Golden Peanut Company, LLC, is a leading sheller and processor of peanuts and peanut products with headquarters in Alpharetta, Georgia. Golden Peanut's primary product lines include raw shelled and inshell peanuts, peanut flours, peanut extracts, roasted aromatic and refined various peanut oils, and peanut seed. Golden Peanut serves peanut growers and operates plants in all major peanut growing areas of the United States and Argentina. Golden Peanut are proud to be a leading supplier of peanut products to manufacturers worldwide.

General Custer ran into trouble at the Little Big Horn and Alexander Graham Bell made his famous telephone call to Mr. Watson. In St. Louis, Missouri, Mr. Busch was brewing his first batch of beer. Meanwhile, across the state in the busy river town of St. Joseph, Dr. George Washington Chase faced a dilemma. In those days it was difficult raising a family on a doctor’s meager wages. Drawing upon his previous experiences while growing up back East, Chase decided to open a fruit and produce business. The business prospered and in the early 1920’s Chase built a modern four story factory in downtown St. Joseph. About this time the third generation of the Chase family, Charles, joined the Company.

Founded to provide affordable, high-quality seed for Virginia farmers, Southern States Cooperative has grown into an agricultural powerhouse, serving its approximately 300,000 members, mainly in the mid-Atlantic and southern US states. The co-op makes and/or offers just about everything agricultural to its farmer/owners, including animal feed and fertilizer; seed processing; grain marketing; diesel, propane, and home-heating services; wholesale farm supplies; and even bib overalls. Its Southern States and Garden South stores sell farm supplies, garden products, and fuel through some 1,200 retail outlets in 23 states. Other services include crop financing, crop services, and an aquaculture program.

Newman's Own started as a joke among friends -- and the fun has spread to grocery aisles, refrigerators, pantries, and dining tables. The late Oscar-winning actor Paul Newman's namesake company is best known for salad dressing. However, it makes more than 100 different food products, including lemonade, wine, pasta sauce, marinades, microwave popcorn, salsa, and steak sauce. Manufactured using natural ingredients, Newman's Own foods are sold in the US and abroad at major food retailers. All after-tax profits (more than $280 million since 1982) are donated to charities, including Habitat for Humanity.

Adam Matthews was founded in 1983 by Adam Matthew Burckle at age 21. Growing up in Louisville, Adam and his family on special occasions would look forward to and enjoy the hard work of his mother "Nell" when she would bake her famous New York style cheesecake. While attending culinary school Adam missed the flavor and richness of his mothers cake so he started baking them at school. The demand from culinary classmates was so large that it caused Adam to consider pursuing his talents in a bakery rather than a restaurant. In 1983 he set out to open Adam Matthews with one oven and a baker. Soon sales took off and since then Adam Matthews has never looked back. Since 1983 Adam Matthews has baked 10's of millions of cheesecakes. Adam Matthews cheesecakes can be found throughout the United States in the Caribbean, Mexico and Canada. Adam Matthews cakes are sold in the bakery and or frozen food sections of major grocery stores and restaurants.

Glenn Foods was founded by company president Glenn Schacher in 1979. Under the Glenny's brand name, the company makes about 20 different varieties of low-fat and low-sodium snack foods, including soy chips, as well as baked potato chips, veggie chips, and American fries. It also offers nutrition bars, cookies, marshmallow treats, 100-calorie brownies, and healthy candies, all of which are distributed to retail food and drugstore outlets throughout the US.

Shank's Extracts was formed in 1899 by pharmacist Jacob Shank, who created flavorings for medicines. Shank's Extracts company has locations in St. Louis and Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Shank's knows what vanilla should taste like. Shank's Extracts is a top producer of vanilla extract in the US. Shank's Extracts company makes and distributes extracts and other products including flavors, emulsions, botanical extracts, colors, and sauces for retail and food industry customers. It also provides custom formulation and private label services.

Founded in 1933 by Francesco Illy, illycaffè produces and sells a unique blend of high quality coffee made from 9 types of pure Arabica beans A careful balance of ingredients from South and Central America, India and Africa creates the unmistakable illy flavor: always identical in any espresso cup, wherever it is drunk around the world. The illy blend is destined for the Ho.Re.Ca. (hotel, restaurant and catering) sector, household and office consumption. It is now marketed in 140 countries worldwide, covering all 5 continents, and is served in more than 50,000 of the finest restaurants and coffee bars in the world.

The PepsiCo challenge (to keep up with archrival The Coca-Cola Company) never ends for the world's #2 carbonated soft-drink maker. Its soft drinks include Pepsi, Mountain Dew, and Mug. Cola is not the company's only beverage: Pepsi sells Tropicana orange juice brands, Gatorade sports drink, SoBe tea, and Aquafina water. The company also owns Frito-Lay, the world's #1 snack maker with offerings such (Lay's, Ruffles Doritos, Fritos). Its Quaker Foods unit offers breakfast cereals (Life, Quaker Oats), rice (Rice-A-Roni), and side dishes (Near East). Pepsi's products are available in some 200 countries. In 2010 the company acquired its two largest bottlers, Pepsi Bottling Group and PepsiAmericas.

The Oppenheimer Group was founded by the David Oppenheimer and his brothers in 1858 and originally provided food and supplies to gold prospectors. The Oppenheimer Group is a leading distributor of fresh fruits and vegetables to food retailers throughout North America. It delivers more than 100 different varieties of fresh produce from more than 20 countries, including citrus fruits, grapes, greenhouse vegetables, and pineapples, sold under several different brands. Oppenheimer has a dozen sales offices in Western Canada and across the US.

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