StarKist Co. is a leading producer, distributor and marketer of shelf-stable seafood products in the United States. A category leader in innovation, StarKist was the first brand to introduce the StarKist Flavor Fresh Pouch®; StarKist Tuna Creations®, a line of lightly marinated tuna; and, a dolphin-safe policy. As America’s favorite tuna, StarKist represents a 65-year tradition of quality, innovation and consumer trust and is well known for its charismatic brand icon, Charlie® the Tuna, who swam into the hearts of tuna fans in 1961 and is still a fan favorite today. StarKist Co. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Dongwon Group.

Standard Candy Company is the maker of the Goo Goo Cluster, a milk chocolate candy filled with caramel, marshmallow, and peanuts. Considered one of the first combination candy bars (as opposed to solid bars), the company's Goo Goo cluster has been around since 1912 and since that time Standard has added to its offerings, which now include Supreme and Peanut Butter Goo Goo versions. It also makes a line of Cinnabon-branded clusters through a licensing agreement, as well as the Cumberland Ridge brand of pecan rolls. Standard Candy sells its products at retailers in Tennessee and other southern US states, as well as through its Web site.

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.

Shank's Extracts was formed in 1899 by pharmacist Jacob Shank, who created flavorings for medicines. Shank's Extracts company has locations in St. Louis and Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Shank's knows what vanilla should taste like. Shank's Extracts is a top producer of vanilla extract in the US. Shank's Extracts company makes and distributes extracts and other products including flavors, emulsions, botanical extracts, colors, and sauces for retail and food industry customers. It also provides custom formulation and private label services.

River Ranch Fresh Foods is a leading supplier of packaged salads to the retail food and foodservice industries. River Ranch Fresh Foods company produces salad mixes and fresh cut vegetables to supermarkets and other grocery stores under the labels Popeye Fresh (through a licensing agreement with King Features) and River Ranch. It also offers private-label services with a range of products including salad kits and premium salad blends. In addition, River Ranch supplies restaurants and other foodservice operators with spinach, lettuce, and mixed salads. River Ranch Fresh Foods company was acquired in mid-2010 by competitor Taylor Fresh Foods, which is also based in Salinas, California.

Grapette International, Inc. began as part of the original Grapette Company in Camden, Arkansas in 1939. The company gained national prominence with its flagship Grapette and Orangette sodas, which are now sold exclusively in Wal-Mart stores nationwide under the Sam's Choice brand. Grapette International has evolved into a full-service flavor manufacturer. We provide customized flavors, ingredients, and value-added products to customers in the United States and around the world. Centrally located in Malvern, Arkansas, the company produces the flavors for Grapette and Orangette sodas as well as a spectrum of flavors used in brands throughout North America, Central America, South America, and Southeast Asia.

The First Colony Coffee & Tea Company is owned by 96,000 Colombian coffee growers, who are members of the Columbian coffee cooperative, Federaci�n Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia - Comit� Departamental de Cafeteros de Antioquia. They supply First Colony with its raw material -- coffee beans. The company makes hand-selected, hand-roasted, Arabica coffees under the First Colony name. In addition it makes branded flavored coffees for Ghirardelli, Jack Daniel's, Southern Comfort, Tia Maria, and Carolan's Irish Cream. First Colony also makes Benchley teas. The company primarily serves the restaurant industry. It offers private-label services, supplying some of the US's largest department stores.

Grupo La Moderna SAB de CV is a Mexico-based holding company primarily engaged in the food industry. The Company through its subsidiaries, specializes in the production of wheat and cereal-based products such as pasta, biscuits, flours, instant soups, pre-cooked soups and doughnuts, among others. The Company’s operations are structured in four principal divisions: Mills, Pastas, Packaging and Biscuits. It markets its products, principally in Mexico and the United States, under such brands as La Moderna, De Luigi, La Perla, El Fenix, La Rancherita, Golden Vein, Tres Estrellas and others. Grupo La Moderna holds interests in such subsidiaries as Comercializadora La Moderna de Toluca SA de CV, Corporativo La Moderna, SA de CV, Fabrica de Galletas La Moderna SA de CV, Interamerican Foods Corp and La Moderna Export SA de C V, among others.

Greencore Group plc manufactures convenience foods and ingredients. Greencore Group company has manufacturing sites in four countries of the European Union. Segments Greencore Group company’s segments include Convenience Foods and Ingredients & Related Property. Convenience Foods The Convenience Foods division provides a range of chilled, frozen and ambient foods to major retail and foodservice customers in the United Kingdom, the United States, Continental Europe, and Ireland. Food to Go: Greencore Group company operates as a sandwich manufacturer and producer of prepared salads and sushi, with four facilities. Prepared Meals: Greencore Group company operates as a manufacturer of chilled prepared meals and producer of quiche and savoury flans with three facilities. Chilled Sauces and Soups: Greencore Group company operates as a supplier of chilled sauces and soups. Its facility at Bristol provides both own label and branded products for retailers across the United Kingdom. Grocery: Greencore Group company manufactures ambient grocery products. It produces a range of both branded and customer own-brand sauces, pickles, dressings and condiments. Frozen Foods: Greencore Group company supplies frozen Yorkshire puddings, Toad in the Hole and filled Yorkshire puddings, under both brand and customer own label. Cakes and Desserts: Greencore Group company produces celebration cakes and supplies Christmas cakes and chilled desserts. Foodservice: Greencore Group company supplies frozen desserts to the U.K. foodservice industry.

n 2008, Danone recorded an organic growth rate of 8.4% — practical proof that its business growth model truly works. With its operating margin increasing for the 14th year running, the group further strengthened its global standing: world no. 1 in fresh dairy products, world no. 2 in bottled waters, world no. 2 in baby nutrition and European no. 1 in medical nutrition. The group’s performance is the result of a balanced strategy that builds on international expansion, a growing commitment to innovation, and strengthening health-oriented brands. In order to live up to its ambitions, Danone invests heavily in Research & Development — €208 million in 2008. One hundred percent of projects currently in the pipeline focus on health and nutrition. Three centuries after the benefits of Evian mineral water were discovered, over a century after Blédine was first marketed, and nearly a century after the first Danone yoghurt was retailed in a pharmacy, health innovation remains more than ever a driver of the group’s business growth. 2008 confirmed that the previous year’s acquisition of the Dutch group Numico was strategically sound. With this move, Danone incorporated into its strategy two profitable, fast-growing health-oriented business lines: medical nutrition and baby nutrition. They naturally round off the group’s brand portfolio and are perfectly aligned with its mission to bring health through food to as many people as possible. Today Danone is the only food group to focus totally on health.

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