Tom Lange Company was founded in 1960 as a three-man operation in St. Louis, Missouri, Tom Lange has grown to encompass 35 offices in the US and Canada. Produce subsidiaries include Lange Trading, Global Fresh Import & Export, M&M Marketing, Carlsbad Produce, and South Seas Fruit. Tom Lange Company wants you to eat your veggies. One of the largest purchasers and distributors of fresh fruits and vegetables in the US, Tom Lange supplies its comestibles to clients in the retail, wholesale, and food service trades. Tom Lange company also provides third party logistics services specializing in truckload freight movement.

Salvatore Ferrara came to America from Nola, Italy in 1900 and founded Ferrara Pan Candy Company in 1908 in Chicago, Illinois. At the time of his immigration from Italy, Mr. Ferrara was skilled in the art of making Italian pastries and sugar coated candy almonds. Sugar coated candy almonds, otherwise known as "confetti", continues to be a tradition at Italian weddings. Salvatore Ferrara had become proficient in the English language. Since he was fluent in both English and Italian the Santa Fe Railroad hired him as an interpreter between crews and their foreman. He worked at the Santa Fe Railroad for four years. In 1908 he came to Chicago and opened a retail pastry and confection shop. From 1908 to 1919 the sugar coated almond business experienced substantial growth and Mr. Ferrara was shipping to an extensive market in the Midwest.

A cooperative that controls 14 separate Italian wine companies, Gruppo Italiano Vini is a big player among the many venerable European wine makers. Its brand names include Folonari, and Melini; it also offers Bigi, Ca'Bianca, Calissano, Conti Serristori, Lamberti, Machiavelli, Santi, and Vino Negri wines. Gruppo Italiano Vini also distributes its wines in the US and France. In 2008 the company acquired the Bola and Fontana Candida wine operations from Brown-Forman. One of the most productive wine makers in Italy, Gruppo Italiano Vini actually makes almost 70% of its revenue outside the country. Germany contributes the largest chunk of revenue (19%), followed by England and the US (both about 13%).

Fiorucci Foods brings traditional Italian deli meats to a US audience. The company produces and sells Italian specialty meats -- including salami, prosciutto, pepperoni, and pancetta -- along with its very own aged-in-Oak-barrels balsamic vinegar to retail food customers and restaurants throughout the US. Its products are sold in supermarkets or delivered to foodservice operators. Fiorucci Foods is the US subsidiary of Italian deli meat company, Cesare Fiorucci, which was founded in 1850 and expanded into the US market in 1985. Cesare Fiorucci, formerly a family-owned firm, is 65% owned by investment firm, Vestar Capital Partners.

Founded by Howard Burris in the 1980s, the Florida company was acquired by J & J Snack Foods in 2007. Hom/Ade Foods provides frozen bread dough manufacturing and distribution services. Hom/Ade Foods company's Mary B's-branded and private-label products include frozen dinner rolls, buttermilk biscuits, corn flour biscuits, and tea biscuits that come in 10- to 24-count packages. Hom/Ade also offers frozen dumplings, chicken and dumplings dinners, and pecan sweet rolls. The dough maker distributes its products to grocery retailers.

United Biscuits (UB), the market-leading UK biscuit (cookies to all you Yanks) maker. UB's cake brands include such stalwarts as Jacob's Cream Crackers, Jaffa Cakes, and, probably the company's biggest bite, McVitie's Digestive Biscuits (it sells some 71 million packet of them a year). Catering to savory flavor lovers, the company's salty snack brands include McCoy's, and Hula Hoops. In addition to its name brands, United Biscuits produces private-label biscuits and snacks for food retailers. Beyond the UK, the company is also a leading biscuit and snack maker in Western Europe. It is jointly owned investment firms, The Blackstone Group and PAI.

Over the past 100 years, Royal Cup has grown from its small, hometown roots to become a major importer, roaster and distributor of premium coffees and teas. Serving customers in the food service, office and specialty coffee markets, Royal Cup now reaches markets throughout the United States, into Mexico and the Caribbean. Royal Cup continues as a privately held, family company, a tradition which helps us offer dedicated service with a unique personal touch to each and every one of our customers. Our long standing reputation as a quality roaster and distributor, coupled with the latest innovations in roasting and packaging technology, are why Royal Cup continues to be the leading provider of exceptional coffees and teas.

Lead character Miles, from the wine centric film Sideways, would feel right at home at Kent Rasmussen Winery. The winery, which produces wine varietals under the Kent Rasmussen Winery and Ramsay Wines labels, specializes in Pinot Noir (Miles' favorite) and Chardonnay, hailing from the Carneros region of California. Because of its clay soil and low rainfall, the Carneros region is optimally suited for growing Pinot Noir grapes. The vineyard is run by husband-and-wife team Kent Rasmussen and Celia Ramsay; Rasmussen planted his first six acres in the region back in 1979.

First Pacific Company Limited engages in the research and development, seed breeding, oil palm cultivation, and milling, as well as production, marketing, and selling of cooking oil, margarine, and fats. First Pacific also engages in cultivation of sugar cane, rubber, and other crops. First Pacific company conducts its business activities, in the field of wholesale trading in general, including import and export, establishing and performing businesses in various fields of industries/factory, land freight forwarding/transportation for both passenger and cargo transport, warehousing and packaging, agriculture, animal husbandry, fishery, and forestry, including the related processing. First Pacific company's other activities of include oil palm plantations, processing of fresh fruit bunches (FFB) into palm oil (extraction) and palm kernel, production of edible oils and fats (including cooking oil and coconut oil), as well as their derivative products, and wholesale trading and importation. The Business activities of the company are divided into three segments: Plantation segment, Cooking Oil and Fats segment, and Commodity segment. Plantation Segment The Plantation segment manages the oil palm plantations.

The Carlsberg beer portfolio includes more than 500 brands. They vary significantly in volume, price, target audience and geographic penetration. The brand portfolio includes the well-known international premium brands Carlsberg, Tuborg, Baltika and 1664, and strong local brands such as Ringnes (Norway), Feldschlösschen (Switzerland), Lav (Serbia) and Wusu (Western China). The strength of the Group’s brand portfolio is highlighted by the fact that Baltika, Carlsberg and Tuborg are among the six biggest brands in Europe, with Baltika ranked as number one. Our French brand, Kronenbourg, holds a tenth position in Europe.

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