The Dean's story begins in 1975 at the heart of Helen Dean's kitchen, in the small town of Huntly, North East Scotland.It was here that Helen first created her delicious traditional shortbread. First baking for friends and family who loved the ‘melt in the mouth’ sensation. Her husband Bill, a Drum Major, thought it was so delicious he decided to use Helen’s baking to help raise funds for the local Huntly pipe band. Their touring helped to spread her shortbread's fame far and wide. Soon the aroma of home baking would fill the town as Helen established her own small bakery to meet demand.

Benziger Family Winery produces a wide variety of Bordeaux wines from its 168-acre, family-owned and -operated vineyards and winery, which is located in Glen Ellen, California. In addition to using its own fruit, Benziger also makes wines from grapes grown by a network of 50 other area vineyards. The company is dedicated to certified-sustainable, organic farming practices. It operates a research and education center to further these practices, which it shares with its longtime Sonoma County grower/partners. Benziger Family wines are distributed to retailers and restaurants throughout the US, as well as through its wine club and the company's Web site. Benzinger's first wines were produced in 1981.

Atkinson Candy Company has a family tradition of making candy since 1932. Located in Lufkin, Texas, the company is known worldwide for its fine quality candy, including some of the best peanut butter and peppermint candies available. "Naturally, we're Texas proud," says President Eric Atkinson, "but our candy is sold all over the world." Each piece bears our family name, so we take pride in its quality and never compromise when it comes to our products. Our candy is made using only the finest ingredients, and we work diligently to ensure it reaches you at the peak of perfection.

A.V. Thomas Produce knows a sweet potato is not just a yam by another name. The California grower produces, packages, and sells several varieties of yams and the yam's sweeter cousin, the sweet potato. (Though the names are used interchangeably in this country, most US-grown "yams" are actually sweet potatoes.) With 1,700 acres in production, its brands include Best West, Court House, Nature's Pride, Oriental Beauty, Royal Flush, Sweetie Pie, Thomas, and Winner; it is also a major US producer of organic sweet potatoes, which it sells under the Natural Beauty label. Founded in 1960 by Antonio Vieira Tomas, an immigrant from the Azores Islands, A.V. Thomas is owned and run by Tomas's nephew, CEO Manuel Vieira.

AVANI Oxygen Water Corporation, of Vancouver, Canada, was formed for the purpose of propagating the Company's technology of producing supercharged oxygenated water that is remarkably smooth, incredible taste and extremely pure. AVANI's exclusive seven stages oxygen PURIFICATION PROCESS is the ONLY process currently that duplicates the natural cycle of rain water purification. The ONLY extra ingredient added is the vital OXYGEN! AVANI's water is richer in oxygen content than ordinary tap water of Vancouver, Canada, which is already rich in oxygen content. AVANI's technology re-energizes water like it was millions of years ago, when the oxygen content in the atmosphere and in the water was extremely high. The incredibly lush growth of the plants and the enormous size of the animals on our planet at that time attested to the very high life force of the oxygen rich water. Paleontologists (people who study dinosaurs) have estimated that a big dinosaur would only live a few days in our atmosphere before it would die of oxygen starvation. This is true because our present atmosphere and water now contains low levels of oxygen. There was also no pollution to contaminate the water. AVANI's supercharged oxygenated water, with its high content of dissolved oxygen, is the closest thing there is to water of prehistoric time: a water that had a very high content of life giving oxygen.

DPI Specialty Foods, DPI Specialty Foods Northwest supplies grocery retailers and foodservice operators with more than 5,500 different food and non-food items. It distributes a wide variety of specialty food products, including ethnic ingredients, gourmet products, and organic food items. DPI Specialty Foods Northwest supplies customers in the Pacific Northwest region and a small number of other western states. Parent DPI Specialty Foods is controlled by the Irish Dairy Board.

Founded in 1984 by Robert and Carlene Hamaty, Tortuga Rum company is owned by their daughter, Monique Hamaty-Simmonds, and her husband Marcus. Tortuga Rum makes goodies approved by pirates of the Caribbean. Despite its name, the Cayman Island company does not focus on the liquid libation favored by pirates, but rather on rum cakes, including chocolate-, coconut-, coffee-, and banana-flavored varieties -- all made with five-year-old premium Tortuga rum. The company's other delectables include rum fudge, rum truffles, gourmet coffees, jellies, and sauces. It also operates a mail-order cake-of-the-month club. Tortuga Rum products are distributed by sister company Miami-based Tortuga Imports.

Red Blossom Farms is rapidly growing to be one of California’s leading strawberry producers. Incorporated in 2004, we’ve since grown to over 2,600 acres in California’s premier growing regions: Baja California, Irvine, Oxnard, Santa Maria and Salinas/Watsonville. With strawberry consumption growing faster than any other fruit in the produce department, we continue to develop our grower resources in order to meet increasing consumer demand with a continuous supply of sweet, delicious, strawberries year round. Red Blossom strawberries are hand-picked and field-packed December through October. Each packed pallet is expedited from the field to one of Red Blossom’s fully modernized, forced air coolers. After every berry is chilled to an optimal 32-34 F, they're ready to be distributed throughout North America and beyond. We pride ourselves in cultivating a team of inspired growers, shippers, buyers and retailers dedicated to bringing the enjoyment of fresh, delicious strawberries from the field to the consumer.At Red Blossom, we’re excited about strawberries’ increasing demand, amazing nutritional value and widespread appeal... but then it’s easy to be enthusiastic about producing beautiful, healthful, ever-popular strawberries!

AB World Foods Limited owns prepared Indian food manufacturer, Patak's, and Asian food manufacturers, Blue Dragon and Go-Tan. It also distributes such US brands as Tabasco; Nielsen-Massey Vanillas; Cattlemen's barbeque sauce and French's mustard (through Reckitt Benckiser); and Skippy brand peanut butter and Maille mustard (through Unilever). The company's other global brands include Swedish baker, Pagen; Roots brand Caribbean sauces; Canadian maple syrup producer, Citadelle; frozen food company, Tipiak; and Australian honey producer, Capilano. AB World sells its products in some 40 countries worldwide.

KT's Kitchens, Inc., established in 1987, is a frozen pizza manufacturer specializing in private label and contract packing. KT's Kitchens 120,000 sq ft. facility enables us to produce a wide range of pizza products with a multitude of toppings crust types, and packaging capabilities. KT's Kitchens bakery specializes in high end, hand stretched crusts. However, a wide range of crusts are available. As a co-packer KT's Kitchens customers include some of the largest food companies and brands in the US.KT's Kitchens also have organic capability specializing in production and sourcing. KT's Kitchens also produces the Bob's Big Boy refrigerated salad dressing line which has a strong retail presence in 5 Western states. KT's Kitchens flavors include Bleu Cheese, Lite Bleu Cheese, Roquefort, Ranch, Thousand Island, and Seafood Sauce and Tartar Sauce.

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