Mahou, S.A., which does business as Mahou-San Miguel, produces San Miguel, Mahou, and Selecta beers at its Madrid brewery. The company also makes Eco, which it touts as an environmentally friendly, organic beer. It also offers non-alcoholic brews, such as Laiker and Mixta. The company's flagship San Miguel brand is available in more than 35 countries, mainly in Europe (Carlsberg markets the San Miguel brand in the UK). Strengthening its market position, the company acquired rival Spanish brewer, Cervezas Alhambra, in 2007. The brewery was founded in 1890.

American Home Food Products, Inc now active in the marketing of private-label foods. In 2007 it acquired specialty food company Artisanal Premium Cheese for about $4.5 million. At the same time, the company sold its building material assets for approximately $1 million. Artisanal Cheese markets and sells specialty and handmade cheeses to upscale restaurants and retailers. In addition to wholesale and foodservice distribution, the company sells products in supermarkets, through catalogs, and on its Web site.

Sebastiani’s first century in Sonoma winemaking began when Samuele (pictured right) emigrated from the Tuscany region of Italy in 1895 and started Sebastiani nine years later. A stonemason by trade, he quarry-mined the Sonoma hills for cobblestones that were used to build the streets of San Francisco. He worked long hours and saved carefully to buy land in Sonoma County, from which he would make wine for the Sonoma community and San Francisco’s restaurants.The winery was the only one in Sonoma County to continue operations through Prohibition, making a small amount of sacramental and medicinal wines. It has been joked, and perhaps with some grain of truth, that during this time there was a resurgence of people becoming very religious.

Farmers Rice Milling was founded in 1917 and is owned by The Powell Group, an investment firm with interests in communications, real estate, and timber. Farmers Rice Milling Company operates rice milling, drying, and storage facilities. It also manages rice farms and operates a rice-hull power plant that supplies all of the company's electricity. Farmers Rice processes 800 million pounds of long- and medium-grain rice per year at its southewestern Louisiana mill. It sells its products domestically, and it exports rice to more than 40 countries worldwide.

Our mission is to be the acknowledged leader in supplying the food processing industry with superior quality, efficiently and safely produced fruit, vegetable and other agricultural products from the growers of our Cooperative. Pro-Fac Cooperative grows big and strong on fruits and veggies. The farm co-op provides marketing and sales services to its approximately 500 member/owners across the US. The agricultural co-op sells its member-farmers' crops to companies in the food processing industry, including Birds Eye Foods (typically buys more than 40% of crops). Pro-Fac has members primarily in Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Nebraska, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Washington. It was formerly a partial owner of Birds Eye, which was sold to Blackstone entity Pinnacle Foods in 2009. Since the sale, Pro-Fac has implemented a liquidation plan and looks to disband in 2012.

Founded in 1975, Viscofan Group is the world leader in manufacturing and distribution of artificial casings for the meat industry. Technical innovation, product quality and customer service are our main drivers.Viscofan helps butchers make order out of chaos, or at least sausage out of scraps. The company is one of the world's largest makers of artificial sausage casings. It has casings operations in about 15 countries in North and South America, Europe, and Asia. Viscofan sells its cellulose, collagen, and plastic casings and food film to food processors; it produces both edible small diameter and non-edible large diameter collagen and plastic casings. Its Industrias Alimentarias de Navarra (IAN) subsidiary makes canned vegetables, sauces and salad dressings under the Carretilla brand. Viscofan sells its products in more than 120 countries. The company was founded in 1975.

If every chicken tells a story, then JFC has plenty of fine-feathered tales to tell. Starting out as a mail-order hatchery for other producers, the family-owned company has grown into a fully-integrated poultry processor through its Gold'n Plump Poultry business. The Gold'n Plump brand of fresh, frozen, and value-added chicken products includes such items as rotisserie chicken in "grab and go" packages and bake-it-in-the-package entrees. JFC's poultry products are sold to retail food and foodservice customers nationwide. The company's primary product -- chickens -- is sourced through some 250 poultry farmers located in Minnesota and Wisconsin.

Belvedere delivers velvety vodka. The company was founded after the fall of the Berlin Wall to promote the virtues of premium vodka made in Eastern European countries. Belvedere no longer makes its original namesake brand, which it named in honor of the presidential palace in Warsaw; it sold the rights to the brand in 2001. The company's flagship vodka is the rye-based Sobieski. Belvedere makes and sells Sobieski and other spirits, including William Peel whiskey, in frosted-glass bottles designed to emphasize their luxury quality. The company also distributes wine and spirits in the US, Latin America, Asia, and Eastern Europe. In 2009 Belvedere filed for bankruptcy protection and emerged from it the same year.

The Rutherford Ranch Winery is on the site of the original Round Hill Winery started in the 1970’s by Ernie and Virginia Van Asperen. When the Van Asperen’s retired in 2000, Marko and Theo Zaninovich, long-time share holders with the Van Asperen family, acquired the winery. The estate vineyards were replanted with superior vines and the winery and Tasting Room have undergone significant renovations. Yet, the estate’s 100 year-old olive grove and unpretentious charm remain essentially unchanged.Today, Rutherford Wine Company includes Rutherford Ranch Winery (Napa Valley), Round Hill, Scott Family Estate (Arroyo Seco) and Lander-Jenkins Vineyards.

The farm's herd of more than 260 Jersey and Guernsey cows produce the raw material for Devon clotted cream, fresh yogurt, ice cream, frozen yogurt and sorbet, and cheese. The company's distribution service delivers its products to grocery retailers, hotels, and restaurants in Cornwall, Devon, and southern England, as well as retail and foodservice outlets in Bangkok, Hong Kong, and Japan. Langage Farms has been run for many years by farmers in the Harvey Family; today it is owned by senior partner L. Harvey.

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