The Real Good Food Company has made a successful meal out of what larger food companies pushed off their plates. The Real Good Food company has been built up by the acquisition of smaller manufacturers that belonged to high-end convenience food makers who sold them off since they were no longer considered "core operations" -- some six since 2003. It's been a sweet tasty ride. Real Good Food's sugar products are made by subsidiary Renshawnapier. Its baking ingredients operations are under the purview of its Haydens Bakeries subsidiary, which makes yeast-dough products. Real Good's large retail customers include Waitrose and Marks and Spencer.

Continental Grain Company (CGC) is all over the food chain. The agribusiness company trades grain worldwide through subsidiaries including ContiAsia and ContiLatin. That grain is fed to chickens at subsidiary Wayne Farms, a major US poultry processor with 11 facilities and a capacity to process almost 2 billion pounds of poultry a year. CGC also has partnerships with Seaboard Corporation (called ContiSea), Charoen Pokphand, and Overseas Shipholding Group. In 2008 CGC formed Arlon, a private investment firm that manages three separate portfolios made up of diverse holdings. Chairman and CEO Paul Fribourg (a descendant of company founder Simon Fribourg) and his family own CGC.

The family-owned and -operated Fazio Marketing, Inc. was founded in 1984 by Don Fazio and his son Tony. Fazio Marketing harvests, packs, and ships table grapes and raisins. Offering about 15 varieties of grapes (based on seasonality), the company grows its juicy crops mainly in California's Central Valley with some operations in the Coachella Valley. Fazio Marketing company, which also makes grape juice, sells its products under the Tri-Boro brand name. Tri-Boro Fruit Co., Inc. is a subsidiary; the name salutes the company's origins as a grape marketer in New York City.

San Francisco-based Diamond Foods is a high-growth innovative packaged food company focused on building, acquiring and energizing brands including, Kettle Chips, Emerald snack nuts, Pop Secret popcorn, and Diamond of California snack and culinary nuts. The Company's strategy is to build brands from the ground up as well as identify opportunities in under-developed brands and then add value by making a relevant connection to the contemporary consumer. Diamond's products are distributed globally in stores where snacks and culinary nuts are sold.Founded in 1912 with a strong heritage in the walnut market under the Diamond of California brand, Diamond Foods completed its initial public offering in July, 2005. The Company has approximately 1,700 year-round employees and its stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol DMND.

Benziger Family Winery produces a wide variety of Bordeaux wines from its 168-acre, family-owned and -operated vineyards and winery, which is located in Glen Ellen, California. In addition to using its own fruit, Benziger also makes wines from grapes grown by a network of 50 other area vineyards. The company is dedicated to certified-sustainable, organic farming practices. It operates a research and education center to further these practices, which it shares with its longtime Sonoma County grower/partners. Benziger Family wines are distributed to retailers and restaurants throughout the US, as well as through its wine club and the company's Web site. Benzinger's first wines were produced in 1981.

Kona Brewing Company was started by father and son team Cameron Healy and Spoon Khalsa. The pair had a dream to create fresh, local island brews made with spirit, passion and quality. Their love of Hawaii, and a desire to protect the pristine environment here, brought them to the Big Island to fulfill their vision. Kona Brewing continues to be headquartered right where it began, in Kailua-Kona on Hawaii's Big Island. Kona Brewing Company is committed to producing, marketing and serving the finest handcrafted beers and tastiest cuisine with its exceptional team of motivated individuals who are passionate about quality and care about working in an environment where integrity, good will and discipline are the codes.

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.

Family owned and operated, Brothers Produce was established in 1980 as a full service fresh produce distributor. Through the years Brothers has established themselves as one of the largest produce distributors in the state of Texas. Brothers covers the greater Houston and Dallas/Ft Worth areas as well as all areas surrounding. Brothers Produce distribute a full line of fresh fruits and vegetables, specialty items, and processed items to meet the customers needs. Offering only high quality products and service brothers produce supply a broad range of foodservice and retail customers with a fleet of over 75 refrigerated trucks.

When EWOS Canada rings the dinner bell, the fish they come a-swimmin'. The company is the Canadian subsidiary of Oslo, Norway-based Cermaq ASA's giant fish-feed business, the EWOS Group. Established in 1986, EWOS Canada manufactures feed for various fish species at its mill in Surrey, British Columbia, but focuses particularly on controlling the hunger pangs of salmon and trout. Its sister company, Mainstream Canada, operates fish farms, as does EWOS Canada as part of its Pacific Coast operations. The EWOS Group as a whole generated some $914 million in sales during 2008.

Prima Limited has ground its way to the top. Beginning as a flour miller in Singapore in 1961, the company has grown into a diversified group of companies with worldwide operations. While flour is still the mainstay of Prima, its other businesses include feed milling, food manufacturing (including bakery products and ready meals), foodservice operations, restaurants (noodle shops). Not neglecting to keep up with the fast-paced, modern world, it manufactures supply-chain and logistics computer software. And, after all that, Pima has time left to do property management.

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