Autogrill is one of the world's leading food and retail operators focused on the travel segment, offering its services in more than 40 countries worldwide. It is a top contract foodservices provider with more than 1,200 dining and snack locations throughout Europe and North America. Its foodservice units are found in airports, along motorways, and in train stations. Autogrill company also operates duty-free shops and other retail locations at more than 100 airports around the world through its Aldeasa and World Duty Free units. In addition, Autogrill offers in-flight catering and other services to airlines.

All Points Cooperative provides agricultural support services to farmers and ranchers in central Nebraska. The cooperative offers seed, energy, fuel, agronomy, storage and purchasing services, along with financial, credit marketing, and purchasing assistance for its member/farmers. Its agronomy services include fertilizer application, soil sampling, and crop planning and management. Its energy division offers bulk fuel, bulk oil, heating oil and propane delivery. It also operates retail outlets, including two Ampride Convenience Stores and the Trustworthy Feed and Hardware Store. In addition to its headquarters in Gothenburg, Nebraska, All Points has cooperative operations in 12 other communities.

Big Rock Brewery Income Trust owns Canada's Big Rock Brewery, a leading regional beer maker that produces unpasteurized premium craft beers in accordance with the 1516 Bavarian Law of Purity. Its brands include Grassh�pper, Jack Rabbit Lager, McNally's Extra, and XO Lager. Big Rock Brewery also produces seasonal beers and Rock Creek dry apple cider. The brewery's products are sold in all the Canadian provinces except Quebec and New Brunswick. In addition to its own beers, Big Rock Brewery bottles and packages beverages for third-party customers.

FEMSA Cerveza branded beer labels include Carta Blanca, Dos Equis, Tecate, Bohemia, and Sol. The brewer's Cerveceria Cuauhtemoc Moctezuma subsidiary produces three of the top five brands in the Mexican industry. In addition to beer, the company produces glass bottles, aluminum cans, and crown caps through its subsidiaries Malta, F�bricas Monterrey (FAMOSA) and S�lices de Veracruz (SIVESA). The beer brewer became part of Heineken's holdings in April 2010, when former parent Fomento Econ�mico Mexicano (FEMSA) sold the company.

Van's International Foods company makes and markets specialty frozen waffles, including Belgian, mini, organic, and wheat-free varieties. It also makes frozen French toast sticks, pancakes, panini, and "breakfast in a pocket" wraps. Van's International sells its traditional, vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free products nationally through natural foods retailers and grocery stores. Van's products are sold throughout the US at food retailers such as Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, and Costco. Van's International Foods company is owned by Connecticut-based investment firm, Catterton Partners.

Dating back to 1846, Calhoun Bend Mill Inc. was founded and is still owned and operated by the Calhoun family. Calhoun Bend Mill offers up some good, old-fashioned, soothing, Southern, comfort food. Located in Jonesville, Louisiana, the company produces corn bread, fry, and dessert mixes using genuine stone-ground cornmeal that the company grinds itself. Calhoun Bend products are available to food retailers and foodservice providers throughout the US and Canada, as well as to individual consumers via the company's Web site.

Corn Products International has seen many changes during its hundred years in operation. It has created new products that have led to the growth of its industry; built some of the largest corn-refining facilities in the world; joined forces with partners that have extended its global reach and product offerings; entered – and exited – various markets throughout the world; and, finally, reinvented itself as a company that focuses entirely on its core ingredient business.The company’s hundred year journey has been eventful. Click on the timeline images for highlights of Corn Products International’s history, or click here to view the 1998-2008 Decade of Global Growth.

The Northern California La Tortilla Factory was founded in 1977 by Jose and Mary Tamayo. The La Tortilla Factory might not have abuelitas (grandmothers) hand-patting each tortilla like the old days, but this family-run business cranks out traditional corn and flour tortilla and taco shells at a brisk rate. It produces a number of varieties, such as regular, herb-flavored, organic, multi-grain, flavored, organic, extra virgin olive oil, low-carbohydrate, gluten-free and fat-free. Its brands include La Tortilla Factory, Sonoma, and Smart & Delicious. La Tortilla Factory sells its products to retail food outlets and foodservice operations; its products can be found in major retail stores, delis, and restaurants throughout the US.

Ellen Straus, matriarch of a pioneering organic dairy family and co-founder of Marin Agricultural Land Trust (MALT), America's first agricultural land trust, died at her home in Marshall, Calif. on November 30. She was 75. Few have done more to preserve the land and culture of western Marin County (San Francisco Bay Area), where she settled to start a family in 1950. She will be particularly remembered by fellow farmers and environmentalists as a determined optimist who brought opposing parties together to protect and revitalize the region's agricultural greenbelt.Ellen Tirza Lotte Prins was born February 21, 1927 in Amsterdam Holland. In February 1940, Ellen and her family fled to New York, just ahead of the Nazi invasion.

Shoreline Fruit Growers manufactures dried fruit and frozen fruit products, including apples, blueberries, cherries, cranberries, and strawberries. Shoreline Fruit company's products are distributed through specialty foods retailers and grocery stores. Shoreline Fruit also sells dried fruit to distribution companies and food manufacturers. Shoreline Fruit company grows its own fruit, as well as buys produce from local farmers. Expanding its industrial customer base, shoreline company merged with the freezer warehouse storage facility Cherry Country FruitWorks in 2008. It then moved its headquarters from New York State to Traverse City, Michigan, and changed its name to Shoreline Fruit Growers.

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