cream, and other food manufacturers, as well as to food retailers. U. S. Sugar company also makes citrus molasses, used by distillers and as a feed supplement for cattle. Its subsidiary Southern Gardens Citrus is one of the largest suppliers of not-from-concentrate orange juice in the US. U. S. Sugar company has agreed to sell itself to the State of Florida.

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.

Levy Restaurants, Inc. was founded in 1978. Levy Restaurants, Inc. operates as a foodservice company. It serves restaurants, stadiums, racetracks, hotels, convention centers, arenas, zoos, racetracks, music festivals, sports and entertainment facilities, and special events in the United States and Canada. Levy Restaurants company also engages in the operation of a chain of restaurants, as well as offers consulting and advisory services.

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