J.W. Judson bought part ownership of the company and constructed a new factory on a part of the old Judson Ranch, which is now South Flores Street. In the 30's Judson added a starch department and started manufacturing candies with jelly and creme centers such as fruit drops, orange slices, jelly beans, and easter eggs. Mr. Judson started experimenting, trying to make a more tart jelly bean, and ended up inventing the "sour", one of the company's most popular items. J.W. Judson's sons purchased the company from Mr. Jenner and in 1945 changed the name to Judson Candies. Mr. Judson's son George Jr. then invented another popular item, the chewy praline. Pralines used to be prepared by scooping up the batter with an ice cream scooper, however that process was mechanized using an electronic depositor developed by Southwest Research Institute.

We grew a small town and a field of opportunity into a respected industry leader, and it didn’t happen overnight. It’s taken over 50 years of ingenuity and teamwork to make Marathon what it is today, and it’s our lasting dedication to those same qualities that continues to push us forward.

World Finer Foods is a full service, sales, marketing and distribution company. World Finer Foods source over 900 specialty food products from around the country and around the world. These products are sold to a comprehensive network of Specialty Food Distributors who service supermarket retailers nationwide. Many of the brands sold by World Finer Foods are company owned. These include Reese, Da Vinci, El Rio, Ty Ling, London Pub, Dominique's, Pritikin, Wellington and Candoni.For other brands, we are the exclusive distribution agent, working in close partnership with the brand's representatives for all sales and marketing functions. These brands are handled by World Finer Foods American Marketing Team division. World Finer Foods goals are to provide consumers with a wide variety of quality specialty food products at affordable prices and to offer specialty food companies cost effective access to top of the line sales, marketing and distribution expertise. World Finer guaranteed services also excel in such areas as purchasing, inventory management, freight forwarding and consolidation, FDA issues, U.S. Customs clearance, warehousing and food labeling.

Chocolates and chocolate-lovers are international. Eurochoc Americas knows and bases it business on this. Eurochoc Americas Corporation distributes gourmet chocolate and non-chocolate confectionary products made in Europe. It imports and markets high-end Swiss and French candy, including the Grether's Pastilles, Halter BonBons, Revillon Finesses, Swiss Prestige, and Favarger Fondue brands. Eurochoc's goodies are shipped to retailers and wholesalers throughout North America and can also be ordered through the company's Web site. Gift baskets and special-occasion selections are available.

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.

Javo is a beverage company with unique capabilities in the foodservice and food manufacturing industries, thanks to its proprietary extraction technology and specialized knowledge of coffees and teas. For foodservice operators, Javo makes it possible to serve great-tasting, margin-enhancing hot coffees and cold specialty coffee & tea beverages from convenient dispenser-based systems. Javo also helps food and beverage processors with the development and supply of customized ingredients for their packaged foods and ready-to-drink beverages. A growing list of national and international foodservice operations, specialty coffee retailers, restaurant chains and food manufacturers depend on Javo and its product design, equipment service and distribution operations.

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.

Atkins has pushed beef off its plate in favor of a protein shake. Atkins Nutritionals, which once touted the meat-heavy Atkins diet, makes nutritional bars and shakes. The number of products offered by the company is down from the more than 300 items it made at the height of the low-carbohydrate diet craze. Atkins no longer offers strictly low-carb dieting advice, but instead focuses on nutrition. As with other weight-loss companies, Atkins offers memberships and diet plans. Its Web site has an online support group called the Community Forum. The company's branded food products are sold in retail outlets worldwide.

Hillside Candy is our company’s corporate umbrella name for three brands of candy. The brands are Golightly Sugar Free Candy, in business since 1980 (though the business started many years earlier), Hillside Sweets, a line of sugar-based hard candy, and GoNaturally, a line of USDA certified organic candy. These 3 Made-in-America lines are sold in drug store chains, mass merchandisers, grocery chains, supermarkets, gourmet stores, rebaggers, gift basket companies and other businesses. Each of Hillside’s lines offers quality, consistency and delicious taste. Moses Rubinstein founded Moru Industries Company. Unlike its competitors, the company did not mass-produce candy; it cooked only one product (a simple honey drop candy) individually wrapped. After many years in business, Moses turned the company over to his nephew Mike Fisher, a candy chemist by trade. Mike continued the business, but by 1980, became fed up.

Unilever products are sold in more than 170 countries throughout Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, North America, and Western Europe. The company's offerings span several categories, including savory, dressings, and spreads; ice cream and beverages; personal care; and home care. Unilever's vast portfolio includes 11 brands that ring up more than $1 billion each annually. The best sellers include Hellmann's (mayonnaise), Knorr (soups), Lipton (tea), Dove and Lux (soaps), and Sure and Degree (antiperspirants). Unilever is the operating arm of Netherlands-based Unilever N.V. and UK-based Unilever PLC.

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