Lavazza knows a thing or two about coffee. The company, in business for more than 100 years, is one of the leading coffee roasters and sellers in Italy and does business abroad as well. Lavazza makes coffee for home use, institutional customers, and restaurants; it's sold under brands Lavazza, Caf� Espresso, Quality Or�, and others. Lavazza began to make hot chocolate, as well, through its purchase of Ercom in 2010. The company operates training centers around the world to teach baristas the finer points of making a cup of espresso and to "promote the coffee culture." Established in 1895 by Luigi Lavazza, the company is controlled and run by the fourth generation of Lavazza's descendants.

Founded in 1987, Bon Appétit Management is a unit of UK foodservices giant Compass Group. Bon Appétit Management is trying to turn the cafeteria into a greener dining experience. A leading onsite dining services provider, the company incorporates socially responsible practices into the catering services if offers to corporations, colleges and universities, and specialty venues (primarily museums). It serves more than 400 locations in about 30 states, including such clients as eBay, Oracle, Target, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Oberlin College, and The Art Institute of Chicago.

They've got an awful lot of coffee in Florida, home of Rowland Coffee Roasters, one of North America's largest privately-owned producers of coffee products in the US. If espresso is your thing, you're likely drinking a blend of coffee from Rowland, which roasts 80% of all espresso coffee sold in the US and owns the two top espresso brands, Bustelo and Pilon. The company also sells European blends (Caffe Signore, Medaglia D'Oro) and Cabana blends (Estrellla, El Pico, and Oquendo). The family-run company was established in Cuba in 1865. The founder's son, Jose Angel "Pepe" Souto, died in 2007. His children continue to oversee the business.

Bernard Matthews is the top turkey processor in the UK. The company produces fresh, chilled, and frozen turkey and value-added turkey products under the Bernard Matthews and Golden Norfolk brand names. It operates 56 turkey farms in Norfolk, Suffolk, and Lincolnshire. It expanded in Lincolnshire with its purchase of free-range and fresh turkey provider Lincs Turkeys in 2010. Founder and chairman Bernard Matthews started the company in 1950 with just 20 turkey eggs and a used incubator and grew the business by coaxing consumers into thinking of turkey as a year-round meat by introducing value-added products. After nearly 30 years as a public company, Matthews and his family took the company private in 2000.

Chino Valley Ranchers’ farm-fresh certified Organic Free-Range Eggs are produced by hens that are fed the finest organic grown grains. On our farm we run our own feedmill to ensure the highest quality feed gets to our birds. Certified by CCOF, our organic grain fed hens live on a free-range farm with fresh, clean air, free from city noise and pollutants. We also keep our ranches free from pesticides to prevent any of these chemicals to enter the hens’ living space. In this environment, our hens are able to eat, exercise, and socialize as they like. Eggs are gathered daily from nests to ensure freshness, and are packed in 100% recycled cartons using soy ink that is friendly to our environment.

Mr. R. William "Bill" Becker owns Peace River Citrus Products, Inc., which owns two processing plants with a total processing capacity of 18 to 20 million boxes. The Arcadia plant started production in November 1994 and the Bartow plant began production in November 2003. After selling his part of a family citrus business in 1991, Mr. Becker began studying the future of the Florida citrus industry. This study indicated a lack of citrus processing facilities in the new citrus growing region of Florida.The Peace River Citrus Products, Inc. Arcadia plant was built in the town of Arcadia, Desoto County, Florida. Arcadia was chosen because it was positioned in the center of the new growing region and there were no processing plants within 50 miles. Mr. Becker furthered his position in the citrus processing industry with the purchase of the plant in Bartow, Polk County, Florida in October 2002. The plant in Bartow will process both oranges and grapefruit (white and red) while the plant in Arcadia will primarily be dedicated to processing oranges. The mission of Peace River Citrus Products, Inc. is to produce the highest quality citrus products, market them at competitive prices, provide superior customer service, and maximize returns to Florida citrus growers. With this mission in mind, Mr. Becker maintains his processing facility with state of the art equipment utilizing a cost efficient layout.

Chelsea Milling Company was founded in 1887 and is based in Chelsea, Michigan. Chelsea Milling Company manufactures baking mixes. It offers apple cinnamon muffin, baking, banana muffin, blueberry muffin, bran with dates muffin, buttermilk biscuit brownie, buttermilk pancake, waffle cake, chocolate muffin, corn muffin, and crust mixes. Chelsea Milling company also provides frosting, fudge brownie, fudge frosting, lemon cake, oatmeal muffin, pie crust, pizza crust, raspberry muffin, white cake, and white frosting mixes. It offers its products in the United States and internationally through the United States military.

yffes plc is an Ireland-based company. Fyffes Company is a marketer and distributor of tropical produce globally. It operates in two operating divisions: tropical produce activities and property activities. The property activities comprise 40% investment in Blackrock International Land plc (Blackrock). The tropical produce division is an integrated distributor of tropical fresh produce, comprising bananas, pineapples and winter season melons. The activities include the production, procurement, shipping, ripening, distribution and marketing of these products. Fyffes Company’s subsidiaries include Banana Importers of Ireland Limited, Bernard Dempsey & Co Limited, Brinton Investments Limited, Elders & Fyffes Investments, FHBV Investment Company, Fyffes Bananas North America Limited, Fyffes Fruit Procurement Limited, Fyffes Banana Processing Limited, Fyffes Personnel Services Limited, Fyffes Secretarial Services Limited and Fyffes Investment Holdings.

PYCO Industries is a member-owned cooperative with cottonseed oil mills located in Lubbock, Texas. Used by food manufacturers and other foodservice companies, its oil is shipped to customers across the country. The coop also markets whole cottonseed as well as such byproducts as cottonseed hulls and cottonseed meal used in livestock feed. Cottonseed linters, another byproduct, is used by manufacturers for mattresses and upholstery padding, as well as in the paper and plastics industries. PYCO boasts more than 60 cotton gins in the southern US.

Founded in 1790, King Arthur Flour claims it is the oldest flour company in the US. The King Arthur Flour Company is 100% employee owned. The King Arthur Flour Company is doing its best to make its sales rise. King Arthur sells its all-natural flours to retailers, bakeries, and foodservice companies nationwide. It also sells its flours, baking ingredients, and equipment at its retail store in Norwich, Vermont; through its website; and its catalogs. To drum up confident new customers, the company sends baking instructors across the US to teach classes and runs a baking school at its Vermont headquarters.

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