Tabasco is hot. Created in 1868 by Edmund McIlhenny, the popular pepper sauce is still made at the original site by McIlhenny Company on Avery Island, Louisiana. In fact, Tabasco actually created the pepper-sauce industry, and it remains a leader in its production and sale to this day. The sauce is distributed to foodservice clients (bars and restaurants) and food retailers in 160 countries. With a 600,000 bottle-a-day capacity Tabasco is labeled in more than 20 languages and dialects. McIlhenny also co-brands and produces other products such as pepper jelly, soy sauce, steak sauces, alcoholic beverages, and, not for the faint of heart, Tabasco lollipops. The McIlhenny family still owns and runs the company.

Over sixty years ago, Marko Zaninovich established Sunview's roots. Today Sunview is one of California's largest family-owned and operated table grape vineyards. Premium quality is our foremost goal. We believe the only way to assure this level of quality is through close personal supervision and attention to every detail from growing through packing and shipping. Decades of practical experience coupled with technological sophistication have enabled us to produce the quality often associated with small family run businesses. Sunview combines consistent quality with the volume required to meet the needs of buyers, both large and small.Every stage of this family operation is built and managed with one goal in mind...premium quality. Our people understand that our first priority is quality. Sales of Sunview grapes begin near the end of June and continue through mid-January with a variety spread that includes Flame Seedless, Thompson Seedless, Black Seedless, Ruby Seedless, Crimson Seedless, Sunset Seedless, Red Globe and Organic Varieties. We also ship fresh Hachiya-Persimmons and Moyer Prune Plums.

Empire Kosher Poultry, the world's largest kosher poultry processor, was founded on the principle of producing premium-quality poultry while observing the Jewish Dietary Laws, collectively known as kashrus, which require a natural cleansing and preparation process.What do you get when you combine Jewish rabbis and a chicken farm? You get Empire Kosher Poultry. The company is the world's largest processors of kosher poultry and has 65 rabbis on staff. Empire processes and distributes fresh, frozen, and prepared chicken and turkey, as well as value-added chicken and turkey products such as turkey pastrami, breaded chicken tenders, and pizza. Its processing facilities have a capacity to handle 225,000 chickens per week. Empire sells its poultry to butcher shops, delis, supermarkets, and club stores across the US and throughout the rest of the world. In 2010 the company acquired Kosher Valley, a New York-based kosher poultry processor, from Hain Pure Protein.

New Belgium Brewing Company Inc traces its origin to a bike ride through Belgium that inspired the company's founder, Jeff Lebesch to start the business. That jaunt is commemorated with the company's flagship product, Fat Tire ale. The regional Colorado brewery's other beers go by names such as Blue Paddle, Mothership Wit, and Skinny Dip, and a series of labels under the Lips of Faith name. New Belgium makes some 350,000 barrels of beer a year and distributes them throughout the US. The US's third largest craft brewer by sales in 2008, the company attributes its success to its "whimsical approach to business."

From seed veggies hanging on the vine, Hartung Brothers does it all. The agribusiness company produces seed corn and vegetable crops (cucumbers, peas, snap beans, sweet corn, beets, greens, and carrots) at farms in Texas, Illinois, Ohio, Oregon, and Wisconsin. Hartung Brothers subsidiary H&N Logistics offers vegetable, fertilizer, and machinery transportation using its fleet of 100 trucks. Twin brothers Don and Dan Hartung (president and vice president), formed the company in 1975 while they were still in high school. In 2009 the company sold its fertilizer division to The Andersons.

LDH (La Doria) company sells a variety of canned tomato products -- in whole, chopped, and pureed forms, or as prepared sauces. LDH also offers dried pasta; canned, frozen, and dried fruits; canned vegetables; canned fish (anchovies, mackerel, salmon, sardines, and tuna); pulses; baked beans; baking chocolate; and other products. LDH (La Doria) company's products are sold under private labels including La Doria, Heinz, John West, and Bonduelle to UK-based food retailers such as J Sainsbury and Tesco. Parent company La Doria owns 51% of LDH (La Doria); John West Foods, a subsidiary of MW Brands, owns 20%; company management and Pastificio Di Martino own the rest.

Staple Cotton Cooperative Association was formed in 1921 in response to a major problem facing Mississippi Delta cotton producers: the chaotic system by which their crops were marketed. Known today as Staplcotn, the organization is the oldest as well as one of the largest cotton marketing cooperatives in the United States. Our mission is to enhance our members' incomes by providing cost-effective marketing, warehousing, financing and other authorized services in a manner that fosters their trust and confidence in the cooperative and meets exemplary standards of business and personal conduct. For more information on Staplcotn's history, please visit the Timeline (PDF) and 75 year history sections of this website. Staplcotn considers our producers as our most important assets. Along with Stapldiscount, we provide a range of services to our members including domestic and export marketing, cotton warehousing and agricultural financing. The Mill Sales Program offers a flexible range of options for Mid-South and Southeastern cotton producers to market their crop. Staplcotn and Stapldiscount seek to provide a cost effective, high return program for all members.

Genisoy Food Company was founded in 1964. Genisoy Food Company manufactures soy-based, non-genetically-modified powdered health supplements, trail mixes, crisps (the company calls 'em soytatoes), protein shakes and powders, snack foods, and energy bars. Its name-sake product, Genisoy, is a line of snacks and energy bars containing soy protein. The company's goods are available in grocery stores throughout the country; Genisoy also sells certain products through its online retail store.

Exelixis Plant Sciences operates millions of small solar-powered factories -- i.e., plants. A subsidiary of cancer-drug-development company, Exelixis, Inc., it focuses on plant genomics (identifying plant DNA sequences and identifying specific genes and their functions) in order to produce natural flavors and colorants for food, health and wellness, and cosmetics manufacturers. In addition, the company's gene technology provides improvement in areas such as plant-disease resistance and improved crop yield. Since 2007 it has partnered with Dow AgroSciences to do research focused on the development of new tools for gene discovery and the validation of novel crop traits.

Before there was a company, there was a drink. Antoine Peychaud, a Creole immigrant, operated a pharmacy on the French Quarter's Royal Street in 1838. With his background as an apothecary, he was a natural mixologist. His friends would gather for late-night revelry at his pharmacy. Peychaud would mix brandy, absinthe and a dash of his secret bitters for his guests. Later this quaff would come to be known as the Sazerac.

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