Since "Yosemite" means "those who kill," it is a fitting name for this meat processor. Yosemite Meat & Locker Service specializes in the slaughter and cutting of fresh pork. The company also offers fresh beef and chicken, along with specialties such as beef tripe, goat, quail, and headcheese. Its brand names include Yosemite, Yosemite Gourmet, and Azteca (aimed at California's large Latino population). The company's customers include Hispanic and Asian supermarkets, as well as restaurants and carnicerias (Mexican meat markets) located primarily in California and Nevada.

Black Star Farms, which calls itself "An Agricultural Destination," operates a winery and distillery, a fresh produce farm, horse stables (which can accommodate up to 13 horses), and an eight-room bed-and-breakfast inn. It also offers event planning at its facilities. Black Star's winery produces Arcturos brand white wines (pinot blanc, pinot gris, chardonnay, and reisling); red wines under the Leorie and Red House labels (merlot, pinot noir, and cabernat franc); as well as fruit wines and fruit brandies (apricot, apple, pear, and cherry). Also operating onsite is the Leelanau Cheese Company, an creamery that makes European-style cheeses made from cow's milk. The northern Michigan company was founded in 1998.

Genus is a world leader in applying science to animal breeding.Genus creates advances to animal breeding through biotechnology and sells added value products for livestock farming and food producers. Its non-genetically modified organism technology is applicable across all livestock species but is only commercialised by Genus in the bovine and porcine farming sectors.Genus’ worldwide sales are made under the trade marks “ABS” (dairy and beef cattle) and “PIC” (pigs) and comprise semen and breeding animals with superior genetics to those animals currently in production. Genus’ current products and services enable producers and farmers to enhance milk and meat quality and improve efficiency through the application of natural genetic selection. Customers’ animals produce offspring with greater production efficiency, milk and meat output and quality and use these to supply the global dairy and meat supply chain of farmers, breeders, processors, distributors, retailers and consumers.The Group’s competitive edge has been created from the ownership and control of proprietary lines of breeding animals, the biotechnology used to improve them and its global production and distribution network.

Eden began in Ann Arbor in the late 1960s with friends sourcing natural food. Young folks motivated by their study of a worldwide phenomenon centered upon macrobiotics; whole grains, plant based nourishment, and local food grown and made without toxic chemicals, and not nutrient depleted. Natural foods were simply not available at the time, so they started the Eden food co-op to source and bring them in. Their initial $200 orders to Erewhon in Boston and Chico-san in California were well received and caused a local stir. Co-op members traveled rural roads knocking on doors, looking for farms to grow food using organic methods. The Eden Co-op grew into a natural food store offering whole grains, beans, soyfoods, sea vegetables, miso, cereals, vegetable oils, seed and nut butters, and the like. It expanded adding a cafeteria, bakery, and books. Known at the time as the Eden Deli, it was one of very few places in the USA where one could get natural, organic, and macrobiotic food.

Sara Lee chose cheesecake over clothing. Jettisoning the apparel business, Sara Lee now peddles mostly food and drink, along with some household goods, although it's selling off that business too. Its North American Retail unit is a major packaged meat maker (Ball Park, Jimmy Dean), and a leading manufacturer of frozen bakery products, including Ms. Lee's famous raid-the-refrigerator-at-midnight frozen cheesecakes. The fresh bakery segment supplies North America with prepackaged bread and other baked goods. Sara Lee International oversees coffee, tea, and bakery in Europe, Australia, and Brazil. The North American Foodservice unit supplies coffee, meat, and bakery to foodservice operators across the continent.

Roll International is a privately held, U.S. $2 billion corporation with diverse interests including agriculture, consumer packaged goods, floral services and more. With more than 4,000 employees, Roll International is a fast-growing company that maintains its entrepreneurial spirit and high-energy, results-oriented atmosphere. As a privately held business, the company has the freedom to make long-term decisions that are good for the business, its consumers, its employees and the environment.

Don Miguel Mexican Foods manufactures and sells refrigerated and frozen Mexican meals and snacks for the retail market. Its products include frozen burritos, tacos, quesadillas, taquitos, tamales, party trays, and family-style dinner entrees, all of which are sold under the Don Miguel brand name. Don Miguel Mexican Foods company's manufacturing facility is in Dallas (it closed the Anaheim, California plant in 2006). Don Miguel is owned by private investment firm TSG Consumer Partners (formerly The Shansby Group).

US Soy works to make organic, non-genetically modified soy a staple product in the US and abroad. US Soy company grows, processes, and sells whole soybeans, as well as soy flour, meal, oil, powder, and roasted soy nuts, pieces, and bits (salted and unsalted). It develops its own totally traceable seed stock. US Soy sells its products to consumer product manufacturing companies in the baking, beverage, health food, infant food, nutritional supplement, pet food, and snack industries. US Soy has customers worldwide.

Sterling Foods was founded in 1971 and acquired by TGF Management at the end of 2008. TGF is joined by private equity firm Austin Ventures and members of Sterling's management team as part owners. Sterling Foods, LLC company produces a variety of specialty baked goods for national restaurant and supermarket chains, weight-management companies, the US military, and K-12 schools. Its products include gourmet cakes, loaf cakes and muffins, biscuits and bread, and cookies and brownies. Olive Garden and Red Lobster are among its customers; it is also the largest supplier of shelf-stable baked goods to the US Department of Defense.

Lakeside Foods company specializes in the production of private-label canned and frozen vegetables and beans. Lakeside's customers are retail food industry companies in the Midwest, including Roundy's and IGA. The food manufacturer also offers other food items, such as canned meat and stews; jams, jellies, and preserves; frozen and shelf-stable meals; salsa and other sauces; and whipped toppings. Lakeside Foods company operates 15 plants and nearly 10 distribution centers in Minnesota and Wisconsin; it exports its food products to nearly 15 countries overseas.

Inviting Real Estate Agents, Job Placements Agents, Educational Institutes, Software Service Providers, Real Estate Builders, Marriage Bureaus, Travel Agents, Restaurant Owners, Health & Fitness Centers and other Local Businesses to Post a FREE Classified Advertisement on Cootera.com Classifieds Website.