As France's largest dairy producer, Lactalis sells milk, cheese, butter, and cream. Its flagship brand is Pr�sident; its other top brands include Bridel, Locatelli, Soci�t�, Sorrento, and Valmont. Distributing its foods in some 150 countries worldwide, Lactalis owns and operates about 127 industrial sites. While the company is France's largest dairy exporter, about 60% of its sales are domestic. Lactalis was founded in 1933 by Andr� Besnier; his descendants still own and oversee the company.

Ice cold beverages are the stock and trade of this company. Doing business as Polar Beverages, Polar Corp. is a leading manufacturer and distributor of fruit-flavored sodas, ginger ale, mixers, and spring water to customers in New England and upstate New York. It markets beverages under its flagship Polar brand, as well as bottling and distributing national brands such as 7UP, A&W, Izze, Gatorade, AriZona, and Sunkist. The company also offers corporate water services. Privately owned, Polar has two bottling plants, one in New York and another in Massachusetts.

Rogers Foods was founded in 1951 by farmers Alfred and Pauline Rogers, who started the business when neighbors and local food stores began asking them to grind local grains into flour. Real growth for Rogers Foods began under the guidance of Alfred's son Stan. Today, Rogers Foods sells its products in Western Canada and exports to the Pacific Rim; it buys grain in Alberta and British Columbia to produce branded and private-label flour, wheat germ, bran, cereals, and granola. Since 1989, the company has been majority-owned by Nisshin Flour Milling, a subsidiary of Japan's Nisshin Seifun Group.

Dagar's of Austin is a caterer that has served the Austin, Texas, area since 1952. In addition to providing food for everything from bar mitzvahs to luaus, Dagar's of Austin Caterers company also helps coordinate other services, such as audio and video recording and flowers. Dagar's has been family owned and operated by three generations of the Dagar family. It was founded by Freddie Dagar who launched his business by selling barbecue to customers throughout Central Texas.

Specialty Foods Group, Inc (SFG) is a leading U.S. producer and marketer of a wide variety of premium branded and private-label processed meat products. SFG products are available through a wide-range of outlets including national and regional supermarkets, independent food retailers, delicatessens, club stores, convenience stores and foodservice distributors.Lunchmeat is always on the menu at Specialty Foods Group. The company, a manufacturer and distributor of processed meats and poultry, churns out hams, hot dogs, bacon, corned beef, and other deli meats under private labels and brands names such as Field, Mickelberry's, Nathan's Famous, Scott Petersen, Kentucky Legend, Swift Premium, and Fischer's. The company operates two plants in the US that serve supermarkets, club stores, convenience-store chains, and foodservice outlets both in the US and some international markets.

Scheid Vineyards, Inc. engages in the production and sale of wine grapes and bulk wine in the United States. It produces 17 varieties of wine grapes, such as Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Pinot Noir, Sauvignon Blanc, and Syrah. The company also converts a portion of its grapes to wine. In addition, the company provides vineyard management services. The company sells its wine grapes under short and long-term grape purchase agreements to a variety of winery clients. As of December 31, 2005, the company had approximately 5,700 acres of wine grape vineyards located in Monterey and San Benito counties in California. Scheid Vineyards, Inc. was incorporated in 1971 and is headquartered in Salinas, California.

Delice de France imports frozen partially-baked and fully-baked specialty breads and other bakery goods into the UK. Delice de France company has some 500 products ranging from the traditional French baguette and Danish pastries to meat pies. Delice de France also offers ready-to-eat soups, cookies, and desserts. Delice de France company supplies its customers with Delice de France-branded merchandising products and specialized bakery equipment, and provides baking training for retailers' employees. Its customers include UK catering companies, hotels, universities, and restaurants.

The Oppenheimer Group was founded by the David Oppenheimer and his brothers in 1858 and originally provided food and supplies to gold prospectors. The Oppenheimer Group is a leading distributor of fresh fruits and vegetables to food retailers throughout North America. It delivers more than 100 different varieties of fresh produce from more than 20 countries, including citrus fruits, grapes, greenhouse vegetables, and pineapples, sold under several different brands. Oppenheimer has a dozen sales offices in Western Canada and across the US.

West Central Cooperative serves farmers in west-central Iowa. The full-service, farmer-owned agricultural co-op is made up of some 3,100 farmers in 10 counties. It provides administrative services, agronomy services grain marketing (82 million bushels per year), and feed, seed, fertilizer, and soybean processing to its members. The cooperative also operates facilities, the Renewable Energy Group, which converts soy oil into alternative energy fuels. West Central Cooperative traces its roots to the Farmers Elevator Company, which was formed in 1907 to market grain; it became a cooperative (Farmers Cooperative Association of Ralston) in 1933.

Founded in 1992, Frontera Produce is a progressive leader in the fresh produce industry focusing on the changing needs of our customer base. Headquartered in Edinburg, Texas, our diverse growing operations allow us the ease and flexibility of meeting volume, seasonal, regional, and custom packaging requests. After 18 years of evolving our business to exceed our customer's needs, we currently offer a year-round solution of fresh products from all major United States growing areas as well as Mexico, Central and South America.

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