Marich Confectionery Co. product development team is responsible for some of the industry's most innovative new products. Marich Confectionery Co. combine the art and science of candy making, developing products through ardent experimentation. We passionately explore the taste, texture, and appearance until we find the perfect balance. Customers know they can turn to us to develop new and exciting products, while maintaining a consistent level of excellence throughout the product line. Marich Confectionery Co. dedicate ourselves to finding the best ingredients and treating them with careful attention. Each of our ingredients comes to us from people who believe in their products--the coffee roaster who takes painstaking care with his beans, the fourth-generation chocolate making family, the dedicated growers of our nuts and fruits. Through the years, we have cultivated relationships with these preferred suppliers who are as careful with what they bring to us as we are with what we deliver to customers.

Verve Clicquot Ponsardin has made ultra-premium champagnes and wines since the late 1700s. Its portfolio includes vintages from France (where it was founded), Australia, New Zealand, Italy, and the US. Brand names in France include its popular Champagne Veuve Clicquot, as well as Demi-Sec, GlobalLight, La Grand Dame, Vintage Rich, Vinage Ros�, and Yellow Label. In Australia and New Zealand, it produces wines at Cape Mentelle Vineyards and Cloudy Bay Vineyards. Italy boasts Ceretto, Vistorta, and other names. In the US, Clicquot makes wines at Newton Vineyard. The firm was established by Philippe Clicquot in 1772. Verve Clicquot is part of the Mo�t Hennessey USA family.

Exelixis Plant Sciences operates millions of small solar-powered factories -- i.e., plants. A subsidiary of cancer-drug-development company, Exelixis, Inc., it focuses on plant genomics (identifying plant DNA sequences and identifying specific genes and their functions) in order to produce natural flavors and colorants for food, health and wellness, and cosmetics manufacturers. In addition, the company's gene technology provides improvement in areas such as plant-disease resistance and improved crop yield. Since 2007 it has partnered with Dow AgroSciences to do research focused on the development of new tools for gene discovery and the validation of novel crop traits.

Nebraska Popcorn hopes popcorn consumption isn't confined to the movie theater experience. Nebraska Popcorn company produces grows and manufactures raw and processed popcorn for retail, wholesale, and export. Its products are sold under the Morrison Farms label and include microwave popcorn, bulk popcorn, and popped and raw packaged popcorn. Nebraska Popcorn also offers private-label services. It customers include grocery stores and other food retailers, as well as companies in the foodservice industries.

Continental Catering, Inc. was founded in 1984. Continental Catering is a leading event catering company serving clients in San Diego and Orange counties. It specializes in corporate events, wedding receptions, and theme parties, and offers a wide range of food options from Incredible Italian Gala and Fantastic Mexican Fiesta to Gourmet To Go and picnic menus. In addition to food preparation, Continental Catering provides event support services, including floral arrangements, rental equipment, photography, and transportation.

No vampires allowed at Vessey & Company. Not that they'd want to hang around at this California vegetable grower's operations anyway. Vessey's main crop is garlic (including the giant but mild elephant garlic), which it offers braided, peeled, or in bulk. Vessey also grows some 25 other conventional and organic crops, including artichokes, broccoli, cabbage, carrots, lettuce, spinach, cauliflower, melons, and onions on its 10,000 acres. Located in the Imperial Valley, the company was founded in 1910 by Elton Vessey and is owned and operated by the fourth generation of the Vessey family.

Dios mio! M. Dias Branco is Brazil's top manufacturer of crackers, cookies, and pasta. The company is also one of the country's largest producers of wheat flour and whole grain wheat; other products include margarine and vegetable shortening. M. Dias Branco operates 11 factories and markets its products across Brazil under hundreds of brands including Adria, Fortaleza, Richester, and Vitarella. Its products are sold to 56,000 retailers, including Carrefour and Wal-Mart. In addition to selling raw ingredients to other food manufacturers, M. Dias Branco relies largely on its own supply of wheat and oil-based ingredients for its food production. The company was founded in the 1940s by baker Manuel Dios Branco.

Founded in 1952, Sun Orchard Fruit is owned and operated by the Riessen family. Sun Orchard Fruit Company, Inc. Company Profile Sun Orchard Fruit doesn't grow any fruit. Instead, it gets fruit where it needs to go. Sun Orchard Fruit Company stores, packages, and delivers apples grown by New York farmers. It fresh-packs some 500,000 cartons of apples harvested by 60 growers in central and western New York and ships them to food wholesalers and retailers around the globe. Sun Orchard Fruit Company handles 17 of the the most popular Eastern varieties of eating apples including Gala, Honeycrisp, Jonagold, and Empire.

Sun World was established in early 1­976 as a packer and marketer of fresh fruits and vegetables. In the 1980s, consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables was on the rise and consumers were increasingly seeking better tasting, more conveniently available produce. As the market changed, so did Sun World. The Company exited the commodity fruit and vegetable business and became involved in the farming, packing and marketing of an extensive collection of specialty-branded produce.Sun World initiated a series of relationships with various research and academic organizations around the world, setting out on its quest to improve the flavor, color, texture and overall quality of specific fruits and vegetables.

Heinz Canada is a subsidiary of the the US's H. J. Heinz Company. As in the US, the Canadian operation makes Heinz Ketchup for your burger and vegetable sauces for your peas. Its other sauces and condiments include barbecue, chili, Worcestershire, and Heinz 57. As if that weren't enough, the company's offerings include canned beans and salad cream (big favorites in Canada, as well as the UK), tomato juice, and for the little ones among us, baby food, baby cereals, and toddler food.

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