Tony the Tiger may have gobbled up Ernie the Elf when Kellogg took over Keebler in 2001, but Kellogg's successful US snacks business is proof that cookies continue to please. Part of cereal giant Kellogg, it is the #2 cookie and cracker maker in the nation (behind Kraft's Nabisco). Its Keebler and Sunshine labels include leading brands such as Fudge Shoppe cookies and Sandies shortbread. The company also makes Cheez-It snack crackers, as well as Famous Amos cookies and Ready Crust piecrusts. Beyond cookies and crackers, Kellogg stocks food retailers' shelves with cereals-turned-into-snacks, including products such as Rice Krispies Treats and Nutri-Grain Bars.

The Ashers really love to smother things in chocolate. Asher's Chocolates manufactures chocolate and confections, including chocolate-covered pretzels potato chips, and graham crackers. Asher's Chocolates, Inc. also produces boxed assortments (including truffles, chews, nuts, cordials, and creams) and gift baskets, fudge, pecan-caramel patties, almond bark, and sugar-free assortments. Asher's Chocolates sells its products through its own retail store (in Souderton, Pennsylvania -- near Philadelphia), by mail- order, and online on its Web site. The family-owned company was founded in 1892.

Founded in 1987 by CEO Alfonso Funjul, Flo-Sun's origins go back through five generations of the Fanjul family, which began sugar farming in Cuba in the 1850s. Flo-Sun companies produce nearly four million tons of the sweet stuff each year (sold under the brand names Domino, C&H, Florida Crystals, Redpath, and Jack Frost). The company's other holdings include more than 400,000 acres of land, hotels and resorts, an airport, and a renewable-energy power plant. Annual revenues from all of its businesses are estimated at $2.5 billion and include operations in 20 US states, Canada, the Dominican Republic, and Mexico.

Interbake Foods LLC is a baked goods manufacturer with over 100 years of business experience. We are an industry leader recognized for our process-centered culture. We focus on market niches where broad-based operational excellence is the primary determinant for success. With over 1,000 employees in six different locations, we are the third largest cookie/cracker manufacturer in North America.

Our story dates back to the 1920’s in the beautiful rolling hills of Sonoma County in California. Over the years, Petaluma Poultry has pioneered the natural and organic poultry raising practices that represent the highest standard for fresh chicken production in the United States. Today, we are home to Rocky the Range®, Rocky Jr.®, and Rosie® Organic Free Range Chicken.We have been providing fresh local chicken to the west coast and still continue our hatchery, feed mill and packaging operations throughout Sonoma County, California from Santa Rosa to Petaluma. Our values of PEOPLE • POULTRY • PLANET is to produce the finest poultry products while reducing waste, preserving our environment, supporting our employees' comfort and efficiency, and contributing to our local community. These core values hold true with each box of hand-deboned chicken breast that our employees pack to ship to your favorite grocer.

Heathrow Natural Food & Beverage, Inc. (HRNF) is a national distributor of Botanical and Natural Super Foods. Its products include the Functional Gum line of ACAI Plus, Resveratrol Plus & Maqui Plus which uses chewing gum as a unique and powerful delivery system. In addition to Gum, Heathrow Natural plans on extending its antioxidant lineup of products into natural Fruit Bars & Stick Packs which are mixed with water or other liquids.Heathrow Natural Food & Beverage, Inc. is part of the $100 Billion Dollar Wellness Industry, which is growing at 10% per year. The nutritional supplements segment is the largest sector of the market at 27% of sales. Heathrow Natural is committed to providing healthy and natural choices for the growing segment of the population seeking a healthy and active lifestyle.

Farm Service Cooperative (FSC) offers a big bushel basket full of products and services to farmers in west central Iowa. The agricultural co-op offers its members such farm-management supplies and services as grain elevator operations, grain marketing, equipment rental, tires, livestock feed and fertilizer sales, soil sampling, on-staff crop advisors, farm credit and financing, agronomy, and Cenex energy products (diesel, home-heating oil, propane, ethanol, gasoline) from its 10 locations.

San-J International, a subsidiary of Japan's San-Jirushi Corporation, makes San-J brand tamari and shoyu soy sauces. San-J International company also makes bottled Asian cooking and grilling sauces, salad dressings, miso soups, and brown rice crackers. Its products are distributed to food retailers throughout the US, and Canada and include Kroger, Whole Foods, Ralph's, Safeway, Wild Oats, and Super Target. San-Jirushi built the San-J plant in 1987 following a successful foray into the US import market.

Herr Foods is your best friend when you've got a case of the munchies. The snack food manufacturer, in business since 1946, makes about 340 different kinds of snack foods (all sold under the Herr's brand name) including potato chips, pretzels, tortilla chips, cheese curls, corn chips, pita chips, popcorn, crackers, nuts, pork rinds, onion rings, and meat sticks. Herr Foods company distributes its food items to retail food outlets in the US (primarily east of the Mississippi River), as well as in Canada. Herr Foods is run by chairman and CEO James M. Herr, son of company founder, James Stauffer Herr.

JBS USA Holdings is big beef, prodigious pork, and lord of lamb. The company, a subsidiary of Brazil's JBS (the world's #1 beef processor and exporter), operates beef, pork, sheep, and lamb processing facilities in the US and Australia. Its holdings include JBS Swift (12 processing plants) and JBS Packerland (boxed and ground beef production), both in the US, and Australia's Tasman Group (10 beef, pork, sheep, and lamb processing facilities and five feedlots). JBS USA also owns JBS Five Rivers, which operates 11 feedlots. Other businesses include a tannery, seven distribution centers, and two grease-production facilities; JBS USA exports to 60 countries. It filed to go public in 2009.

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