Chef Paul Prudhomme has propelled the distinctive cuisine of his native Louisiana into the international spotlight and continues to push the limits by creating exciting and new American and international dishes. Chef Paul learned the importance of using the freshest ingredients while cooking at his mother’s side and continues to use only earth’s finest harvests. As the youngest of 13 children, Chef Paul was always adventurous. His strong curiosity of life and cultural customs motivated him to leave Louisiana in his early 20’s and travel across the United States to experience every culinary environment possible. From an Indian reservation all the way to the finest, five-star restaurant, Chef Paul learned to love, appreciate and blend the flavors of his younger years with those of many other cultures.

Le Bleu produces only the highest quality, ultra pure bottled water on the market today. Available in 5-Gallon coolers & various sizes of bottles by the case, Le Bleu can conveniently deliver pure refreshment to your home or office...DISTILLED PURE. Le Bleu Bottled Water is recommended by doctors and nutritionists all over the world for its purity. Le Bleu was recently voted the "BEST Non-Alcoholic Beverage in the Western Hemisphere" at the International Food and Beverage Trade Show in Miami FL. Compare Le Bleu's taste and purity with any other bottled water and you make the choice! Don't forget to check out Le Bleu's other products.

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.

For more than 50 years, J.M. Swank organization has provided food manufacturing customers with a broad range of high quality ingredients, in-depth industry knowledge, and service excellence. J.M. Swank customers and vendors also leverage J.M. Swank extensive logistics and distribution capabilities. J.M. Swank combine national distribution centers with strategically located regional warehouses to provide flexible, customized logistics services. JRRW Transport, J.M. Swank's in-house common carrier, operates temperature-controlled, satellite-equipped trucks throughout the continental United States. J.M. Swank drivers are professional, courteous, and committed to 100% customer satisfaction and service excellence.

Beer Nuts company's nut varieties (including original, spicy & hot, bar mix, glazed peanuts, chocolate-covered nuts, almonds, cashews, macadamias, and pecans) do not contain any alcohol. The family-operated company started out as a small confectionery shop in Bloomington, Illinois, in the late 1930s. As their "redskin" nuts (called so because they were made with skins intact) gained popularity, the father-son team of Edward and Arlo Shirk began selling them to local liquor stores and bars. Beer Nuts' snack offerings are now sold in retail food and convenience outlets throughout the US as well as overseas.

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.

You might say Copacol's business is fowl. The cooperative is one of Brazil's leading poultry slaughterers and processors, consisting of more than 4,360 members, a majority of whom are small farmers. Combined, the cooperative's daily chicken slaughter capacity is about 330,000 birds, from which it processes and sells refrigerated and frozen whole chickens and chicken parts, both domestically and internationally. The company also sells processed fish, beef, pork, and other products. Copacol was established in 1963 by Father Louise Luise and 32 farmers, and today runs nearly two dozen plants in Nova Aurora, Formosa do Oeste, Jesuitas, and Iracema do Oeste.

Kegel's Produce is a leading wholesale supplier of fresh fruits and vegetables in Pennsylvania and northern Maryland. Kegel's Produce company distributes a wide variety fruit, including citrus, apples, bananas, berries, and melons, along with vegetables, such as lettuce, onions, and tomatoes. It also provides value-added bagged salads and fresh cut fruits and vegetables. Kegel's Produce company's customers include food retailers and restaurants and other foodservice operators.

Alaskan Leader Fisheries, LLC, located in Lynden, Washington and Anchorage, Alaska is owned by the Alaskan Leader Group (ALG) and Bristol Bay Economic Development Corporation (BBEDC). Each of these groups consist of individuals who are lifelong fishing families that currently own and operate various fishing vessels in the salmon, longline and pot fisheries of Alaska. Alaskan Leader Fisheries manages three fishing vessels, the F/V Alaskan Leader, F/V Bristol Leader and the F/V Bering Leader, which are 50% owned by ALG and 50% by BBEDC.Each of the ALG members started in the 70's and 80's as crewmen in the Alaskan fishing industry and have independently worked their way up the ladder from deck, to wheelhouse, to eventually owning their own vessels.

Kenneth Lee and Caryl Levine started Lotus Foods, Inc. in 1995. Lotus Foods is a leading importer and distributor of organic and specialty rice. Lotus Foods company purchases rice primarily from family farms overseas; its products include such varieties as Organic Jasmine, Bhutanese Red, and Cassava Sesame. Lotus Foods distributes rice to specialty gourmet and natural food stores and to restaurants. It also sells rice and rice cooking products to consumers online.

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