Founded in 1910 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, USA, Ocean Beauty Seafoods, Inc., is one of the largest seafood companies in the Pacific Northwest. Yet Ocean Beauty customers and influence within the seafood industry span the globe. Ocean Beauty has company-owned processing, distribution and sales outlets in Alaska, throughout the continental United States, and Japan. A worldwide sourcing network coupled with processing and distribution enables us to deliver our diverse line of premium quality products and value-added services virtually anywhere seafood is consumed.

The family-owned company was started in 1982 by Bernard Mayrsohn and his son, Mark. The Mayrsohn family's roots in the produce business stretch back to the 19th century. Mayrsohn International Trading is a leading importer and exporter of fresh fruits and vegetables with facilities in Miami and New York. It handles a wide array of fresh produce, including apples, onions, and potatoes, as well as Florida grapefruit. The company also imports bananas and plantains from Ecuador.

Mars knows chocolate sales are nothing to snicker at. Mars, Incorporated makes such worldwide favorites as M&M's, Snickers, and the Mars bar. Its other confections include 3 Musketeers, Dove, Milky Way, Skittles, Twix, and Starburst candy; Combos and Kudos snacks; Uncle Ben's rice; and pet food under the names Pedigree, Sheba, and Whiskas. It also owns the world's largest chewing gum maker, the Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company. The Mars family (including siblings and retired company CEO Forrest Mars Jr., chairman John Franklyn Mars, and VP Jacqueline Badger Mars) owns the highly secretive firm, making the family one of the richest in the US.

Tropical Nut & Fruit was founded by Jerry York and Garland Williamson in 1977. Tropical Nut & Fruit wants to pass out handfuls of tropical flavors. Tropical Nut & Fruit company manufactures and sells more than 50 varieties of packaged roasted nuts, seeds, and snack mixes, more than 3,000 items in all. It also distributes baking ingredients, pastas, jelly beans, dried fruit, grains, cereals, and spices and seasonings. Tropical Nut & Fruit company operates four Nut House retail outlet stores in Georgia, North Carolina, Ohio, and Tennessee. Tropical Nut & Fruit company's customers include grocery stores, specialty stores, bakeries, ice cream and coffee shops, and foodservice operators.

Though its first product was sandwich steak, Murry's hit the road to success with its frozen French-toast sticks. The company now offers more than 150 frozen prepared beef, chicken, and pork products, along with its "we've achieved the American dream" French Toast sticks. Its products can be found in more than 10,000 grocery stores throughout the US; Murry's also offers private-label services and sells to restaurants, institutions, and other foodservice businesses. In addition, the firm operates some 30 Murry's supermarkets in Washington DC, Maryland, Virginia, and Philadelphia. The company, founded in 1948, is owned and operated by the third generation of the founding Mendelson family.

Iron Horse Ranch & Vineyards produces red, white, and sparkling and still wines. Among the vineyard's varietals are Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Iron Horse's 160 acres are located in California's cool, misty, grapevine-friendly Green Valley (just 13 miles from the Pacific Ocean). Its wines, which have been served at the White House, are available at the winery and on the company's Web site to those US states which allow direct shipments of alcohol to consumers. Iron Horse was founded in 1976 by Barry and Audrey Sterling. Their children, including CEO Joy Sterling, now run the company.

Whether it's over the field or the dale, Fieldale Farms Corporation brings its poultry to consumers. The poultry processing company produces fresh, frozen, chicken, including skinless or skin on, value-added, pre-cooked, marinated chickens and chicken parts for sale in the US. It also ships internationally to more than 50 countries. The company offers private-label chicken products, along with its namesake Fieldale Farms brand, for foodservice and retail food customers. Located in Baldwin, Georgia, the Fieldale Farms Corporation is a family-owned and -operated company.

Grupo Cerveceria Nacional de Panama beer brands include Atlas and Balboa but it also distributes the Miller and Corona brands. Through its subsidiaries, Cervecer�a makes and distributes Pepsi, 7 UP, Canada Dry, Orange Crush, Squirt, as well as Brisa bottled water and La Chircana shelf-stable milk products. Founded in 1909 as the Panama Brewing & Refrigerating Company by five local businessmen, Cervecer�a Nacional has grown to become one of the leading brewers in Panama. It is a subsidiary of SABMiller.

Vilmorin & Cie wants to fill farms fields with bounteous crops. As one of the world's oldest (its roots date back to 1742) and largest producers and marketers of crop and vegetable seeds, the company supplies professional growers in France and overseas. Its crop seeds include those for corn, wheat, barley, canola and sunflower seed, amenity grasses, cotton, and beets. Vilmorin vegetable seeds for more than 30 of the world's most consumed vegetables, including tomatoes, melons, carrots, sweet peppers, cauliflower, squash, onions, watermelon, and cucumbers.

Moonlight Packing Corporation does its business so we can partake in fruit consumption by sunlight and moonlight. The California growing/packing/distribution company is a stone-fruit (peaches, nectarines, plums, pluots) and table-grape grower, packer and supplier.

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