When my grandfather, Frank Vignieri, borrowed $35 from my grandmother’s cookie jar to start a meat packing company in 1936, he couldn’t have imagined what that investment would turn into. The company, known as Kenosha Beef, quickly grew its Midwest customer base thanks to a reputation built on customer satisfaction, high quality standards, innovative ideas, and exceptional tasting food.For more than seven decades, Birchwood Foods has been a leader in providing quality beef for the foodservice and retail industries. My father, Charles Vignieri (pictured), continued to successfully grow the company while never losing sight of the traditions and family values it was founded on.

The Amalgamated Sugar Company LLC which dates back to 1915, became a grower-owned beet-sugar cooperative in 1997. The Amalgamated Sugar Company (also known as the Snake River Sugar Company) processes sugar beets for its member/farmers. The cooperative manufactures granulated, coarse, powdered, and brown consumer sugar products marketed under the brand name White Satin. It also provides private-label products for retail grocery chains. In addition, Amalgamated Sugar produces beet pulp, molasses, and other beet byproducts for use by food and animal-feed manufacturers.

Evergreen FS is an agricultural cooperative serving the needs of northern Illinois farmers. The co-op provides a full range of farm supplies and services including agronomy, feed, seed, fertilizer, fuel, financing, and marketing advice and products. The group also operates a handful of grain elevators as part of its operations. It specializes in the production of corn, soybeans, and wheat. The co-op boasts some 13,000 member/owners that operate businesses on farmland in the counties of McLean, Woodford, and Livingston. Evergreen FS is a member of the GROWMARK system.

Flayco Products is a leading manufacture of Flavors, Colors, Juices, Sauces, and Seasoning Blends. With over 30 years in the industry flayco have the capability of custom formulating to meet your exact needs. Flayco pride ourselves in supplying flayco customers with quality products at competitive prices along with excellent customer service. Whether you are a Baked Goods manufacturer, food manufacturer, soft drink bottler, or a restaurant Flayco is the solution to all of your flavouring needs.

KeHE Distributors is a leading wholesale supplier of ethnic and gourmet foods serving more than 15,000 retail grocery stores across the country. It distributes more than 40,000 items including such ethnic offerings as African American, Asian, Hispanic, and kosher food products, as well as a wide variety of organic and natural food products. Additionally, KeHE company provides e-commerce services through subsidiary Eye Level Solutions. KeHE Distributors company's KeHE Direct unit provides online ordering services for its customers. Arthur Kehe started the employee-owned KeHE Distributors, LLC in 1952.

Amy Sinaiko started Eat Your Heart Out! in 1999. Eat Your Heart Out! makes a line of freeze-dried fruit and vegetable snack foods, including apple cinnamon wedges, peach wedges with mango, and sweet and sour green soybeans. Eat Your Heart Out! company sells its products through health food stores and supermarkets in select markets around the country, as well as through its own online store.

Cooperative Terrena takes Gallic farmers from farm to market and back again. The cooperative (formerly Groupe CANA, or Cooperative Agricole La Noelle Ancenis) and its subsidiaries supply 30,000 farmer-members in western France with animal feed, fertilizer, seeds, and fuel. The co-op also operates retail stores that sell gardening supplies and items for the do-it-yourselfer. Cooperative Terrena markets beef and mutton through its Soviba division; it markets poultry through Gastronome. The cooperative's dairy brands are sold under the Laita brand (mass market), Epi-Ingredients (food industry), and Ovipac (catering). Cooperative Terrena also makes wine for member grape growers.

Founded in 1938, Oskaloosa Food Products quickly developed a strong reputation for exceptional quality. We have gained international acclaim as a premier provider of egg products to the food industry. Our passion has been to produce excellent food products and services. As a team that lives and works in one of America’s richest farmland environments, we are uniquely positioned to lead our industry while defining its standards for quality and excellence. Today Oskaloosa Food Products is a state-of-the-art, environmentally conscious producer of the highest quality products found in the food industry. All of our processes are designed around HACCP and Total Quality Concepts with strict adherance to clearly defined procedures. The end result is a full line of exceptional egg products that are not compromised with respect to quality, value and overall excellence.

SALOV was founded in 1919 and remains in the hands of the Fontana family. Salov North America imports and markets Filippo Berio brand olive oils and red wine vinegar made by its Italian parent company, Societa per Azioni Lucchese Olii e Vini (SALOV). Filippo Berio enjoys a 20% market share in the US, where it is available at major retailers. SALOV also markets Filippo Berio in the UK, where it has an 18% market share, and it sells oils under the Sagra brand in Italy. Besides the US, Filippo Berio olive oils are distributed to 60 countries worldwide.

A. McLelland & Son Ltd was founded in 1850. Our beginnings can be traced back to when grocer and grain merchant, Archibald McLelland, bartered his goods in return for fine dairy produce. A great entrepreneur of the Victorian era, he spotted the rapidly growing market in industrial Glasgow and steered his business towards wholesaling, starting with a stall in the cheese sections of Glasgow’s fruit market. By the 20th century, Glasgow has its own cheese market and McLelland became one of the city’s most distinctive merchants. Today, we have joined forces with Lactalis, who have brought their expertise and know-how as Europe’s leading dairy manufacturer. Our company is now known as Lactalis McLelland and we are one of Britain’s largest producers of cheddar cheese. We remain in Glasgow and with our leading brands, we continue to offer the highest quality cheese through all of Britain’s major retailers.

Inviting Real Estate Agents, Job Placements Agents, Educational Institutes, Software Service Providers, Real Estate Builders, Marriage Bureaus, Travel Agents, Restaurant Owners, Health & Fitness Centers and other Local Businesses to Post a FREE Classified Advertisement on Cootera.com Classifieds Website.