Boizel Chanoine Champagne has a hand in making one of the finer things in life. It's the second largest producer of champagne in France (behind LVMH). BCC makes and sells champagne for the domestic and international markets. The group owns and markets seven brands (or "houses") of champagne. The company's acquisition of Maison Burtin and Champagne Lanson in 2006 doubled its activity and made it a tour de force in the industry. Maison Burtin sells the Besserat de Bellefon and Alfred Rothschild labels, and Lanson is known for its coveted Noble Cuvee. Chairman and CEO Bruno Paillard has a 25% stake in the company.

In 1932, Karl Ehmer started his first butcher shop on 46th Street and Second Avenue in New York City, NY. Due to the depression, Mr. Ehmer was forced to make product at night and work a full time job uptown during the day. Mrs. Ehmer ran the shop during the daylight hours. In the 1940's, as times improved, Mr. Ehmer began to look for a larger manufacturing facility and found one in a German community in Queens, called Ridgewood. From this facility he manufactured products for six stores.Karl Ehmer is where you expect the wurst, and you'll get it. The company specializes in traditional German sausages and other meats, selling its wares at retail stores and to wholesale customers. Karl Ehmer's started with a single butcher's shop in Manhattan in 1932, then later moved to a German-American community in Queens, where its headquarters remains. The retail chain has dwindled to about 10 stores (five of which are in New York), but the company has stepped up its sales to regional distributors, high-end food emporiums like Dean & DeLuca, and other grocers, while also selling through its Web site. Brothers Mark and Alan Hanssler, grandsons of Karl Ehmer himself, acquired the company in 1993.

Mooney Farms is owned and operated by the founding Mooney family. Mooney Farms company plants, grows, and harvests tomatoes and then uses them to make Mediterranean food items, including sun-dried tomatoes and pesto. Mooney company's products include jarred tomato halves, julienne-cut tomatoes, herbed olive oil, risotto, marinades, and dried-tomato sauces under the Bella Sun Luci, Summer's Choice, Basque Norte, and Carne Asada labels. Its customers include retail, private-label, foodservice, industrial, gourmet food, and food manufacturing companies.

Boca Foods Company a subsidiary of Kraft Foods, makes frozen low-fat meatless products, including burgers, breakfast links, ground crumbles, and breaded faux chicken nuggets and patties. It also offers entrees such as "meat" lasagna and chili. The products, which are soy-based (using organic and non-organic soy protein), provide the consumer with the needed protein normally found in meat. The company's products are mainly sold through US grocery retailers, but Boca has begun to offer its products to restaurants as well. Kraft acquired Boca Foods from private investment firm, Austin Ventures, in 2000.

ConAgra Foods fills Americans' refrigerators, freezers, and pantries and, ultimately, their tummies. The company is a US top food producer, offering packaged and frozen foods. ConAgra's brands are a cornucopia of America's well-known foods, including Banquet, Chef Boyardee, Egg Beaters, Healthy Choice, Hunt's, Jiffy, Orville Redenbacher's, PAM, Slim Jim, and Van Camp's. It is also one of the country's largest foodservice suppliers, offering them convenience foods and ingredients. The company has sold off its agricultural segments and a number of non-core brands to focus on branded and value-added packaged foods. In mid-2010 it acquired the assets of American Pie, maker of Marie Callender's frozen desserts.

Good Food, Good Life is the very essence of Nestlé and this philosophy can be traced back to our beginnings. The Nestlé Company was founded in 1867 by Henri Nestlé, who developed the first milk-based baby formula in order to save the life of a neighbour’s baby. His Farine Lactée formula went on to nourish many babies who were unable to feed from their mothers or unable to accept the usual substitutes. Since this beginning, nutrition has been the heart of the Nestlé business. At Nestlé, we believe that every food has a role to play in achieving a balanced diet. This is why we produce and market a wide range of foods and beverages which satisfy many consumer needs – nutrient content, variety, pleasure and convenience – which all contribute to achieving a balanced diet and overall well-being. We continue to use our extensive scientific knowledge to develop new products to help consumers manage their health, well-being and body weight and to improve the nutritional profiles of existing products.

For those who want the buzz without the bitter taste, there is Halewood International, maker of sugary, bubbly alcoholic drinks. In the UK Halewood International annually sells some 40 million bottles of Lambrini, a fizzy pear drink described by one retailer as the illicit drink of British housewives. In its bottling plant near Liverpool, Halewood churns out a variety of alcopops, designed to be drunk by twentysomethings who don't like the taste of alcohol. Alco-popularity has led to a string of successes like the firm's Caribbean Twist and Red Square offerings as well as forays into the spirits and wine market. Halewood International is owned by its chairman, John Halewood.

Formerly Sodexho Alliance, Sodexo is the world's #2 contract foodservice provider (after Compass Group), with operations in about 80 countries. Its subsidiaries offer corporate foodservice and hospitality services, vending services, and foodservices for educational institutions and other public-sector clients. Other operations include event concessions, health care foodservices, and such outsourced on-site service solutions as cleaning, groundskeeping, and laundry. Its US-based subsidiary, Sodexho, Inc., is one of the largest contract foodservice providers in North America. Sodexo company has some 33,900 service sites worldwide.

Evans Food Products Co. manufactures pork rinds and pork cracklings under the Cracklins, Crooked Creek, Hearty Hog, and Pete's brand names. Its products are available at retailers worldwide. Evans Food company also provides private-label production and packing, and supplies pork pellets in bulk to companies wishing to pop and package their own pork rinds and pork cracklings. Evans Food's US operations are located in California, Illinois, Ohio, and Texas; overseas, it also has a plant in Mexico.

Paradise Brands Brings You a Rich Tradition of Delectable Confections…. For nearly three-quarters of a century, Paradise, Inc., has produced, packed and distributed its brands of Candied Fruit, which have been the favorites of homemakers and commercial bakers throughout North America. Paradise Inc. began as a subsidiary of a diversified corporation soon after WW II, but shortly thereafter, Candied Fruit became the focus of its business and other operations were either sold or closed. In 1961, current ownership purchased the company, and the name Paradise Fruit Company was adopted and later incorporated in 1965 as Paradise Fruit Company, Inc. Through ever increasing diversification and a number of acquisitions of related entities, the company’s name was changed in 1993, to Paradise, Inc.

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