Jack Brown Produce, Inc. was established in 1960. Jack Brown Produce is owned by its officers and by family shareholders. Jack Brown Produce provides distribution services for fresh fruit, representing about 100 regional growers. It specializes in supplying major US supermarkets with apples and peaches, and also ships to customers in South America and on the Pacific Rim.

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.

Trim-Rite Food Corporation was founded as an independent custom pork boning business in 1980 with a plant in Schaumburg, IL. This positioning put Trim-Rite closer to the fresh meat supply. Trim-Rite’s main business at the time was to supply custom trimmed pork to the Oriental restaurants on the East Coast.As the business grew, Trim-Rite began to supply customers all throughout the Midwest and East Coast in all areas of the meat business. The increased customer base dictated that we move into a larger facility to handle the growing business. In 1991 Trim-Rite moved to a 37,500 square foot building in Addison, IL.Trim-Rite successfully began to fill the Addison plant with new business and began to ship products all over the world. As Trim-Rite’s domestic and international business grew, it again became apparent that more space was needed. This further growth forced Trim-Rite to move into a larger facility.In March of 2002, Trim-Rite built from the ground up and moved into a 76,000 square foot, state of the art facility in Carpentersville, IL.

Denali Flavors -- maker of more than more than 40 flavors for the dairy industry under the Alaskan Classics brand name, including its trademark Moose Tracks vanilla flavor. Denali Flavors company's other Alaskan-themed flavors include Bear Foot Browner, Caramel Caribou, Mother Lode, and Otter Paws. Ice creams using Denali flavors are produced by 85 regional and local dairies throughout the US and are sold at major US food retailers, including Wal-Mart, Walgreens, Aldi, Sav-A-Lot, Food 4 Less, Giant, Hannaford, Meijer, Safeway, and Winn Dixie.

Mendocino Brewing Company is internationally renowned as a brewer of full-flavored, traditional ales. The company was established in 1983 as California's first Brewpub at Hopland and is recognized as a pioneer in the American Craft Brewing renaissance. We have two state-of-the-art breweries, one at Ukiah, 110 miles north of San Francisco and the other at Saratoga Springs, NY. At Mendocino Brewing Company, we have a certain passion about our beers and are proud that over the years, discerning beer drinkers have shared our passion for quality and class. Although our beers have won many awards, the award we cherish most - is consumer loyalty to our products.

Fact Corporation, through its subsidiary, Food and Culinary Technology Group Inc., operates in the functional food industry. The company engages in the development, licensing, and supply of functional bake mixes to customers who manufacture, distribute, and market bakery and pasta products to consumers through various conventional and alternative channels, including retail, food service, and specialty markets. The company also develops home-use retail baking mixes under its Nutrition First brand for cookies, brownies, and other products. Functional Food Business FACT Group holds the rights to certain formulations for the production of dough and batter based functional food products ranging from breads, bagels, pastas, and pizza shells, to sweet baked goods, snack bars and confectionery, and other foods derived from a dough, batter or mix. FACT Group sells its Nutrition First premixes and products to manufacturers, distributors and food service clients, who incorporate the premix into finished products to market and sell to the end consumer under their own retail brand/label. FACT Group’s premixes enable customers to make claims on their end products pertaining to various market positions, including, a reduction in refined carbohydrates, increased fiber, low or no sugar, organic and natural positioning, weight management benefits, and other tangible benefits.

ARYZTA is a leading global supplier of specialty baked products to customers in the foodservice industry, as well as consumers through retail outlets. Its operating units include Cuisine de France (pastries and other traditional French breads), Delice de France (continental-style breads), and Hiestand (pastries, pretzels, and other baked snacks). In the US, ARYZTA owns cookie maker Otis Spunkmeyer, artisan bread maker La Brea Bakery, and frozen pizza maker Great Kitchens. In addition, the company owns more than 70% of Origin Enterprises, a leader in UK agribusiness products.

Colavita USA is a leading importer and distributor of Italian foods, notably olive oil, pastas, sauces, and vinegars sold under the Colavita label. It supplies products to retail grocery store chains, specialty food stores, and wholesale distributors, as well as restaurants, caterers, and other foodservice operators. Colavita USA, L.L.C. was started by John J. Profaci, who struck a distribution agreement with Italy's Colavita family in 1978. Rome-based Colavita S.p.A owns 80% of the US importer.

Maple Leaf Bakery, Inc.'s operations makes one's mouth water. The Des Plains, Illinois-based company makes and sells par-baked, and frozen bread, rolls, croissants, turnovers, and bagels throughout the US. The company is part of Canada Bread Co.'s bakery group, which is 89%-owned by Canada's Maple Leaf Foods. In 2002 the bakery acquired San Francisco-based artisan bread operation Grace Baking. Maple Leaf Bakery's products are available through instore bakeries at retail grocery stores and at club-stores, as well as to foodservice operators.

Victory Brewing Company makes European-style craft beers. The company's colorfully named brands -- among them HopDevil, Hop Wallop, Golden Monkey, St. Boisterous, and Old Horizontal -- are also sold in taverns and retail outlets in its home state, Pennsylvania, as well as in about a dozen other states. It also operates an onsite brewpub that serves up sandwiches, salads, pizza -- and Victory's beers. Boyhood friends Bill Covaleski and Ron Barchet founded the company in 1996.

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