Seaboard Foods is one big pork project, but taxpayers should take heart -- the government has nothing to do with it. A subsidiary of Seaboard Corporation, the company produces and supplies fresh and frozen pork products to food processors, foodservice operators, and distributors across the US. It raises about 4 million hogs at facilities in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas; Seaboard Foods has processing plants Montana, Oklahoma, and Utah. It sells bulk products mostly to processors to make such items as bacon, lunchmeats, and sausage; Seaboard Foods also sells processed pork under such brands as Daily's and Prairie Fresh. In addition, the company supplies private-label products for other customers.

Founded to provide affordable, high-quality seed for Virginia farmers, Southern States Cooperative has grown into an agricultural powerhouse, serving its approximately 300,000 members, mainly in the mid-Atlantic and southern US states. The co-op makes and/or offers just about everything agricultural to its farmer/owners, including animal feed and fertilizer; seed processing; grain marketing; diesel, propane, and home-heating services; wholesale farm supplies; and even bib overalls. Its Southern States and Garden South stores sell farm supplies, garden products, and fuel through some 1,200 retail outlets in 23 states. Other services include crop financing, crop services, and an aquaculture program.

In 1961, several small glass and related housewares manufacturing companies combined to form Lancaster Colony Corporation. Two years later, the Board of Directors initiated a strategy to reward shareholders through annual dividend increases. Lancaster Colony has paid consecutive quarterly dividends since 1963. Lancaster Colony went public in 1969. That year also saw the company enter the specialty foods business with the purchase of the T. Marzetti Company. In 1972, Lancaster Colony posted sales in excess of $100 million.The company exceeded $1 billion in annual sales for the first time in fiscal 1998. Today, Lancaster Colony is positioned as a diversified marketer and manufacturer in two product groups: Specialty Foods, the largest and fastest growing division and Glassware and Candles. These groups operate autonomously, allowing each to focus on their specific customer base and market opportunities.

Founded in 1952, Sun Orchard Fruit is owned and operated by the Riessen family. Sun Orchard Fruit Company, Inc. Company Profile Sun Orchard Fruit doesn't grow any fruit. Instead, it gets fruit where it needs to go. Sun Orchard Fruit Company stores, packages, and delivers apples grown by New York farmers. It fresh-packs some 500,000 cartons of apples harvested by 60 growers in central and western New York and ships them to food wholesalers and retailers around the globe. Sun Orchard Fruit Company handles 17 of the the most popular Eastern varieties of eating apples including Gala, Honeycrisp, Jonagold, and Empire.

At AIPC we are passionate about our pasta. As North America's largest producer of dry pasta, we are a proud provider of quality pasta food products.Founded in 1988 in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, AIPC has grown to include plants in Columbia, South Carolina, Tolleson, Arizona and Verolanuova, Italy. With over 600 employees, AIPC produces pasta for consumption in the United States and abroad. We take pride in our facilities, and quality of products we produce.Our customers are some of the largest food retailers in the world. We provide our own branded pasta, and we provide pasta to the retail food distribution channel under a variety of private label programs. In addition, we provide much of the pasta consumed by the food service industry, including restaurants and cafeterias, schools, business and industry.

Few products have achieved the iconic status of PEEPS®, the yellow, chick-shaped marshmallow confection beloved by children and adults alike. But, as popular as PEEPS® has become, it is only one of the many delicious products produced by Just Born, an 87-year-old, family-owned confectionery company based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. The Just Born candy tradition actually began in 1910 when Sam Born emigrated to the U.S. from Russia. A candy maker by trade, Born used innovative technology to produce chocolate sprinkles, known as Jimmies, and the hard chocolate coating for ice cream bars. In 1916, Born invented a machine that mechanically inserted sticks into lollipops.

Overhill Farms is hoping it will get a better view of the frozen foods industry. The company custom-manufactures frozen soups, sauces, and entrees, including beef, chicken, pasta, and seafood dishes for customers in the foodservice, retail, and airline industries. It makes private labels and co-packing for food retailers such as Safeway and air carriers, including American Airlines. Overhill's largest customer is weight-loss business Jenny Craig, ringing up some 24% of sales; its second-largest customer, at 18% of sales, is restaurant chain Panda Express.

H. J. Heinz Company Limited is full of beans -- canned beans. The UK subsidiary of Heinz offers some of the same brands sold the US, plus some specifically aimed at the UK market. Its canned beans (Heinz Beanz) are not a staple of American pantries but the Brits love 'em -- they buy 1.5 million cans a day. Heinz soup is also popular, with the company selling 289 million cans a year. Then there's Heinz salad cream, a tangy condiment not seen in the US. And whereas Chef Boyardee is a top seller in the US, in the UK Heinz' canned spaghetti is a favorite. (Its version of SpaghettiOs is called Spaghetti Hoops.) And for all the new moms and dads, the company offers a full line of Heinz-branded baby foods.

Adams Extract & Spice LLC makes food flavorings, powdered and liquid extracts, pure spices and spice blends, and food colorings for the retail food market worldwide. Its most well-known product is vanilla extract (Adams Best). Adams supplies food retailers, including Albertson's, H-E-B, and Wal-Mart stores in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. The firm also offers bulk products to foodservice operators under the brand names CTI, Flavor a la Carte, Neustra Casa, and Rex. The founding Adams family sold the company in 2002 to CEO Danny Janecka, whose family operates the J & B Sausage Company of Waelder, Texas.

Frito-Lay North America company makes some of the best-known and top-selling savory snacks around, including Cheetos, Doritos, Lay's, Ruffles, and Tostitos. On the sweet side, Frito-Lay also makes Grandma's cookies, Funyuns onion-flavored rings, Cracker Jack candy-coated popcorn, and Smartfood popcorn. It also offers Funyuns onion-flavored rings, Smartfood popcorn, and a line of chips made with the fat substitute, Olestra under the Light brand name. Owned by PepsiCo, Frito-Lay North America (i.e., the US and Canada) accounts for about one-third of the soda maker's sales. Frito-Lay's Mexican sales are reported within Pepsi's Latin America Foods segment.

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