Alfesca has enjoyed year-on-year success resulting from an original business model, according to which complementary sales cycles and a differential exposure to raw material variations enable the company to operate a balanced portfolio of activities across several European food markets.Alfesca runs a market driven food business and is an acknowledged leader in its field, supplying markets where taste, quality, freshness and convenience are valued. Alfesca’s business is aligned with changes in consumers’ behaviour and its strength is reflected in a strong portfolio of market-leading brands such as Labeyrie, Blini, Delpierre, Michel Adrien and Skandia. At the same time, Alfesca is also one of the most efficient and successful producers of retailer or private label brands in Europe.Alfesca runs 15 well-equipped factories in Europe with high level of certification and employs around 3600 people on average.

P.L. Thomas was founded by Marvin Flowerman and Paul Greene in 1955 and is owned by the Flowerman family. P.L. Thomas company makes ingredients for the food, nutraceutical, and cosmetic industries. It provides hydrocolloids (i.e., water-soluble gums), stabilizers, flavors, and other ingredients for food manufacturers. It also offers botanical extracts, specialty nutraceuticals, herbal powders, mineral gluconates, and other items for nutritional supplement makers. For cosmetic maters it offers oils, vitamins, antioxidants, collagen producers, and ceramides. P.L. Thomas company provides global sourcing, custom ingredient manufacturing, and product development services.

JBS Five Rivers Ranch Cattle Feeding hopes to milk a profit from fattening up cows for market. One of the largest cattle feeding businesses in the US, the company operates with a capacity to feed more than 800,000 head of cattle. Five Rivers operates approximately about 10 feedlots located in Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. The company, which takes care of the health and nutrition of the steer, also offers feed financing and marketing services for its customers. Five Rivers is owned by the giant Brazilian beef processor, JBS.

Danish pig farmers have found that it pays to cooperate. With some 12,000 members, Danish Crown AmbA cooperative owns the Danish Crown Group of meat processing businesses. About half of the group's sales come from pork; beef accounts for only about 6%. With a substantial number of pig and beef slaughterhouses and cutting plants, Danish Crown's subsidiaries produce fresh and processed pork and beef products in Europe, the UK, and the US. The company has both retail and industrial customers. Danish Crown's products are available worldwide. Its foreign subsidiaries include meat processors Tulip Ltd. and Geo Adams & Sons in the UK and US-based Plumrose.

AgFeed Industries readies hogs for the abattoir (i.e., the slaughterhouse). The company manufactures, distributes, and sells hog feed and feed additives, and owns almost 30 hog farms in China. It sells feed from its five plants to more than 650 large-scale pig farms (including its owns farms) and distributes feed to more than 1,000 retail locations. The company sells more than 75,000 tons of feed products a year under more than 20 different brand names. AgFeed Industries also raises hogs, including purebred Yorkshire, Landrace, and Duroc hogs, for slaughter. It produces more than 400,000 hogs per year and operates a 68-acre breeder pig farm to supply its farms with sows and boars. AgFeed was founded in 1995.

Great Kitchens company is one of North America's largest private-label manufacturers and distributors of frozen deli pizzas and appetizers. Its pizzas are prepared fresh and then frozen for sale to major US grocery retailers, who resell the products under their own brands usually in their deli or prepared foods sections. Customers include grocery chains, club stores, and foodservice distributors, such as Wal-Mart, Target, and Trader Joe's. Meatballs, mini quesadillas, potato skins, and stuffed jalapeno peppers round out its menu offerings. The Swiss baked goods supplier ARYZTA AG acquired Great Kitchens from former owner Arbor Investments in 2010.

Rossi Pasta Ltd. was founded in 1981 by John Rossi and is majority-owned by chairman, Frank Christy. Rossi Pasta company rolls out some 50 different flavored pastas (mainly fettuccini and linguini) under the Rossi brand name, including shiitake fettuccini, roasted red bell pepper fettuccini, and its perennially popular spinach basil garlic fettuccini. It produces flavored lasagna noodles, pasta sauces, and specialty gift items. Rossi's goods are sold to retail and wholesale customers at specialty grocery stores and restaurants, as well as through its Web site. It also makes private-label pastas for upscale retailers.

It's a grind, and at the Scoular Company, that's a good thing. The company is best known for buying, selling, storing, handling, and transporting agricultural products (mainly grains) worldwide. It deals in the mainstays of farming -- corn, hay, millet, rice, sorghum, soybeans, and wheat -- and gets them where they need to go. It transports these products via rail, truck, barge, and seagoing container vessels. The company's other divisions offer fishmeal products for farm-animal, pet, and aquaculture feeds, ingredients for food manufacturers, renewable fuels, and truck freight brokering. Scoular has customers in Asia, Africa, Europe, and North and South America.

Founded in 1886, Gonnella Baking makes fresh Italian- and French-style specialty breads for grocers and restaurants in the Midwest. The Chicago-based company also makes frozen dough and fresh baked frozen bread for in-store bakeries and restaurants. Gonnella rolls out a variety of bread crumbs, rolls, and breadsticks for retail sale. From its frozen dough plant in Schaumburg, Illinois, Gonnella ships its in-store bakery and foodservice products throughout the US. Gonnella Baking company has six production facilities total. The Gonnella and Marcucci families own Gonnella Baking.

Hodgson Mill company touts its use of grinding stones (rather than the steel blades that the big companies use) to mill a variety of grains, including wheat, oats, rye, and corn. The Missouri mill was built in 1837; company founder Alva Hodgson purchased the mill after its second rebuilding in 1882. Hodgson Mill products include flours, flax seed, couscous, cereals, bread and baking mixes, batters, and non-gluten and soy products. It has added wholewheat and veggie dried pastas to its offerings, which are available at retail food outlets nationwide.

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