The Strauss Group, Israel’s second-largest food & beverage company, is today an international corporation with around 13,000 global employees operating twenty two production sites in twenty countries. In the last six years the Group has consistently achieved growth, generating around $1.62 billion in turnover at the end of 2009, of which 47% came from international activities. The Strauss Group is comprised of four core business units: Strauss Israel, Strauss Coffee, Strauss North America and Strauss Water. The Group is a leading player in coffee markets in Central and Eastern Europe, Brazil and Israel for roast & ground (R&G) coffee and other coffee related products and services. The Strauss Group is traded on the Tel Aviv 25 Index, which lists the largest public companies in Israel, and has achieved a top AA+ credit rating from Maalot, an affiliate of Standard and Poor’s. The Strauss Group is in partnership with leading multinationals Danone and PepsiCo; and Strauss Coffee recently entered into a partnership with TPG Capital, a leading private equity investment fund.

Fazer Konfektyr Service AB is one of the Nordic region's largest confectioners -- offering both chocolate and non-chocolate candy. Formerly Coletta Fazer, it manufactures such top-selling brands as Dumle chocolate-covered toffee, Karl Fazer milk chocolate bars, Fazermint chocolate-covered mints, and Tyrkisk Peber liquorice. Fazer's two top markets are Finland (where it has a 42% market share) and Sweden, followed by Norway and Denmark; it also has a strong presence in the Baltic region. The company is part of the Fazer Group.

Peter's Food Service manufactures chilled and frozen food, including meat pies, pasties, sandwiches, and sausages. Peter's Food Service company distributes products under its flagship Peter's and Peter's Premier brands to grocery stores and other retail outlets. It also supplies chilled food products to the foodservice industry. Mike Grimwood, a former Northern Foods executive, led a buyout of Peter's Food Service company from John Griffiths and his family in 2007.

La Nova Wings company is one of the largest makers of buffalo wings in the US and is based in, you guessed it, Buffalo, New York. Founded in 1957, La Nova offers precooked and sauced wings in various flavors for delivery throughout the US. The firm also operates two pizzerias in New York state, and it distributes pre-made pizza products and specialty cooking sauces, including honey mustard, barbeque, and hot garlic. Its customers include pizzerias, taverns, grocery and convenience stores, stadiums, hotels, hospitals, and catering operations. La Nova is owned and operated by the Todaro family.

In 1980, Eastern Foods launched the Naturally Fresh® brand, consisting of all-natural salad dressings, sauces, dips, oils, and vinegars. The company later developed the Jackaroo® line of meat sauce products. Naturally Fresh company was known as Eastern Foods until 2002 when it became Naturally Fresh, Inc. The change was made to recognize the company's strongest brand and to emphasize our commitment to providing only the freshest, highest quality products.Since the introduction of Naturally Fresh® products, Naturally Fresh has handled production, including research and development, product preparation, packaging, and delivery in company owned and operated refrigerated trucks. Throughout the 1980's and 1990's, Naturally Fresh expanded its retail business into leading supermarkets and increased its market penetration into quick serve, casual, and fine dining restaurants. Today Naturally Fresh remains competitive by constantly introducing new products.

Morrison Management Specialists, a member of the Compass Group, is the nation’s only food service company exclusively dedicated to providing food, nutrition and dining services to the healthcare and senior living communities through its two operating divisions: Morrison Healthcare Food Services and Morrison Senior Living. With over 1,200 registered dietitians, 200 executive chefs and 16,600 professional food service team members, Morrison is actively committed to fostering ways to enjoy great-tasting, healthy food through socially responsible practices and superior customer service. The Atlanta-based company serves approximately 460 acute care clients and 370 senior living clients in 41 states including some of the largest and most prominent integrated healthcare systems and senior living communities in the United States.

Feeling the need for a citrus organization, a group of citrus growers held their first meeting on June 1,1929. Just a few years later, in 1932, the first official meeting of the Edinburg Citrus Association was held in a school auditorium in Edinburg, Texas.The Edinburg Citrus Association has a grower membership throughout the Rio Grande Valley from the Gulf Coast westward. This loyal membership is the backbone of the company and represents thousands of acres of sweet and juicy Texas Red Grapefruit and Oranges.As the oldest and only surviving citrus fruit cooperative in Texas founded in the 1930s and 1940s, the Edinburg Citrus Association takes its responsibility seriously — both to its grower members and to its customers. Steeped in history but focused on the future, ECA has grown and evolved through the years as one of the leading packinghouses of the Texas Citrus Industry.

Heartland Co-op offers agricultural products and services for its central Iowa member/farmers. The cooperative operates 50 grain elevators and service centers. Heatland offers agronomy products and services, such as seed treatments and alfalfa fertilization; grain drying, storage, and merchandising; petroleum products for farm vehicles and home heating; livestock and pet feed; and personal and crop credit and financing. Headquartered in West Des Moines, Heartland was formed in 1987 when cooperatives in Dallas Center, Minburn and Panora merged. There have been some 13 subsequent mergers that have seen Heartland grow to become a 4,500-member agricultural cooperative.

Foodonics International, Inc distributes the fruits of their labor (some 20 million dozen eggs a year) to its customers in the retail food and foodservice sectors. Foodonics sells brown or white cage-free and organic eggs. Available as private-label or under the company's Humpty-Dumpty brand name, its eggs are sold in the southeastern US, as well as overseas in Africa, Europe, Japan, and South America. Foodonics also offers reduced-cholesterol eggs under the Eggland's Best brand. The company has operations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, and Puerto Rico. The company was founded in 1948 by Eddie Klempf, father of current president, Jacques Klempf.

Castle & Cooke, Inc. and Dole Food Company, Inc. are privately held companies owned by David H. Murdock, who also serves as chairman and chief executive officer of both companies since 1985. Castle & Cooke and Dole Food Company (formerly listed on the New York Stock Exchange), were acquired by Mr. Murdock in 2000 and 2003, respectively. The food-related businesses operate as Dole Food Company, and all other businesses operate as Castle & Cooke.Mr. Murdock's combined companies make up one of the largest privately-held companies in America, with approximately 63,000 employees operating in more than 90 countries around the world. This website focuses on the collection of assets under the Castle & Cooke umbrella of companies. Among Castle & Cooke's greatest assets are its plentiful land and real estate holdings, much of which can be traced back more than 150 years to when Samuel Northrup Castle and Amos Starr Cooke began their business partnership by operating a general store in Hawai'i. The spirit, vision, integrity and perseverance of these two men sparked the formation of a company that grew to global proportions over the years.The company’s diversified businesses have operations in over 24 states and include the development and ownership of real estate, leasing of transportation equipment, manufacture of brick and building materials, oil and gas holdings, aviation services, and ownership of public warehouses. In Hawai'i the company also owns 98% of the 90,000 acre island of Lana’i and two award winning Four Seasons Hotels.

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