Hickman's Family Farms has been family-owned and operated in Arizona since 1944. In its early days, Hickman's entered the Arizona food service market by providing fresh, locally produced eggs direct to small independent restaurants, and directly to consumers. Every afternoon, one little refrigerated panel truck was sufficient to deliver the day's production to coffee shops in Glendale and to Carnation Restaurant in the big city of Phoenix. Bill and Gertie Hickman displayed the entrepreneurial insight that has kept Hickman's competitive for decades. By 1993, Hickman's was left standing as the only Arizona egg producer with chickens and a USDA-inspected processing plant. Despite the challenges of the egg industry, the Glendale operation continued to expand. In the late 1990s a new operation opened in Buckeye with laying houses that are each called home by 130,000 hens.

Interbake Foods LLC is a baked goods manufacturer with over 100 years of business experience. We are an industry leader recognized for our process-centered culture. We focus on market niches where broad-based operational excellence is the primary determinant for success. With over 1,000 employees in six different locations, we are the third largest cookie/cracker manufacturer in North America.

Seaboard Foods is one big pork project, but taxpayers should take heart -- the government has nothing to do with it. A subsidiary of Seaboard Corporation, the company produces and supplies fresh and frozen pork products to food processors, foodservice operators, and distributors across the US. It raises about 4 million hogs at facilities in Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas; Seaboard Foods has processing plants Montana, Oklahoma, and Utah. It sells bulk products mostly to processors to make such items as bacon, lunchmeats, and sausage; Seaboard Foods also sells processed pork under such brands as Daily's and Prairie Fresh. In addition, the company supplies private-label products for other customers.

The family-owned and -operated Joe Granato, Incorporated was founded by its namesake, the late Joe Granato, in 1964. Joe Granato is a fresh fruit and vegetable wholesaler. The Salt Lake City company purchases produce from farmers in Arizona and California and distributes it to customers in Utah and neighboring states through a partnership with Pride Transport. It also imports produce from overseas. They partner with such companies as Taylor Farms, Sunkist Growers, Growers Express and Bolthouse Farms.

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.

Bernatello's Pizza is a leading frozen-pizza maker in the US's Northeast, Midwest, and Rocky Mountain regions, marketing its pies under the Bernatello's and Roma brands. Its product line (pumping out 100,000 pizzas every day) offers a variety of different pizzas, such as pan-style, sausage and pepperoni, Mexican-style, four-cheese, half-pounder, and thin-and-crispy. The company also produces pizza-related frozen items such as garlic cheese bread, mozzarella sticks, and jalapeeo snappers (Bernie's Bites). In addition, Bernatello's provides manufacturing services for private-label customers. The family-owned company is controlled by food-industry veteran Bill Ramsay.

Tate & Lyle Ingredients Americas company, a subsidiary of UK ingredient giant Tate & Lyle PLC, is one of a handful of companies that make high-fructose corn syrup -- the sweetener used by virtually all soft-drink manufacturers in the world. Offering more than 350 food and industrial starch products, the company is one of the largest corn refiners in the US. In addition to corn syrup, Tate & Lyle Americas also manufactures food and industrial ingredients such as fat replacers, starches, sweeteners (including sucralose, the main ingredient in SPLENDA), acidulates, citrates, savory flavors, animal-feed ingredients, and ethanol.

Delaware North is a leading provider of foodservices and hospitality at airports, sports stadiums, and tourist destinations throughout the US and in a handful of other countries. Its Sportservice division operates concessions at more than 50 major and minor league sporting arenas, while its Travel Hospitality Services division runs concessions and retail operations at more than 25 airports. In addition, the company provides hospitality services at several tourist destinations, and it operates Boston's TD Garden arena. In all family-owned Delware North operates at 200 locations and serves 500 million guests a year.

Glory Foods, Inc. was founded in 1989. Glory Foods, Inc. manufactures and distributes Southern food products to grocery stores in the United States. Glory Foods company’s product line includes canned vegetables and side dishes, and frozen savory entrees and side dishes, as well as fresh-cut, bagged vegetables, including greens and spinach, peas and beans, yams and sweet potatoes, lower sodium products, hot sauces, cooking bases, and corn bread and muffins. It also offers seasoned cooking base and savory accents cooking base lines.

Dairy Manufacturers, Inc. is a manufacturing company based in Prosper, Texas, servicing a variety of industries, particularly in the areas of dried milk products and components.Our divided manufacturing plant houses three separate production facilities--animal-grade, human-grade, and industrial manufacturing facilities. Our human-grade section contains two 3A sanitary-grade double-ribbon stainless steel blenders and material-handling and screening equipment, including a metal detector. The feed section contains two stainless steel double-ribbon blenders and material-handling and screening equipment.We strictly conform to Good Manufacturing Practices as outlined by the U.S. Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act; Good Manufacturing Practices, CFR Title 21; and Chapter 431, Texas Health and Safety Code. We regularly conduct HACCP reviews and have an Allergen Control program in place.

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