NORPAC was formed by a group of Oregon farmers in 1924. NORPAC Foods company is a 240-member, grower-owned cooperative that produces frozen and canned fruits and vegetables, as well as soup and pasta mixes, under the FLAV-R-PAC, NORPAC, WEST-PAK, SOUP SUPREME, and Pasta Perfect labels. The cooperative sorts, processes, and packages its growers' products at its five processing plants in the northwestern US and sells the packaged foods to foodservice companies, retail grocers, club stores, and food manufacturers throughout the US; it also exports products to Canada, Latin America, Puerto Rico, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan.

Adams Extract & Spice LLC makes food flavorings, powdered and liquid extracts, pure spices and spice blends, and food colorings for the retail food market worldwide. Its most well-known product is vanilla extract (Adams Best). Adams supplies food retailers, including Albertson's, H-E-B, and Wal-Mart stores in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas. The firm also offers bulk products to foodservice operators under the brand names CTI, Flavor a la Carte, Neustra Casa, and Rex. The founding Adams family sold the company in 2002 to CEO Danny Janecka, whose family operates the J & B Sausage Company of Waelder, Texas.

Maple Leaf Foods makes hot dogs and the buns to put them in. The company is Canada's largest pork processor and produces fresh and processed pork and poultry products under its flagship Maple Leaf brand. Its agribusiness group raises swine and poultry and includes Canada's largest rendering operation, Rothsay. The company owns almost 90% of leading bakery business, Canada Bread, which produces fresh and frozen baked goods, pasta, and pasta sauces. Maple Leaf owns and operates 37 bakeries and 34 fresh and packaged meat plants. A branch of the McCain family owns 32% of Maple Leaf Foods' voting stock; the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan fund holds 33%.

Who has time to get veterinary supplies when you're tending to the farm? FarmVet.com understands and offers thousands of discounted name-brand animal-health products and farm supplies for livestock, horses, and pets throughout the US via its Web site. The company distributes more than 50,000 products, including dietary supplements, grooming supplies, insecticides, and tools, from its warehouse facility in Tennessee. It has separate category devoted to equine products. In addition to its online store, FarmVet also has a printed catalog, and operates mobile retail units that travel throughout the year to select horse show venues.

The Robert Mondavi Winery's customers have grape expectations. The famous winemaker produces the ever-popular Woodbridge and Robert Mondavi Private Selection brands, as well as luxury brands like Opus One (in partnership with France's Rothschild family). The operation was acquired by one of the world's largest wine companies, Constellation Brands, in 2004 for $1 billion. The winery was founded in 1966 by Robert Mondavi, who died at the age of 94 in 2008.

Orchard House Foods Ltd Founded in 1981, Orchard House Foods was the first business in the UK to commercialise freshly squeezed orange juice. We remain the UK's market leader in ready-to-eat fresh fruit products, fresh fruit patisserie and drinks for leading UK retailers. Our commitment to innovation and NPD is renowned, as is our investment in our people. Orchard House Foods employs around 900 people in 5 purpose-built factories plus the addition of a brand new factory for Oakley Foods, all located at Corby, in the heart of England. Our sister company, Paradise Foods Ltd, employs around 300 people in Gateshead. Consumers´ desire for a healthier lifestyle, plus the government's "5 A Day initiative", mean that Orchard House Foods and Paradise Foods are strong, healthy growing businesses.

Golden Agri-Resources Ltd. engages in cultivating and harvesting oil palm trees, and processing fruit bunches into crude palm oil and palm kernel in Indonesia and internationally. Golden Agri-Resources company owns, operates, and manages oil palm plantations and mills and refineries, as well as operates an integrated deep sea port and storage facilities. It produces a range of domestic and international refined branded products, such as cooking oil, margarine, butter oil substitute, shortening and fats for end-customers, restaurants, hotels and cafes, as well as industrial markets. As of December 31, 2008, golden agri resources company had a total planted area of approximately 392,000 hectares, 3 refineries, and 5 kernel crushing plants. Acquisitions In 2008, golden agri resources company acquired Eco Investment Limited and PT Soci Mas.

Fiorucci Foods brings traditional Italian deli meats to a US audience. The company produces and sells Italian specialty meats -- including salami, prosciutto, pepperoni, and pancetta -- along with its very own aged-in-Oak-barrels balsamic vinegar to retail food customers and restaurants throughout the US. Its products are sold in supermarkets or delivered to foodservice operators. Fiorucci Foods is the US subsidiary of Italian deli meat company, Cesare Fiorucci, which was founded in 1850 and expanded into the US market in 1985. Cesare Fiorucci, formerly a family-owned firm, is 65% owned by investment firm, Vestar Capital Partners.

Weil Brothers Cotton is an international cotton merchant. Weil Brothers buys ginned cotton from US producers and markets it worldwide. Located in Montgomery, Alabama, the company was founded in 1878. It has been part of Weil Brothers & Stern Limited, a cotton trader in the UK, since 1991. As such, it handles all sales and administration of the UK company's US, Central and South American, and Chinese operations; it also oversees the company's Australian office. Due to volatile price fluctuations and severe losses in US cotton futures during 2008, Weil Brothers is slated to shut down operations in 2010, as is Weil Brothers & Stern.

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.

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