The Mountain View team was founded by Randy and Ruth Ataide, Bill and Becky Janzen, and Mike and Peggy Thurlow in 1994. Having known each other for many years but never working directly together, the principals determined that there was the need for a different type of produce company to enter the marketplace. Each of the principals believed that in the modern agri-business world, the small and medium sized Growers and Packers were being dominated by corporate concerns, and that the family farm way of life were in jeopardy. The Ataide, Janzen and Thurlow families wanted to try to do something about this situation.Joining with like-minded local farmers of nectarines, peaches, plums and apricots, Mountain View broke ground on a state-of-the-art cold storage and distribution facility located in the very heart of their Growers fields. Surrounded by orchards and vineyards, this facility was intended to demonstrate the commitment of the founders to the family farms they served, and to prevent their fruit from being hauled long distances after picking for sorting, packing, storage and shipping.

Groupe Limagrain has its feet planted securely in success. The French cooperative is a European leader in the breeding and production of corn and wheat seeds for professional growers. Its field seed brands include Advanta, LG, and Nickerson. Limagrain's subsidiary, Vilmorin Clause & Cie, is a world leader in the same seeds for the home garden. Vilmorin's home-gardening brands such as Harris Moran, Oxadis, Suttons, and Top Green. Limagrain also produces cereal ingredients (brands include Ulice and WestHove). Rising to even further success, its Jacquet bakery division, which makes the popular brand, Pains Jacquet, is one of the top industrial bakeries in France.

Land O’Lakes, Inc. is one of America’s premiere member-owned cooperatives. We offer local cooperatives and agricultural producers across the nation an extensive line of agricultural supplies, as well as state-of-the-art production and business services. We also are a leading marketer of dairy-based food products for consumers, foodservice professionals and food manufacturers. Land O’Lakes, Inc. is one of America’s premiere member-owned cooperatives. We offer local cooperatives and agricultural producers across the nation an extensive line of agricultural supplies, as well as state-of-the-art production and business services. We also are a leading marketer of dairy-based food products for consumers, foodservice professionals and food manufacturers.

Southstream Seafoods, Inc. was founded in 1989. Southstream Seafoods sells frosty fish fillets. Southstream Seafoods company produces and markets frozen seafood products to food service and retail customers throughout the US. It sells its products, including cod, pollock, and haddock fillets, as well as snow crab and scallops, under the Frostmark brand name. Southstream Seafoods has importing and wholesaling operations.

The V&S Group has absolute power -- er, make that "Absolut" power. The company is Sweden's top supplier of wine and spirits, but it is best known for its Absolut vodka, which is sold in 126 markets. The group is comprised of three business units: V&S Absolut Spirits, V&S Distillers, and V&S Wine. V&S has a long-term agreement with Maxxium Worldwide, a spirits distribution consortium, for distribution of its beverages outside the Nordic countries and the US. In 2008 the company was auctioned off to Pernod Ricard by its owner, the Swedish government.

Ole Mexican Foods company makes Mexican-American foods, inducing tortilla and taco shells, under brand names including La Banderita, La Centroamericana, Ole, and Verole. Ole Mexican Foods company also produces Mexican cheeses and sausages, tostadas, and tortillas chips, as well as yogurt and dessert items. Its customers include retail food outlets and foodservice operations. Headquartered in Norcross, Georgia, the company has nine distribution centers (one each in California, Illinois, and Kentucky and two each in Florida, North Carolina, and Texas); with the exception of Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming, Ole Mexican's products are available throughout the continental US, as well as in Puerto Rico.

Goodman Fielder Limited is engaged in the manufacture, marketing and distribution of food ingredients, and consumer-branded food, beverage and related products. It has five business segments. The Fresh Baking segment’s products include packaged loaf bread, bread rolls, chilled bread and other baked products. The Fresh Dairy segment operates in the New Zealand dairy industry with brands in milk, specialty cheese, culture products and small goods. The Home Ingredients segment is a supplier of consumer food products to supermarkets in Australia and New Zealand. Products include retail margarine and spreads, flour, cake mixes, biscuits, dressings, mayonnaise and frozen pastry. The Asia Pacific segment is a manufacturer and supplier of oil, flour, stock feed, processed chicken and snack foods in China, Papua New Guinea, Fiji and New Caledonia. The Commercial segment is a supplier of edible fats and oils to the Australasian food industry and flour to the New Zealand food industry.

Sanderson Farms, Inc., an integrated poultry processing company, engages in the production, processing, marketing, and distribution of fresh, frozen, processed, and prepared chicken products in the United States. It sells ice pack, chill pack, bulk pack, and frozen chicken in whole, cut-up, and boneless form under the Sanderson Farms brand name. Sanderson Farms sells its products to retailers, distributors, and casual dining operators in the southeastern, southwestern, northeastern, and western United States, as well as to brokers. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Laurel, Mississippi.

French agri-food empire Societe Cooperative Agricole et Agro-Alimentaire, or Agrial, provides a rich crop of agricultural products as one of the country's largest food cooperatives. Created in 2000 from the merger of three co-ops -- Agralco, Orcal, and Coop Can -- Agrial grows, processes, and markets vegetables, cereals, beef, pork, poultry, and dairy products, selling its products in France and in other European countries. It also mills flour, and operates hardware stores and nursery and garden centers under the Point Vert and Magasin Vert names. Subsidiaries include Valtero, and Socopa. Agrial and Coopagri Bretagne cooperate in a pig-production venture, Gie Capig.

Pacific Coast Producers was founded in 1971 and is based in Lodi, California. It has field stations in Central and Northern California; and distribution centers in Lodi and Palermo, California. Pacific Coast Producers, Inc. operates as a private label packer of canned fruits and tomatoes. Its products include tomatoes, apricots, peaches, pears, grapes, fruit cocktail and chunky mixed fruits, fruit mixes, triple cherry mixed fruits, fruit bowls, mandarin orange fruit bowls, and mandarin oranges in orange gels.

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