Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG started in a small pastry shop on Marktgasse in Zurich's old town in 1845. Confectioner David Sprüngli-Schwarz and his 29 year old son Rudolf Sprüngli-Ammann, who also trained to be a confectioner, dared to do something new: they decided to make chocolate. In particular and in keeping with the new fashion that came from Italy –solid bars - just like François-Louis Cailler in Vevey and Philippe Suchard in Neuchâtel had already done.

Wes Pak Sales packs up peaches, plums, and other plump produce. Wes Pak Sales, Inc. formed in 1980 by a consortium of family-owned California growers and packers, is a worldwide wholesale marketer of fresh fruit, including cherries, apricots, and grapes, under the WESPAK label. Affiliate Enns Packing grows, stores, and packages produce in California. Wes Pak Sales also offers scholarships for high school students attending two- and four-year colleges. Blair Richardson was named to the newly created post of CEO of Wes Pak and Enns Packing in 2009; Jim Stewart remained as president.

FEMSA Cerveza branded beer labels include Carta Blanca, Dos Equis, Tecate, Bohemia, and Sol. The brewer's Cerveceria Cuauhtemoc Moctezuma subsidiary produces three of the top five brands in the Mexican industry. In addition to beer, the company produces glass bottles, aluminum cans, and crown caps through its subsidiaries Malta, F�bricas Monterrey (FAMOSA) and S�lices de Veracruz (SIVESA). The beer brewer became part of Heineken's holdings in April 2010, when former parent Fomento Econ�mico Mexicano (FEMSA) sold the company.

Based in one of the world's great culinary centers, Reily Foods Company has been offering consumers high-quality products and service for more than 100 years.Prior to the turn of the 20th century, William B. Reily operated a wholesale grocery business in Monroe, Louisiana. With his expertise in roasting and the strong demand for his coffees, Mr. Reily moved to New Orleans in 1902 to found a company to roast, grind, package and distribute canned coffee. It was the birth of the Luzianne brand. In 1906, Mr. Reily was joined by Jacob Aron, a green coffee importer and family friend. With 85% of all imported coffee beans passing through New Orleans, they assured themselves of having the first choice of the finest beans available. As the companys reputation for quality grew, tea was added to the product line. In 1919, the company was reincorporated as Wm. B. Reily & Company, Inc. By 1932, Mr. Reily had established the Luzianne brand throughout most of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and parts of Florida, the Carolinas and Virginia and with his son, William B. Reily, Jr. had started Standard Coffee Company, which delivered coffee products directly to consumers homes. From 1932 to 1968, Reily Foods Company continued to prosper and grow, guided by William B. Reily, Jr., and his brother, James W. Reily. During this period, a larger updated production facility was built in New Orleans and roasting plants were built and purchased in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1965, the JFG Coffee Company of Knoxville, Tennessee was acquired. As a dominant regional roaster and marketer of ground coffee, tea, mayonnaise and peanut butter, JFGs successful diversification provided the model that encouraged the Reily Foods Company to diversity beyond coffee and tea.

A. Smith Bowman's distilling roots date back to the years before Prohibition. In 1935, after the Repeal of Prohibition, Abram Smith Bowman and his sons relocated to Virginia continuing the family tradition with the distillation of bourbon. The original distillery was located on the Bowman family homestead in Fairfax County, Virginia called Sunset Hills Farm. In response to the rapid growth of Northern Virginia, the distillery was moved in 1988 and is now nestled in Spotsylvania County near the city of Fredericksburg, 60 miles away from the original location.As a small and privately owned company, A. Smith Bowman Distillery continues the time-honored traditions on which it was founded. Considered a micro-distillery by today's standards, A. Smith Bowman produces an assortment of hand-crafted spirits distilled from only the finest natural ingredients and using the latest technology. This micro-distillery focuses on the production of premium spirits honoring the legacy of Virginia's first settlers.

Starting as a cooperative of agricultural producers, Tnuva has become Israel’s largest food conglomerate. This achievement is the result of successfully implementing major structural changes to meet the demands of the competitive local market and adapting its activities to advanced, global markets. In Jan 2008 Tnuva sold the majority of its shares to APAX Partners (55%) and to Mivtach Shamir Holdings (20%). Tnuva is today ready for any challenge, and is positioned at an excellent launching point for attaining its goals in both local and overseas markets.

Stewart & Jasper Orchards (S&J) shakes trees, bringing down nutty treasures. The company is a California nut and fruit grower and operates a state-of-the-art nut-hulling, -shelling, -processing, and -packing facility. In addition to bulk almonds and walnuts, it offers packaged foods such as chocolate-covered nuts, dried fruit, fruit preserves, and nut butters. S&J also grows and packs stone fruits, including peaches, nectarines, pluots, plumcots, and apricots, which are marketed under the Suprema Brand and J.J.'s Jackpot labels. While its 500 acres yield 2 to 3 million pounds of marketable products a year, S&J also contracts with local growers to meet customer demand. The company ships its products worldwide.

American Rice, Inc. (ARI) one of the world's foremost marketing and milling companies, supplies USA origin rice in familiar, trusted brands to consumers worldwide. ARI has long been recognized as an industry leader and innovator. Beginning as an agricultural marketing cooperative, it was ARI that first developed a standardized rough rice grading system for US rice farmers. Today, ARI markets about 10% of USA grown rice and offers a growing family of top quality rice products: white, brown, parboiled long grain and medium grain rice under established brand names that are favorites worldwide. With locations in the south and on the west coast, ARI services diverse markets in the USA and worldwide. Internationally, ARI markets rice in over 50 countries, including Saudi Arabia, Haiti, Mexico, the Caribbean and the European Union. ARI's ABU BINT brand rice, the most recognized food product in Saudi Arabia holds the dominant position in that large market.

As a leading Japanese dairy products company, it makes infant formulas, yogurt, ice cream, cheese, butter, and dairy-based drinks, but about 60% of its of sales come from its home-delivery milk service. The company also makes cheese-heavy frozen foods such as pizza, and its VAAM sports and fitness drink which contains endurance-enhancing amino acids found in hornet saliva. Meiji Dairies introduced Bulgarian-style yogurt to Japan and continues to develop probiotic dairy products. In 2009 the company merged with Japanese confectionery maker, Meiji Seika Kaisha, to form Meiji Holdings.

Uniq plc is a UK focused food group with market leading positions in chilled prepared foods. The Group makes own-label and co-pack branded products including prepared salads, desserts, sandwiches and wraps and its customers include all the major UK food retailers, food service businesses and branded food manufacturers. Headquartered in Gerrards Cross, the company employs around 2,200 people and manufactures its products in four sites across the UK at Minsterley, Spalding, Evercreech and Northampton. Uniq is listed on the London Stock Exchange and trades under the EPIC code: UNIQ.

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