Maple Leaf Bakery, Inc.'s operations makes one's mouth water. The Des Plains, Illinois-based company makes and sells par-baked, and frozen bread, rolls, croissants, turnovers, and bagels throughout the US. The company is part of Canada Bread Co.'s bakery group, which is 89%-owned by Canada's Maple Leaf Foods. In 2002 the bakery acquired San Francisco-based artisan bread operation Grace Baking. Maple Leaf Bakery's products are available through instore bakeries at retail grocery stores and at club-stores, as well as to foodservice operators.

Lucas Bols BV is the oldest Dutch company still active, and the oldest distillery brand in the world. Since April 2006 it is back in Dutch hands thanks to a buy-out by the management and investor AAC Capital Partners. Lucas Bols has returned to the city where it all began in 1575: Amsterdam. Bols has mastered the art of mixing and blending; with old recipes and new flavors. Liqueur, genever, Corenwijn and gin. Both pure or as part of an exciting range of cocktails.Lucas Bols might best be described as an old soul making new spirits. The company, founded by its namesake, Lucas Bols, in 1575, makes Genevers (the national liquor of Holland, which is also called Dutch Gin), Damrak gin, Bols vodka, and a variety of Bols liqueurs. It also offers the Italian liqueur, Galliano and the green-colored, banana-flavored liqueur, Pisang Ambon. The Dutch distiller's products are distributed in more than 110 countries across the globe. French spirits maker R�my Cointreau acquired Bols in 2000; in 2006 the company returned to Dutch ownership as the result of a buyout by its management and ABN AMRO Capital.

Sprecher Brewing Co. was founded in 1985 by RANDAL SPRECHER, formerly a brewing supervisor at Pabst Brewing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. From 1985 to 1994, the brewery was located at 730 W. Oregon Street in Milwaukee's Walker's Point area. Through the first ten years the company grew steadily as more and more people found out about Sprecher's high quality beers and sodas. Finally, the company had outgrown its original facility and began looking for a new location to continue its growth. In 1994, Sprecher purchased its current building, located at 701 W. Glendale Ave., a former elevator car factory. The new, larger brewery enabled the company to continue growing, and allowed more people to enjoy all of Sprecher's fine products.The history of brewing in Wisconsin began thirteen years before it became a state and a year before it even became a territory. By the late 1890's nearly every community in Wisconsin had at least one operating brewery.

Pura Foods is in a slick business. A subsidiary of US agricultural giant Archer Daniels Midland, Pura Foods refines and processes edible oils, shortenings, margarines, and other spreads for the bakery, foodservice, and retail food sectors in the UK, as well as in selected overseas markets. Pura Foods company's oils include coconut, palm, rapeseed, and sunflower. Because of concern about genetically modified grains and livestock, as well as allergy and health issues, the company does not refine animal fats, soya, maize, or ground nuts. Pura's brands include Bake-lite, Peerless, Wesson Green, Pura, Leonara, and Frymax.

Symons Frozen Foods is no simpleton when it comes to frozen fruits and vegetables. Symons Frozen Foods company processes and packages frozen produce, including corn, peas, carrots, green beans, and bush berries supplied by contract growers. It operates two quick-freeze facilities in the State of Washington, producing the Mountain Mist, Symons Best, and private labels. Symons sells its fruits and vegetables to foodservice, industrial, and retail food customers. Symons Frozen Foods company also exports its frozen products to customers in North America and Asian and European countries.

So where did that steak you threw on the barbecue last night come from? Perhaps it was from Agri Beef, an Idaho-based company that raises cattle on its ranches and then fattens them up on its four feedlots in Idaho, Kansas, and Washington. Then its off to its processing plant in Washington. Offering both fresh and processed meats, Agri Beef's brands include St. Helens and Snake River Farms (premium meats including American Kobe beef and Kurobuta pork), and Double R Ranch Northwest Beef. The family-owned business also operates Performix, a cattle-feed and -supplement manufacturer.

Jack Brown Produce, Inc. was established in 1960. Jack Brown Produce is owned by its officers and by family shareholders. Jack Brown Produce provides distribution services for fresh fruit, representing about 100 regional growers. It specializes in supplying major US supermarkets with apples and peaches, and also ships to customers in South America and on the Pacific Rim.

Distell Group Limited is South Africa’s leading producer and marketer of fine wines, spirits, ciders and ready-to-drinks (RTDs). The Group is listed on JSE Limited. Distell employs over 4 200 people and has an annual turnover in excess of R7.9 billion.Distell was created in 2000 by the merger of Stellenbosch Farmers' Winery (SFW) and Distillers Corporation.SFW has long been a major force in the wine industry in South Africa. This company was the brainchild of William Charles Winshaw, an American medical doctor who came to South Africa in 1900 at the time of the Anglo Boer War. In 1925, SFW was created with Winshaw remaining as the MD of the organisation until 1962 when, at the age of 92, he retired. SFW, as the name implies, excelled at producing quality wines for the full spectrum of consumer needs. This company was also instrumental in the creation of a major new segment in our alcoholic beverage industry - ciders or alcoholic fruit beverages as we know them. One of the company's key strengths has always been innovation.

Big Rock Brewery Income Trust owns Canada's Big Rock Brewery, a leading regional beer maker that produces unpasteurized premium craft beers in accordance with the 1516 Bavarian Law of Purity. Its brands include Grassh�pper, Jack Rabbit Lager, McNally's Extra, and XO Lager. Big Rock Brewery also produces seasonal beers and Rock Creek dry apple cider. The brewery's products are sold in all the Canadian provinces except Quebec and New Brunswick. In addition to its own beers, Big Rock Brewery bottles and packages beverages for third-party customers.

It's a grind, and at the Scoular Company, that's a good thing. The company is best known for buying, selling, storing, handling, and transporting agricultural products (mainly grains) worldwide. It deals in the mainstays of farming -- corn, hay, millet, rice, sorghum, soybeans, and wheat -- and gets them where they need to go. It transports these products via rail, truck, barge, and seagoing container vessels. The company's other divisions offer fishmeal products for farm-animal, pet, and aquaculture feeds, ingredients for food manufacturers, renewable fuels, and truck freight brokering. Scoular has customers in Asia, Africa, Europe, and North and South America.

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