The year is 1924. Tucked away in a small rock home on a quiet road in a small rural Texas town called Mansfield, Mildred Dalton is busy in her kitchen making pastries and pies. Her husband, Jessie Otis Dalton, operates a one-room grocery store in Fort Worth, Texas. Each day he takes to work with him more of her pastry creations and merchandises them alongside other food items for sale. Times are tough and extra money is needed. Mildred and Jessie have 3 children to care for. Mildred is using a lot of egg whites for pastry meringues, but hardly any of the leftover egg yolks, so she decides to use the egg yolks and begins making homemade mayonnaise.Before long Mildred's mayonnaise is a best seller in the Fort Worth grocery store and a favorite amongst family friends. In fact it is such a hit that neighbors begin to pay for it, and grocery store customers call in orders ahead of time to make sure that product is available. Mildred decides to compliment the popular mayonnaise by making an equally impressive homemade sandwich spread. This item, however, requires pickle relish as a main ingredient. As such, a relish supplier is secured but he soon raises prices to what are considered ridiculously high levels. Jessie and Mildred are left with no other option but to plant a pickle patch in their home garden. The ensuing harvest is so abundant that the family begins packing pickles.

Foremost Farms is owned and guided by the dairy farmer members who produce our quality milk. Our member-owners, executive leaders and employees all work together to ensure that we operate ethically and responsibly – as we supply world-class dairy products and ingredients to customers across the globe.

Ruiz Foods company produces some 200 frozen Mexican foods under the El Monterey and Tornados brand names, including burritos, taquitos, enchiladas, and tamales. Its value-added convenience products can be found in grocery stores throughout the US; it also serves foodservice clients. Ruiz Foods manufactures its products at its main 300,000-sq.-ft. facility in Dinuba, California, and, in order to meet the demand for its products in the eastern and midwestern US, two more in Texas. In a move to provide healthy food products, in 2006 the company removed all trans fats from its El Monterey brand products.

When it comes to vino, Ravenswood Winery prefers rosso. The company's red Zinfandel is its top seller, but it also produces Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Chardonnay, and other red and white wines. Ravenswood buys most of its grapes from third parties and its wines are sold in the US and abroad through retailers, restaurants, and online. Known for its complex wines, the company's brands include value-priced Vintners Blend, mid-priced County Series, and higher-end Vineyard Designate. Ravenswood Winery was founded by Joel Peterson and W. Reed Foster in 1976; it is now owned by wine behemoth, Constellation Brands.

Clif Bar & Company is a leading maker of natural energy, nutrition, and snack bars. Its high-carbohydrate CLIF and LUNA bars are aimed at sports enthusiasts and busy folk of all stripes and are distributed in bike shops, outdoor stores, and natural food markets, as well as grocery stores, convenience stores, and other retail outlets nationwide. In addition to its CLIF and LUNA bars, the company offers various iterations of its product, including MOJO, and Builder's bars, along with children's versions called ZBar and Organic Twisted Fruit. Clif Bar company also sells CLIF Shots -- energy drinks and gels fortified with electrolytes.

Moonlight Packing Corporation does its business so we can partake in fruit consumption by sunlight and moonlight. The California growing/packing/distribution company is a stone-fruit (peaches, nectarines, plums, pluots) and table-grape grower, packer and supplier.

Discovery Foods was founded by chairman James Beaton in 1989. Discovery Foods aims to stamp out dull food by allowing home cooks and foodservice operators to discover the power of chilies. The UK company makes spice-rich sauces, seasonings, condiments, and meal kits based on mainly Mexican cuisine (with some Cajun, Creole, and Texan selections available as well). Its also makes tortillas, wraps, and chips. The company's Discovery-branded (consumer) and Santa Maria-branded (foodservice) products are sold in the UK and mainland Europe.

Premier Ag is consistently serving the community by ensuring a dependable source of agricultural supplies, services, and marketing Grain at competitive prices. Our Grain department works hard at finding new markets for your grain, adding value to your grain bids. Our Crops department is the leading seed supplier of SE Indiana, supplying you not only with a complete line of fertilizer, but application expertise as well. We are constantly asking ourselves what we can do to better serve you. We pride ourselves in our customer focused success. It truly is more than you expected.

Blue Diamond® Growers is the world's largest tree nut processing and marketing company. Founded in 1910, the cooperative is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2010. Blue Diamond® led the development of California's almond industry from a minor domestic specialty crop to the world leader in almond production and marketing. We continue to build markets and create new products, new uses, and new opportunities for members of Blue Diamond® Growers. Headquartered in Sacramento, California, approximately 3000 California almond growers deliver California almonds annually to their cooperative. The crop is marketed to all 50 states and more than 90 foreign countries, making almonds California's largest food export, and the sixth largest U.S. food export. The California crop is valued annually at over $2 billion dollars.

Alpha Baking Company was formed in 1979 when it bought Mary Ann Baking Company in Chicago. Founded in 1935, Mary Ann was the originator of the Chicago-style poppy seed hot dog bun which Alpha continues to bake for not only the Chicago market, but also for those selling Chicago-style hot dogs across the United States. In 1981, Alpha purchased the S. Rosen's Baking Company, a Chicago staple of Jewish hearth rye breads and variety rolls since 1909. Through the years, Alpha has continued to grow through the acquisition of Kreamo Bakers in South Bend, Ind., Natural Oven's in Manitowoc, WI. and National Baking Company in Chicago. Alpha Baking Company currently sells its products under the S. Rosen's, Mary Ann, Kreamo, Golden Hearth, and Natural Ovens brand names.

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