Taylor Fresh Foods, Inc., was founded in 1994 with the objective of being the predominant value-added fresh vegetable supplier to the foodservice market. The guiding belief behind the business plan was that there was a place in the industry for a company that was both dedicated solely to foodservice customers and that achieved the low cost, high service position in the industry. The primary means of growth of the Company has been through acquisitions and through significant relationships with large, national distributors and restaurant chains.

Founded in 1895, Poupart is owned by Argent Group Europe. Poupart Limited is a leading UK fresh produce company, importing fruit from more than 15 countries worldwide. Its BerryWorld division, which accounts for most of the company's sales, supplies soft fruits, while its OrchardWorld division supplies top fruits (apples and pears). Poupart's Imports division supplies a wide array of citrus fruits. Poupart company's customers include major retail food outlets, as well as independent retailers, caterers and foodservice operators.

Synutra International knows how to pack a nutritional punch -- and put it into a can. The company develops, manufactures, and sells enriched milk- and rice-powder products for infants and children. The company also makes powdered nutritional products for adults; however, most of the company's business comes from the sale of its infants' and children's powders. Synutra products are sold at more than 65,000 retail outlets located throughout mainland China. Chairman and CEO Liang Zhang owns 67% of the company.

Bright Harvest was founded in 1967 in Clarksville, Arkansas. Its products were marketed under the Kim's, Chef Francisco, and Ore-Ida labels as part of the Heinz company until 1999, when CEO Don Kerr acquired the company through Kerr Industries. Bright Harvest Sweet Potato manufactures and sells frozen sweet potatoes and value-added sweet potato products under the Bright Harvest brand name. It is the top processor of sweet potatoes in the US and supplies the USDA.) The company's offerings include center cut, candied patties, and mashed sweet potatoes, as well as sweet potato casserole.

The cows at Laura's Lean Beef aren't particularly skinny, but they haven't been fattened up artificially. The company provides fresh, naturally raised beef products under the Laura's Lean Beef brand to approximately 6,500 natural food stores and conventional grocery retailers in 47 states nationwide. Its cattle are not given growth hormones, and its feed program is based on grazing and natural feeds. Additionally, Laura's Lean Beef does not add fillers, additives, or water and salt. Aside from the usual cuts of beef, the company also offers frozen beef patties and fully cooked entrees including beef pot roast au jus and shredded beef with barbecue sauce. The company is a subsidiary of Meyer Natural Angus.

C.F. Sauer has been adding a little spice to life. It produces extracts, flavorings, and spices for the consumer food and foodservice industries. The C.F. Sauer company also sells mayonnaise, mustard, seasoning blends, dry mixes, margarine, and cooking oils. In addition to its namesake brand, Sauer, it also makes the Duke's, Bama, Spice Hunter, Gold Medal, and Mrs. Filbert's brands. Sauer's customers include retail food outlets and foodservice providers, including restaurants and concessionaires east of the Mississippi River. C.F. Sauer also provides private-label and blending services for food processors.

Puratos Group N.V. got its start in 1919 selling ice cream and confectionery mixes in Brussels. Puratos doesn't make baked goods -- it makes them better. Its menu of bakery ingredients, such as bread improvers, flavorings, enzymes, emulsifiers, and yeast, are used by commercial bakers the world over. Puratos also concocts specialty ingredients used in patisserie (pastry) making, including custards, fruit and cream fillings, glazes, marzipan, meringues, and icings. Through its Belcolade subsidiary, it is a leading Belgian chocolate maker, serving professional chocolatiers. With approximately 60 production plants in 40 countries, Puratos sells its products to some 200,000 customers in more than 100 countries worldwide.

Nippon Beet Sugar Manufacturing Co., Ltd. is a Japan-based company that is active in five business segments. The Sugar segment manufactures and sells beet sugar, refined sugar, beet molasses, refined molasses and stick sugar. The Other Food Product segment manufactures and sells yeast, raffinose, betaines, difructose anhydride III (DFAIII) and others. The Agricultural and Livestock segment manufactures and sells formula feed, beet pulps, paper pots, seeds, adjusted peat and agricultural equipment and materials. The Real Estate segment constructs and leases commercial facilities. The Others segment, through its subsidiaries, is involved in the provision of transportation and warehousing services, the sale of coal, petroleum and automobile parts, the provision of insurance agency services, as well as the operation of book stores and bowling alleys. As of March 31, 2010, the Company had four subsidiaries and three associated companies.

Since its foundation in Doncaster in 1926, the PDM Group (Prosper De Mulder Ltd.) has grown to become the UK's largest food chain by-product recycler.Today, the family-run business has evolved to offer the UK's food industry integrated food chain recycling services.PDM provides nationwide collections to every part of the food chain - from farm gate to dinner place. PDM prides itself on being the only company in the UK to be able to offer a complete portfolio of solutions for food waste recycling.

Warburtons is proof that a family business can rise nicely by loafing around. With roots that date back to the late nineteenth century, Warburtons is one of the the largest independent bread bakeries in the UK. Warburtons company bakes up breads, crumpets (English muffins in the US), rolls, fruit loafs, and teacakes day at its 13 bakeries. Its products are distributed in the UK under the Warburtons brand name. Warburtons company has grown through careful expansion, choosing to build new factories throughout the years, rather than acquire smaller businesses. The fifth generation of the founding Warburton family owns and operates Warburtons company.

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