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.

Michael Angelo's was founded in 1982. Michael Angelo's Gourmet Food produces fresh and frozen Italian entrees, snacks, appetizers, and desserts as well as pasta and pizza sauces. The company, which has no warehouse, claims to cook its meals from scratch every day and ship them to stores within 36 hours. Its products are available in major US food retailers, specialty food stores, and discount stores, including Albertson's, BJ's Wholesale Club, Publix, Whole Foods, Safeway, and SAMS CLUB.

August Goetze purchased the Baltimore Chewing Gum Company five generations ago in 1895 – but don’t let the name mislead you – candy was his business. Goetze’s passion ultimately led him to focus on perfecting a single, signature product. With soft, chewy caramel wrapped around a sweet fondant center, Caramel Creams® were born. Their unique taste has been delighting candy fans ever since – and setting the standard for consistent quality in the American candy business. As Goetze’s Candy Company, we have enjoyed more than a century of customer satisfaction. From horse and cart deliveries in downtown Baltimore, Goetze’s cooks and processes candy daily, for shipments all over the globe. As a 5th generation family business, we’re sure to keep growing into the future without losing touch with a tradition of quality – and a history of extremely loyal customers!

Chino Valley Ranchers’ farm-fresh certified Organic Free-Range Eggs are produced by hens that are fed the finest organic grown grains. On our farm we run our own feedmill to ensure the highest quality feed gets to our birds. Certified by CCOF, our organic grain fed hens live on a free-range farm with fresh, clean air, free from city noise and pollutants. We also keep our ranches free from pesticides to prevent any of these chemicals to enter the hens’ living space. In this environment, our hens are able to eat, exercise, and socialize as they like. Eggs are gathered daily from nests to ensure freshness, and are packed in 100% recycled cartons using soy ink that is friendly to our environment.

MMPA was formed on May 23, 1916 when a small group of dairy farmers from the Howell area gathered at what was then the Michigan Agricultural College in East Lansing. They met to establish a stable, reliable market and price for their milk. The principles and organizational structure which these intuitive farmers established in 1916, laid the ground work for what is now an integral part of today's dairy industry. The basic premise of a cooperative, groups of people working together for the betterment of all, has been instrumental in this country's history. We continue to do business through cooperatives today because history ensures us that it works.

L. Carroll Cole started Cole's Quality Foods, Inc. as a bakery in 1943. Cole's is controlled by the family of chairman W. Scott Devon.Cole's Quality Foods is a leading manufacturer of frozen bread products including breadsticks, cheese bread, garlic bread, and Texas toast. It has two manufacturing facilities in Michigan and one in Iowa. The products are marketed under the Cole's brand through grocery, warehouse, and convenience stores nationwide; Cole's also supplies frozen bread to customers in the foodservice industry.

Phillips Foods, Inc. was incorporated in 1989 and is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. Phillips Foods, Inc., a seafood company, owns and operates crab and seafood processing plants in the United States, Ecuador, Mexico, Indonesia, India, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. It offers various products, such as crab meat and cakes, seafood cakes, appetizers, soups, fish, shrimp, seasonings and sauces, and party packs for food service and retail markets. Phillips Foods company also operates seafood restaurants. It offers its products through grocery stores, as well as supplies to restaurants and hotels.

Fru-Veg Marketing, Inc., is one of the nation’s leading importers of fine produce from the best growers of Europe and Latin America. The company’s philosophy is founded on the principle of selecting the finest growers in each region. By representing only the top growers each region has to offer, it is able to offer unrivaled quality and volume. Fru-Veg’s success stems from surpassing the benchmarks of its competitors and working closely with its customers to meet their needs on a year-round basis. Through quality and consistency, it ensures that all customers receive the maximum shelf life of products. This, coupled with the constant flow of marketing ideas and product development, has enabled Fru-Veg to launch and maintain a variety of products, from the flourishing Petit Gourmet line of pre-packed vegetables, to organically grown green asparagus.Annual visits to each grower in Europe, Central and South America allows Fru-Veg to build new partnerships, reinforce deep-rooted ones and discover new products. Its work begins in the fields where solid relationships are forged with growers whose dedication to the quality of their product meets with the company’s expectations. Equally important are regularly scheduled personal visits to major chain stores in the U.S. and Canada, where Fru-Veg develops seasonal programs with its customers.

Holsten-Brauerei AG also distributes brands including Astra, Duckstein, Feldschlosschen, L�bzer, Landskron, and Tuborg. In the wake of Heineken's 2003 purchase of rival BBAG, the Eisenbeiss family, which owned nearly 50% of Holsten, announced interest in selling a stake of the company. Carlsberg Breweries purchased a majority stake in the German brewer in 2004. Under Carlsberg, Holsten is focusing on selling beer in northern Germany and has sold many of its subsidiaries, including its water and nonalcoholic beverage units. The company was founded in 1879.

Parmalat aims to play a daily role in the well-being of consumers throughout the world. The group strives to gain recognition for the high quality of its products, for its ability to innovate and ultimately as one of the top global players in the “added-value functional food” segment. The group aims to optimize value for shareholders while adhering to ethical principles of business conduct. Parmalat is committed to fostering the professional development of employees and associates as well as contributing to economic and social progress in the communities in which it operates.

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