The Green Valley Pecan Company is one of the world's foremost suppliers of quality pecans. Our location, in the height of the Sonoran Desert just 15 miles south of Tucson, Arizona, provides the perfect environment for pecan cultivation. Family owned and operated since 1948, The Green Valley Pecan Company has 5000 acres of orchard and a modern on-site processing and storage plant. This means we're able to control every aspect of pecan production, from orchard operations to packaging, ensuring a consistently high quality end product.

Superior Foods strives to make, distribute, and market a superior quality of frozen foods. Its products include vegetables, fruits, herbs, specialty potato products (think french fries), herbs and spices, and semi-prepared foods. The company serves customers in the retail food, industrial food, and foodservice sectors. Superior Foods purchased Birds Eye Foods' blending and packaging facility in Texas in 2004, where it processes products for private-label customers. Superior company has manufacturing operations in Asia, Central, South, and North America, as well as in Europe.

Purcell Jojoba International company then processes the trees' nuts into oils, esters, and beads so they can be used in consumer products such as lipstick and other makeup. The oil is also used in the making of shampoos and conditioners, moisturizers and shaving lotions, self-tanners and lip balm, cuticle softeners, nail oils and hardeners, baby lotions, oils, and items for the bath. Purcell Jojoba International company grows more than 750,000 trees on 2,000 acres in Arizona and produces 12,000 drums of jojoba oil a year. Purcell's customers include some of the leading manufacturers in the consumer-products sector.

The Golden State's sun and soil have been good to Newton Vineyard. Newton produces red and white wines from the terraced slopes of its 560-acres of land and winery located in St. Helena, California. Although it has only 120 acres under cultivation, the vineyard's numerous varieties (some unfiltered and containing no sulfites) include Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Claret, Merlot, Petit Verdot, and Pinot Noir. The company was founded on one square mile of land by Peter and Su Hua Newton in 1977. Newton Vineyard has been part of a family of wines marketed by Verve Clicquot Ponsardin, a subsidiary of LVMH Mot Hennessy Louis Vuitton, since 2001.

Michael Foods, Inc. is a leading food processor and distributor with business in egg products, refrigerated grocery and potato products, and with net sales exceeding $1.5 billion.At Michael Foods, our customers' wants and needs serve as a foundation for all we do. We have become a leader in the food industry by introducing innovative, value-added food technology and customer solutions.Our brands, Papetti's®, Crystal Farms®, AllWhites®, and Simply Potatoes® to name a few, are recognized and valued by customers and consumers across the nation.

PEZ Candy wants its treats heads above the rest. The US division makes tiny brick-shaped candies and imports the zany dispensers for them that are popular with kids and adult collectors. PEZ makes its colorful candies in the US; its dispensers, which feature a figurehead, are made in Hungary and China. PEZ's products are available through US retailers, including Wal-Martand Target, and in more than 60 other countries worldwide. The firm's product has spawned a number of lively Web sites, avid collectors' clubs, and brisk dispenser sales on eBay. PEZ originated in Austria in 1927 as a small peppermint candy and arrived in the US in the 1950s; the parent company, PEZ International, is still located in Austria.

Holsten-Brauerei AG also distributes brands including Astra, Duckstein, Feldschlosschen, L�bzer, Landskron, and Tuborg. In the wake of Heineken's 2003 purchase of rival BBAG, the Eisenbeiss family, which owned nearly 50% of Holsten, announced interest in selling a stake of the company. Carlsberg Breweries purchased a majority stake in the German brewer in 2004. Under Carlsberg, Holsten is focusing on selling beer in northern Germany and has sold many of its subsidiaries, including its water and nonalcoholic beverage units. The company was founded in 1879.

Bengard Marketing serves as a sales agent between produce growers, packers, and distributors. Bengard Marketing Company purchases fresh fruit from California growers, as well as produce from other US and international growers, and markets it to retail and wholesale customers. Bengard Marketing's products include grapes and pears. Bengard Marketing company is operated by the Bengard family.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch ... the sprawling King Ranch, to be exact. Founded in 1853, King Ranch's operations extend beyond its original 825,000 Texan cattle-raising acres. The ranch is still home to cattle and horses, of course. However, King Ranch oversees considerable farming interests in its home state and elsewhere (cotton, sorghum, sod, citrus, pecans, vegetables, and cane sugar). It also has varied retail operations (hardware, designer saddles and other leather goods, publishing and printing). In addition, King Ranch also beefs up revenues with tourist dollars from birdwatchers, hunters, and sightseers who visit its Texas ranch lands. The descendants of founder Richard King own King Ranch.

Charlie's Enterprises was started by Charles Matoian in 1950, and today it is led by the family's third generation. Charlie's Enterprises aims to be A-OK with its wholesale produce customers. Charlie's Enterprises does business as OK Produce, a family-run fresh fruit and vegetable supplier to retail stores and foodservice companies. The company operates a fleet of about 30 tractor-trailers delivering a variety of fresh produce to customers in California, Arizona, and Nevada. OK Produce also offers ripening services and runs merchandising programs for retailers.

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