Nestled in the lushness of Vancouver, British Columbia, a tradition sprang from the love of chocolate and the love of people. Richard Carmon Purdy opened his first chocolate shop in 1907 on Robson Street in Vancouver. His reputation for superb chocolates grew, earning him the respect of chocolate lovers throughout Vancouver. Since 1907, one thing has remained constant at Purdy's — a commitment to quality and tradition. View Purdy's Chocolates' historical timeline. Purdy's Chocolates are made using only the finest ingredients from around the world including chocolate from Belgium, ginger from Australia, cashews from India, and dairy products delivered fresh daily from farms across Western Canada. Care is taken to ensure each batch of creams curls just right; nuts are roasted to perfection; caramel flavour bursts as it fills your mouth; and Hedgehogs have that silky, smooth texture that our customers have come to expect.

Jackson Family Wines (JFW) plucks its success right from the vine. One of California's largest winemakers, JFW produces the top-selling chardonnay in the US: Kendall-Jackson brand Vintner's Reserve. The company's other leading (and most expensive) wine is Grand Reserve. Sold in restaurants, stores, and via the company's Web site (where legal), JFW's libations -- in addition to its well-known chardonnay -- include merlot, sauvignon blanc, pinot noir, cabernet sauvignon, and zinfandel. JFW owns and farms 14,000 acres of vineyards running along the California coast. Founder and billionaire Jess Jackson and his family own JFW.

Cygnet Food was founded in 1996. Cygnet Foods keeps itself busy feeding more than 30,000 people every day. Cygnet company's main business is Cygnet Foods which produces and delivers fresh foods to institutional customers. Its production facility prepares individual and multi-portion sandwiches, entries, salads, desserts, and beverages, which are then distributed through its refrigerated truck fleet. Compact and Cygnet Catering are offshoots which offer in-house contract catering services. Compact's customers include nursing homes and business workplaces, while Cygnet caters to the education industry.

Fresh Kist Produce is the marketing company for Byrd Farms, Gold Coast Packing, and Teixeira Farms. The grower/members' acreage is located in in Huron, Salinas, and Santa Maria, California, and the desert regions of Arizona and southern California. Fresh Kist's full line of fresh vegetables are available worldwide to retail food chains and food service institutions. Produce is grown, produced, preserved, and shipped using state-of-the-art systems including modern coolers, drip irrigation, and a high-tech transplant operation.

Winemaker Kristina Mielke-van Loben Sels the second generation of the Mielke family to oversee Arbor Crest and brings both education and practical skill to her work. A University of California at Davis fermentation science graduate, Kristina came to Arbor Crest after several years at Ferrari-Carano Vineyards and Winery in Healdsburg, California . Her husband, James van Loben Sels, is an experienced viticulturist, which complements Kristina's skills nicely. Together, these two understand the complexities of grapes, soil, trellising, pruning, irrigation, and winemaking. They also share duties as the winery's general managers.

Schreiber Foods is a $3+ billion global enterprise and the world’s largest customer-brand dairy company. We provide products to the biggest names in fast food and are the world's largest supplier of private-label dairy products to grocery chains and wholesalers.More than great cheese. We are much more than just a cheese company – we are a global leader in dairy innovation. We are more than 5,000 employees – we call ourselves partners – working together around the globe to provide custom-designed, high-value products and services to our customers. Breadth of products. We know that no single line of products is right for everyone. That’s why we focus on the needs of each customer and its marketplace. From cream cheese to natural cheese to high-end specialty cheese and yogurt, we are a global leader in dairy innovation.

Bridgford Foods Corporation traces its roots back seventy-eight years to February 1932. Hugh H. Bridgford (1908-1992) opened a retail meat market in San Diego, California. The business evolved first into several retail meat markets, then meat wholesaling to hotels and restaurants, frozen food distribution, meat packing and processing and frozen food manufacturing. The Company is now headquartered in Anaheim, California about four miles from Disneyland. In addition to meat processing and bakery operations in Anaheim the Company has four additional factories, two in Dallas, Texas, one in Chicago, Illinois and one in Statesville, North Carolina.

L&M Companies, Inc. was founded in Raleigh, NC in 1964. Over the years, L&M grew and expanded into farming ventures up and down the East Coast, incorporating L&M Farms in 1983. In addition to its original farms in Georgia and Florida, L&M has continued to expand across the United States, Mexico, Central and South America.Today, L&M Farms and L&M Companies are members of the L&M Family of Companies—a fully integrated year-round supplier of fresh fruits and vegetables. We are growers, packers, shippers and marketers offering a full range of services including warehousing, distribution, transportation, information technology and more. From the beginning, L&M was committed to excellent service, unyielding integrity and long-term relationships. After more than four decades of hard work and growth, we still live by these same values.

Masters Gallery Foods’ sales and customer service team has been widely recognized for its ability to consistently source high quality products at competitive pricing. Strong, stable relationships with key manufacturing plants assure quality, consistency and reliable inventory levels throughout the year. The company’s effective programs are the result of nationwide networking created by Masters Gallery Foods. KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE TO ASSIST YOU IN SOURCING THE QUALITY CHEESE YOU DEMAND Masters Gallery Foods’ sales and customer service team has been widely recognized for its ability to consistently source high quality products at competitive pricing. Strong, stable relationships with key manufacturing plants assure quality, consistency and reliable inventory levels throughout the year. The company’s effective programs are the result of nationwide networking created by Masters Gallery Foods. Our in-house licensed cheese graders and quality assurance group are among the most demanding in the business. You can be assured of the very best in quality and consistency every time you place your order.

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG started in a small pastry shop on Marktgasse in Zurich's old town in 1845. Confectioner David Sprüngli-Schwarz and his 29 year old son Rudolf Sprüngli-Ammann, who also trained to be a confectioner, dared to do something new: they decided to make chocolate. In particular and in keeping with the new fashion that came from Italy –solid bars - just like François-Louis Cailler in Vevey and Philippe Suchard in Neuchâtel had already done.

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