Royal Rose has found its niche growing produce normally found in the fields of Italy. The California company grows and markets such Tuscan treats as radicchio, treviso, frisee, and other specialty leafy vegetables under the Royal Rose brand. Its products are primarily used in packaged salad mixes sold in grocery stores, although it does sell some of its items pre-bagged. It also sells produce to foodservice customers. The company, which says it is the largest radicchio grower in the world, was formed in 1993 by Italian growers Lucio Gomiero and Carlo Boscolo, and California growers John Tamagni and A.W. Johnson & Son.

Harry L. Brown owned a small confectionery store and enjoyed experimenting with chocolate and sugar candies. J. C. Haley, worked for Shilling and Company, a spice company, and had a flair for sales and advertising. Together J.C. and Harry created confections known world-wide, and the enterprise we have the honor of carrying forward today. After beginning to work together in 1912, they incorporated their candy manufacturing business in 1914. By 1916, Brown & Haley was marketing a full line of candy products, including a chocolate and nut confection with a vanilla-cream center called Mt. Tacoma Bar, later known as MOUNTAIN® Bar.

Renshawnapier (formerly Napier Brown Foods) has found a sweet spot in the food biz. The Liverpudlian company is a supplier of sugar (Whitworths and nbf), marzipan and other baking ingredients (Renshaw), as well as icings (Regalice), and jams (R&W Scott). Renshawnapier company also makes caramel, cooking chocolate, sauces, and syrups, as well as dairy ingredients (milk powders, stabilizers, emulsifiers, boxed fats, and dextrose, glucose, and fructose). It serves customers in the food manufacturing, retailing, wholesaling, and foodservice sectors throughout the UK. It also exports its products to mainland Europe and the US. Renshawnapier is owned by The Real Good Food Company.

Bartlett And Company was founded in 1907 and is based in Kansas City, Missouri. Bartlett and Company was formerly known as Bartlett Agri Enterprises, Inc. Bartlett And Company engages in the grain merchandising and storage, flour and feed milling, and cattle feeding businesses in the United States. The company produces starches and glutens for making household products, such as vodka and shampoo. It operates flour mills in Kansas and North Carolina; feed stores in North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia; and cattle feed yards in Texas.

SunOpta was founded in 1973. SunOpta Inc. has three business segments: SunOpta Foods, Opta Minerals Inc. (Opta Minerals) and SunOpta BioProcess Inc. (SunOpta BioProcess). SunOpta Foods operates in the natural, organic and specialty foods and natural health product sectors. SunOpta Foods is comprised of five operating groups: Grains and Foods Group, Ingredients Group, Fruit Group, International Sourcing and Trading Group and Distribution Group. Opta Minerals processes, sells and distributes silica-free loose abrasives and other specialty industrial minerals to the foundry, steel, roofing shingle and marine/bridge cleaning industries. SunOpta BioProcess operates facilities in Brampton, Ontario and pilot plant facilities in Waterdown, Ontario.

The importance of cooperation -- it's one of life's most important lessons. Dating back to the early 1900s, the Farmers Cooperative Company learned that lesson early on. The 5,200-member co-op offers agronomy and grain marketing services to its members, who oversee some 3 million acres of farmland in central and north central Iowa. It operates 40 grain elevators and provides soil testing, and mapping services. It sells supplies including seed, feed, and fertilizer, to its members. Farmers Cooperative is an acquisitive operation. Since the 1960s it has acquired more than 20 other agricultural co-ops, grain elevators, fertilizer manufacturers, and other farm-related businesses.

Ter Beke is an innovating Belgian fresh food group that commercialises its assortment in ten European countries. The group has two core activities: processed meats and fresh ready meals. It has nine plants in Belgium, the Netherlands and France and employs approximately 1,800 persons. In 2009 Ter Beke realised a turnover of 392,4 million EUR. Ter Beke is listed on Euronext Brussels.This company has a big slice of the European meat market. Ter Beke is the leading producer of processed meat and fresh prepared meals in Belgium supplying deli meats and other meat products to grocery stores, delicatessens, and butcher shops under the Daniel Coopman and L'Ardennaise brands. Its ready meals operation markets Mediterranean-themed foods such as lasagna, moussaka, and pasta under the Come a casa and Vamos banners, and it produces pizzas under the Pronto brand. Ter Beke has seven processing plants in Belgium, the Netherlands, and France; it sells its products throughout much of Europe. The family of founder Frans Coopman owns about 35% of the company.

Vita Food Products, Inc. engages in the processing and sale of herring, cured, and smoked salmon products and other complementary specialty food products primarily in the United States. The company’s products include pickled herring in cream and wine based sauces, as well as lox and nova salmon. It also provides other specialty food products, such as cream cheese with salmon, shrimp cocktail, horseradish, cocktail sauce, and tartar sauces, as well as refrigerated seafood. Vita Food Products markets its seafood products under the Vita, Elf, and Grand Isle brand names. The company, through its subsidiary, Vita Specialty Foods, Inc., manufactures and distributes honey and Vidalia onion-based salad dressings under the Virginia Brand name. In addition, it offers gourmet salad dressings and beverages under the Oak Hill Farms brand name; and hot sauce-based products under the Scorned Woman brand name. Further, the company provides rubs and spices, condiments, dressings, gifts, dessert toppings and syrup, marinades, snacks, tea concentrates, and wing sauces. It offers products through a national distribution network of food brokers to supermarket chains and wholesale clubs, as well as to institutional/food service operations, such as restaurant chains, hotels, country clubs, cruise lines, and other bulk purchasers.

Morrisons Pastry was founded in 1953 by Philip and Morris Wattenberg and is owned and operated by their descendants. The New York company manufactures yogurt muffins, mini-bundt cakes, and loaf cakes under the Grandpa's Original brand name. Its flagship muffins come in more than 20 different flavors, including Blueberry Crumb, Chocolate Chocolate Chip, and Sin-A-Muffin. Morrisons' baked goods are sold throughout the US through distributors hired by Morrisons Pastry Company

Diageo Chateau & Estate Wines (DC&E) is part of Diageo (Dee-AH-Gee-O); the world’s leading premium drinks business. DC&E produces and markets premium wines from around the globe including Napa Valley, Sonoma, the California Central Coast, Washington, France, New Zealand and Australia. Brands include: Beaulieu Vineyard, Sterling Vineyards, Sterling Vintner's Collection, Rosenblum Cellars, Chalone Vineyard, Acacia Vineyard, Edna Valley Vineyard and Provenance Vineyards as well as the French wines of Barton & Guestier. DC&E is also a leading importer of classified Bordeaux and Burgundy estate-bottled wines and F.E. Trimbach.Diageo's broader business includes an outstanding collection of beverage alcohol brands across spirits, wine and beer including Johnnie Walker, Guinness, Smirnoff, J&B, Baileys, Cuervo, Tanqueray, Captain Morgan and Crown Royal. Diageo is a global company, listed on both the New York Stock Exchange (DEO) and the London Stock Exchange (DGE).

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