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.

Lopez Foods is the Hamburglar's Fort Knox. The company's main plant operates around the clock as it grinds, blends, molds, and quick-freezes millions of Big Mac and Quarter Pounder hamburger patties, pork sausage patties, and Canadian-style bacon for McDonald's restaurants. It also makes chorizo sausage and private-label meat products. The company's retail brands include Country Cousin and Quick'n Eat. The company's other customers, also big players in the food biz, include Burger King, Applebee's, Sonic, and Wal-Mart. Lopez has production facilities in Oklahoma City and Caryville, Tennessee.

Cadbury Adams USA has it all wrapped up -- in thin little rectangles wrapped in foil. The US division of UK candy giant Cadbury makes candy, chewing gum, and mints. Its brands include Bubblicious, Certs, Chiclets, Dentyne, HALLS, Sour Patch, Swedish Fish, and Trident. The company also makes the retro gum brands Beeman's, Blackjack, and Clove, which it reintroduces every few years in order to cash in on nostalgia buffs and baby boomers. Cadbury Adams USA was formed after then Cadbury Schweppes bought the Adams chewing gum brands from Pfizer for $4.2 billion in 2003 and integrated it into its already existing US operations. (Cadbury Schweppes spun off its beverage operations to focus solely on candy in 2008.)

Coke is it -- it being the world's #1 soft-drink company. The Coca-Cola Company (TCCC) owns four of the top five soft-drink brands (Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Fanta, and Sprite). Its other brands include Minute Maid, Powerade, and Dasani water. In North America it sells Groupe Danone's Evian; it also sells brands from Dr Pepper Snapple Group (Crush, Dr Pepper, and Schweppes) outside Australia, Europe, and North America. The firm makes or licenses more than 3,000 drinks under 500 brand names in some 200 nations. Although it does no bottling itself, Coke owns 34% of the world's #1 Coke bottler Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE); 32% of Mexico's bottler Coca-Cola FEMSA; and 23% of European bottler Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling.

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.

Parrish and Heimbecker, Limited (P&H) is a Canadian family-owned firm with over 100 years of experience in agribusiness, with locations stretching across Canada from Vancouver to Halifax. P&H has grown into a diversified, vertically integrated company that is committed to agribusiness and the entire agri-food industry. Parrish and Heimbecker is not your run-of-the-mill grain elevator company. Originally founded in 1909 as an operator of grain storage elevators, Parrish and Heimbecker has since expanded and become a diversified agriculture business. While it still operates its elevator business, the company also owns and operates flour milling and poultry subsidiaries. They include wheat miller, Ellison Milling; P&H Foods, a producer of Butterball turkey products in Canada; and Cook's, a supplier of edible beans, peas, lentil, coarse grains, and oilseeds. Parrish and Heimbecker has offices, distribution centers, and grain elevators on Canada and the northern US.

Cherrydale is the oldest, and one of the largest, product fundraising companies in the United States. For more than 100 years, our community driven business has helped organizations with their fundraising efforts. Headquartered in Quakertown, Pennsylvania, Cherrydale’s fundraising products and services include a complete offering of premium chocolates and confections, magazine subscriptions, giftware, designer jewelry, delicious foods and cookie dough, gift-wrap, and more. All are available through student distributed catalogs and through our website. Cherrydale's reach goes well beyond schools, working closely with a variety of organizations including church groups, synagogues, sports leagues, and civic organizations. And we offer our customers 24/7 customer support and a 100% money back guarantee.

Culinaire International, Inc. was founded by CEO Richard Gussoni in 1993. Culinaire International makes trips to the zoo, university food court, and music venue a little more palatable. Culinaire International is a leading contract foodservice operator that provides dining and hospitality services at entertainment venues, hotels and convention centers, and private clubs. Its foodservice and concessions operations include the Fort Worth Zoo, Meyerson Symphony Center, UT Southwestern, and Kingston Plantation in Myrtle Beach. Culinaire International also offers catering and corporate dining services, and it operates Dallas area restaurants Ristorante Nicola, Sea Change, and Omaha Steakhouse

For over 27 years, London Fruit has built a reputation for procuring and distributing quality Mexican tropical fruit. London Fruit provide only the best products for London Fruit customers by continually working hand in hand with london fruit growers, packers and quality control team. In 2006, our strict standards for grading fruit earned us the privilege of becoming a licensed Sunkist packer. Additionally, London Fruit facility is Primus Labs certified and available for viewing through london fruit Customer Login camera system. For quick access to london fruit nventory, London Fruit is also available on I-Trade Network. London Fruit believe in only the natural ripening of all fruits and vegetables. Ripening at room temperature allows fruits and vegetables to reach their full taste potential, maturing evenly from the inside out.

The Group is a major private group in the Scotch whisky industry with a number of specialist operations covering every facet of Scotch whisky distilling, blending and bottling.The origins of the Group, today one of the largest companies in the Scotch whisky industry, stretch back to the 1850s when the company was founded in Glasgow by the Robertson family. Edrington continues to operate with the Robertson family values of Integrity, Independence, Involvement and Innovation.The Robertson family was also responsible for founding Highland Distillers back in 1887 and in autumn 1999, Edrington acquired Highland along with its powerful brands The Famous Grouse, The Macallan and Highland Park. These are distributed throughout the world through a series of distribution networks and partnerships.

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