Great Kitchens company is one of North America's largest private-label manufacturers and distributors of frozen deli pizzas and appetizers. Its pizzas are prepared fresh and then frozen for sale to major US grocery retailers, who resell the products under their own brands usually in their deli or prepared foods sections. Customers include grocery chains, club stores, and foodservice distributors, such as Wal-Mart, Target, and Trader Joe's. Meatballs, mini quesadillas, potato skins, and stuffed jalapeno peppers round out its menu offerings. The Swiss baked goods supplier ARYZTA AG acquired Great Kitchens from former owner Arbor Investments in 2010.

Societe Internationale de Plantation d'Heveas (SIPH) never gets "tired" of rubber. The company owns rubber plantations in West Africa and supplies Michelin (which owns 20% of the company) with natural rubber to make tires. SIPH owns about 125,000 acres of plantation land mostly in Ivory Coast, but also in Nigeria, Ghana, and Liberia. However, about half of the 128,000 tons of rubber it produces comes from independent planters in those countries. SIPH also owns eight production sites in West Africa to market the rubber latex for export to Europe. The French/African agribusiness firm SIFCA Group owns more than 55% of the company.

Healthy eating is at the heart of Kallo Foods. Its all-organic products include breakfast cereals, crackers, breadsticks, savory and sweet biscuits, dairy-free products (rice drink, soft drinks, tofu), rice and other cereal cakes, and stocks and gravies, sold under the Kallo and other labels. The company's products are available in major UK food chains and health-food stores. In addition to Kallo (rice cakes), the company's brands include Free to Enjoy (wheat- and gluten-free biscuits, crackers, and bread sticks), Just Bouillon (stocks and gravies), and Whole Earth (organic fruit spreads, peanut butter, cereal, sauces, and drinks).

Erath Vineyards Winery operates vineyards and a winery in Oregon's Willamette Valley. Erath's specialty is Pinot Noir, but it also produces Pinot Gris and Pinot Blanc varietals. Erath farms 118 acres of land, purchases grapes from an additional 130 acres in Oregon, and produces approximately 65,000 cases of wine per year. Wines are sold under the Erath label and are available online and at the winery, where tastings take place daily. Dick Erath founded Erath Vineyards in 1967, which was among the first vineyards in the state of Oregon.

Turtle Island Foods, Inc. was founded in 1980 by president and CEO Seth Tibbott. Turtle Island Foods, the stuffed tofu roast, available with or without all the fixin's, is the non-meat-eater's alternative to a traditional Thanksgiving feast. The frozen dinners, as well as Turtle company's other vegetarian, organic soy-based products (deli slices, sausages, burgers, franks, jerky, tempeh), are sold at food co-ops, health-food stores, and other grocery outlets, as well as to foodservice companies across the US. Despite the scoffing Turtle company and its products produce in carnivores, sales have been good: Turtle Island sold its 1 millionth tofurkey in 2006.

Established in 1921, Wilbur-Ellis is an international marketer and distributor of agricultural products, animal feed and specialty chemicals and ingredients. By developing strong relationships, strategic market investments and the ability to capitalize on new opportunities, we’ve grown to a $2.5 billion business.

Klosterman might just have more bread (of the eating kind) than anybody in the Cincinnati area. Klosterman Baking Co. makes some fifty different varieties of baked goods -- such as sliced bread, buns, breadsticks, and rolls -- for restaurants and grocery stores. Klosterman Baking company has bakeries and distribution centers throughout Ohio, Kentucky, and Indiana. Klosterman Baking also has partnerships with about a dozen food service distributors such as SYSCO Corporation and Gordon Food Service. Klosterman Baking company is owned and managed by the Klosterman family.

Herr Foods is your best friend when you've got a case of the munchies. The snack food manufacturer, in business since 1946, makes about 340 different kinds of snack foods (all sold under the Herr's brand name) including potato chips, pretzels, tortilla chips, cheese curls, corn chips, pita chips, popcorn, crackers, nuts, pork rinds, onion rings, and meat sticks. Herr Foods company distributes its food items to retail food outlets in the US (primarily east of the Mississippi River), as well as in Canada. Herr Foods is run by chairman and CEO James M. Herr, son of company founder, James Stauffer Herr.

J. Filippi Vintage, which operates as Joseph Filippi Winery & Vineyards, produces merlot, syrah, zinfandel, chardonnay, and dessert wines. The winery is known for its premium wines, but it also makes sacramental and altar wines and offers custom-labeling services. It has tasting and sales locations, one in Rancho Cucamonga, California, and another in the Guasti district, near the Ontario Airport. The family-owned vineyard and winery was founded in 1922.

Elamex is a Mexican company with manufacturing operations in Mexico and the United States. Elamex, S.A. de C.V. is involved in the production of food items related to its candy manufacturing and nut packaging operations as well as real estate holdings in Mexico. Elamex's competitive advantage results from its demonstrated capability to leverage low cost, highly productive labor, strategic North American locations, recognized quality and proven ability to combine high technology with labor-intensive manufacturing processes in world-class facilities. To be a world class manufacturing business and value added provider with the objectives of superior customer satisfaction, employee growth and development, long term supplier relationships with the ultimate goal of shareholder value.

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