Compass Group is the world's largest contract foodservices provider with operations in more than 50 countries. It provides hospitality and foodservice for a variety of businesses and such public-sector clients as cultural institutions, hospitals, and schools. It also offers vending, catering, and concessions services for a number of events and sports venues. Its foodservice brands include Chartwells, Crothall, and Levy Restaurants. In addition, Compass is a franchisee of such well-known chains as Burger King and Starbucks.

Z Trim Holdings partners with the food industry by deploying formulation and product performance solutions built around cutting-edge dietary fibers. A public company, Z Trim Holdings acquired the rights to a USDA patent and subsequently evolved the processing technology and expanded the fiber sources to create innovative ingredients with unique properties that provide multifunctional benefits across diverse product categories. Through our distributor partners, we can provide the multifunctional benefits of Z Trim ingredients and help to create value for food manufacturers around the world. In fact, in 2006, Z Trim corn fiber ingredient was recognized as the “Most Innovative Ingredient” at the Food Ingredients South America conference. Z Trim® corn and oat fiber ingredients are used in a multitude of retail and food service consumer products including meats, sauces, soups, dressings, baked goods, prepared meals, frozen hand-held snacks, pizza dough and toppings, and many more. Z Trim fiber ingredients give food developers a highly effective tool to achieve desired product attributes, and address product formulation and performance challenges. The multifunctional benefits of Z Trim ingredients make them a perfect choice for standard products as well as more healthful products that are reduced in fat and calories.

At House of Raeford Farms, a turkey can become a meatloaf, a pot roast, or a ham; a chicken can be transformed into fajitas, lunch meat, or a breaded dog-on-a-stick. The vertically-integrated North Carolina poultry processor supplies fresh, frozen, and value-added chicken and turkey products to retail food, in-store deli, and foodservice operators. It offers whole, cut-up, ground, boneless and bone-in meat, ready-to-heat entrees, as well as poultry sausage and smoked and breaded poultry products. Its brands include House of Raeford and Lakewood Plantation and are available throughout the US. Raeford has eight facilitates located in eight facilities in North and South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, and Michigan.

Despite what your toddler says at bedtime, good things do come out of the dark. Franklin Organic Mushrooms, which does business as Franklin Farms, has sprouted into one of the top growers and harvester of certified organic mushrooms in the US. The company's mushroom crop, grown completely without pesticides, includes agaricus (white "button" mushrooms), portabella, shiitake, crimini, oyster, enoki, beech, and maitake. It also produces meat-alternative vegetarian products made from soy and mushrooms, including Veggiburgers, Veggiballs, Veggidogs, and Chick'n Nuggets. The company was founded in 1983.

Dating back to 1846, Calhoun Bend Mill Inc. was founded and is still owned and operated by the Calhoun family. Calhoun Bend Mill offers up some good, old-fashioned, soothing, Southern, comfort food. Located in Jonesville, Louisiana, the company produces corn bread, fry, and dessert mixes using genuine stone-ground cornmeal that the company grinds itself. Calhoun Bend products are available to food retailers and foodservice providers throughout the US and Canada, as well as to individual consumers via the company's Web site.

Contrary to the old adage (often erroneously attributed to P.T. Barnum, but that's another story), 480 suckers are born every minute. Four hundred and eighty is the number of lollipops that Kendon Candies makes every hour. (Actually, the company cites the figure 15,000 a day; your intrepid writer has done the math based on an eight-hour day.) At any rate, Kendon is one of the country's top manufacturers of hard-candy lollipops. Its rainbow-colored pinwheel, round-up, seasonal, and specialty-shaped sweets on a stick are sold at amusement parks, zoos, restaurants, candy stores, and gift shops. Kendon Candies was founded in the 1950s by Tom Kennedy, who still owns and operates the company.

Ginger has long been regarded as an essential remedy in the East, but recently Western medicine has been embracing the health benefits of ginger too. While there is not yet published research on Reed’s products, some traditional herbal health values associated with fresh or brewed ginger include headache relief, improved digestion, cardiovascular protection, relief of stomach upset, greater energy, menstrual relief, morning sickness, greater sperm motility, ulcer and arthritis aid, cancer protection, and more. Pamela Miller, D. Ac., D.Hom., our local expert in Chinese Herbs and Acupuncture, recommends Reed’s to many of her patients who have morning sickness or complain of headache with nauseousness. She also suggests it to parents and other patients who are looking for an alternative to commercial sodas.

Warrnambool Cheese and Butter (WCB) has been producing high quality dairy products for over 120 years, making us the oldest dairy processor in Australia today. We are an Australian-owned company, listed on the Australian Stock Exchange since 2004. Warrnambool Cheese and Butter is one of the largest employers in South West Victoria, with about 300 (full-time equivalent) employees based at our Allansford site.

Masters Gallery Foods’ sales and customer service team has been widely recognized for its ability to consistently source high quality products at competitive pricing. Strong, stable relationships with key manufacturing plants assure quality, consistency and reliable inventory levels throughout the year. The company’s effective programs are the result of nationwide networking created by Masters Gallery Foods. KNOWLEDGEABLE PEOPLE TO ASSIST YOU IN SOURCING THE QUALITY CHEESE YOU DEMAND Masters Gallery Foods’ sales and customer service team has been widely recognized for its ability to consistently source high quality products at competitive pricing. Strong, stable relationships with key manufacturing plants assure quality, consistency and reliable inventory levels throughout the year. The company’s effective programs are the result of nationwide networking created by Masters Gallery Foods. Our in-house licensed cheese graders and quality assurance group are among the most demanding in the business. You can be assured of the very best in quality and consistency every time you place your order.

From the very beginning, Unibroue has carved out a special niche in the beer world with top quality products and a brand rooted deep in Quebec culture. It made history by becoming the first North American beer maker to use a brewing method inspired by the two-centuries-old tradition developed by Trappist monks in Europe—particularly in Belgium. Over the years, Unibroue has remained faithful to its origins even as it has grown to become an icon of the brewing world. Unibroue products take you on a journey filled with legends and fabulous tales.

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