When my grandfather, Frank Vignieri, borrowed $35 from my grandmother’s cookie jar to start a meat packing company in 1936, he couldn’t have imagined what that investment would turn into. The company, known as Kenosha Beef, quickly grew its Midwest customer base thanks to a reputation built on customer satisfaction, high quality standards, innovative ideas, and exceptional tasting food.For more than seven decades, Birchwood Foods has been a leader in providing quality beef for the foodservice and retail industries. My father, Charles Vignieri (pictured), continued to successfully grow the company while never losing sight of the traditions and family values it was founded on.

SunOpta was founded in 1973. SunOpta Inc. has three business segments: SunOpta Foods, Opta Minerals Inc. (Opta Minerals) and SunOpta BioProcess Inc. (SunOpta BioProcess). SunOpta Foods operates in the natural, organic and specialty foods and natural health product sectors. SunOpta Foods is comprised of five operating groups: Grains and Foods Group, Ingredients Group, Fruit Group, International Sourcing and Trading Group and Distribution Group. Opta Minerals processes, sells and distributes silica-free loose abrasives and other specialty industrial minerals to the foundry, steel, roofing shingle and marine/bridge cleaning industries. SunOpta BioProcess operates facilities in Brampton, Ontario and pilot plant facilities in Waterdown, Ontario.

The primary mission at Utz is to maintain Utz Quality Foods hard-earned reputation as the premier snack food company in Utz Quality Foods expanding market area. Utz Quality Foods will constantly strive to improve Utz Quality Foods leadership position and grow through the hallmarks of superior quality and service. Utz Quality Foods specific goal — to manufacture and merchandise the best possible products with a commitment to customer satisfaction that is second to none — must never be jeopardized by Utz Quality Foods goals for growth.

Nature's Path Foods, Inc. was founded in 1985 and is headquartered in Richmond, Canada. Nature's Path Foods, Inc. produces organic cereals. Nature's Path Foods company offers breakfast foods, snacks, and pasta. It also provides cold and hot cereals, bars, snack foods, waffles, breads, baking mixes, ingredients, soy-based vegetarian entrees, crispy rice and granola bars, organic crackers and cookies, and weils. Nature's Path Foods company’s products are sold through online stores and retailers internationally. It sells its products in Canada, the United States, New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom.

Diversified conglomerate LOTTE Holdings, with interests in retail, sports, and restaurants, is best known as one of Japan's leading confectioners. Its Lotte Co. unit makes a wide array of candies and other treats, including gum, chocolate, and cookies. LOTTE also owns fast-food chain, Lotteria, which has locations in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan. It also owns several retail chains including Korea's LOTTESHOPPING. In addition, LOTTE owns the Chiba Lotte Marines professional baseball club. Other business interests include soft drinks and ice cream manufacturing, leisure and entertainment venues, magazine publishing, and real estate.

Just after the turn of the century, a young Armenian named Armen Tertsagian emigrated from the Near East to the United States, working his way from Ellis Island across the rugged continent to the infant city of Seattle. There he met Mark Balaban, another young Armenian who was visiting from England. It wasn't long before the two became fast friends and decided to venture into business together. But life in Seattle was far from easy. Their initial business ventures-- a yogurt factory and an Armenian restaurant-- were both ahead of their time. And the gray, wet winters were difficult for people used to the balmy eastern Mediterranean climate.

As the first company of Yıldız Holding, operating its core business for 64 years, Ulker Biskuvi serves as the flagship of the Holding both in terms of sales turnover and profitability. According to the Istanbul Chamber of Industry (ICI) 2007 list of Turkey’s Top 500 Industrial Enterprises, Ulker Biskuvi was ranked 108th.In 1996, Ulker Biskuvi received the ISO 9002 certification for quality standards in production; and in 2001, it was awarded the HACCP certification for quality standards in food safety. In 2002, it won the top mark of “High Level” in an analysis made by the Europe-based quality certification firm BRC, which has further secured its success in the field of quality control.

As a leading supplier of superior quality tomatoes and vegetables, Six L's Packing Company, Inc. has evolved into the largest single-company tomato grower/packer/shipper in the state of Florida, and one of the largest in the country, commanding approximately 12% of the Florida market for the past several years. Since 1986 the company has packed an average annual volume of over fifteen million (25#) boxes of tomatoes. Highly regarded in the industry, Six L's premium tomato and vegetable labels are synonymous with product quality and dependability. Nationwide operations provide the geographic diversity necessary to protect against single crop disaster and ensure that we are able to meet customer produce needs 365 days a year.

Here it is in a nutshell -- BALSU USA specializes in nuts from faraway places. The company processes hazelnuts in its temperature-controlled factory and storage facilities in Turkey and ships them to the US for distribution. (Turkey is a world-leading supplier of hazelnuts, also known as filberts.) BALSU USA was founded in 1993 to serve the North American market. The company's regular and organic hazelnuts are available in the following forms -- natural, dry-roasted, blanched, and diced kernels, as well as in paste and meal form. Headquartered in Bay Harbor Islands, Florida, BALSU USA is part of the Turkish hazelnut company, Balsu Gida Sanayii A.S.

granoVita UK company supplies vegetarian and vegan organic food products to UK health food retailers. granoVita company's products include edible and essential oils, breakfast cereals, cookies, energy bars, household cleaners, soy drinks, and vegetable pat's. Many of its products are also nut, wheat, dairy, and/or gluten-free and, increasingly, organic and free of genetically modified organisms (GMOs). Most of granoVita's products are manufactured by the German food company De-Vau-Ge Gesundkostwerk GmbH, founded and owned by the Seventh-Day Adventist church. CEO Dr. Nigel Phillips started granoVita in 1991.

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