We at Johanna Foods value our long-standing and strong relationships with our employees, customers, vendors and neighbors. We believe that strong and abiding partnerships help us continue to supply the highest quality products at the best value on a consistent basis. In that spirit, we are proud to support many local and national organizations, both corporately and on an individual employee basis. Chief among the many community outreach programs that Johanna Foods sponsors is the National Immunotherapy Cancer Research Foundation (NICRF). The NICRF remains distinguished from other cancer foundations in that 100% of net revenues go directly into cancer research -no money is allocated to undirected studies nor to overhead. Johanna Foods contributes annually to the NICRF, and also underwrites the major fundraiser for the NICRF, the Johanna Foods, Inc. Golf Classic. Johanna Foods is also the major sponsor of the Flemington, NJ Turkey Trot, a 5K run/2 mile fitness walk held on Thanksgiving Day. All proceeds from the Turkey Trot, which celebrated its thirteenth anniversary in 2005, go to the Center for Educational Advancement, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to assisting and guiding people with disabilities into employment.

In 1915, Peter J. Oberweis found that he had too much milk so he began selling it to neighbors. In essence, the family dairy business that now spans almost 100 years had begun. The Oberweis family has been delivering milk to homes since 1927 when Peter bought a half partnership in the Big Woods Dairy. A few years later he bought the entire enterprise, renamed it Oberweis Dairy and his high school son Joe left school to help out. During the Depression refrigeration was inefficient. Milk could be safely kept only a few days thus necessitating daily home delivery.

Friendship Dairies originated over 90 years ago in the small town of Friendship, located in upstate NY, where its founder first crafted an Old World Style Cheese called Farmer Cheese. This All Natural cheese was produced all week long then transported by railway to be sold on the streets of New York City. Today, Friendship is a leading producer of "All Natural" cultured and pasteurized dairy products, processing more than a million pounds of Grade A milk a day at its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility still located in Friendship, NY. The milk is delivered fresh and used within hours of its arrival to make a wide variety of All Natural dairy products including Cottage Cheese, Sour Cream, Farmer Cheese, Buttermilk and select Yogurt products. The same care and attention to quality that have been the cornerstone of the Friendship Brand since its inception, is still adhered to this day. And Farmer Cheese, still in high demand, continues to be produced in a way that maintains its tradition of "homemade" excellence. Friendship has received much praise for the taste, consistency, and overall quality of its products. All Friendship dairy products conform to Vegetarian Diet Standards and, with the exception of Toasted Onion Flavored Sour Cream, are Gluten Free.

Spicy is on the menu at Manda Packing Company. Doing business as Manda Fine Meats, the company processes and distributes a variety of meats, including Cajun-flavored deli meats such as ham, roast beef, turkey breast and smoked sausage. Its specialty products include hog cracklings, head cheese, and andouille and boudin sausage. Manda Fine Meats sells its products in more than 40 US states under brands names such as Cajun Prize, Four Star, and Manda. The Louisana company was founded in 1947 by brothers Bennie, John, and Vincent Manda; today it is run by third-generation family members, Vincent Manda's grandsons -- Bobby, Steve, and Tommy Yarborough.

American Rice, Inc. (ARI) one of the world's foremost marketing and milling companies, supplies USA origin rice in familiar, trusted brands to consumers worldwide. ARI has long been recognized as an industry leader and innovator. Beginning as an agricultural marketing cooperative, it was ARI that first developed a standardized rough rice grading system for US rice farmers. Today, ARI markets about 10% of USA grown rice and offers a growing family of top quality rice products: white, brown, parboiled long grain and medium grain rice under established brand names that are favorites worldwide. With locations in the south and on the west coast, ARI services diverse markets in the USA and worldwide. Internationally, ARI markets rice in over 50 countries, including Saudi Arabia, Haiti, Mexico, the Caribbean and the European Union. ARI's ABU BINT brand rice, the most recognized food product in Saudi Arabia holds the dominant position in that large market.

This company's chickens have roads in three states to cross. (Why is the perennial eight-year-old's question, not answered here.) Mountaire Farms operates poultry hatcheries and processing plants in Delaware, Maryland, and North Carolina. The vertically integrated company produces fresh, frozen, and value-added chicken products for wholesale, foodservice, and private-label food customers. It sells its chicken products throughout the US and overseas. The company owns feed mills for its own use in North Carolina, Maryland, and Delaware, and operates full-service grain elevators in Maryland and Delaware, which handle corn, soybeans, wheat, and barley from local farmers.

Meat and potato lovers avoid D'Arrigo Bros. The family-owned business does business as Andy Boy and is best known for its green vegetables, such as broccoli, fennel, hearts of romaine, and cauliflower. The fresh produce grower and distributor also supplies radicchio, cactus pears, and several varieties of lettuce. D'Arrigo Bros. serves customers in the retail food, foodservice, and the food wholesale sectors. The company, which farms some 24,000 acres, was founded by brothers Andrea and Stefano D'Arrigo in 1923. It began using the Andy Boy brand name, featuring Andrea's three-year-old son, Andrew "Andy" D'Arrigo, in 1927.

The Schwan Food Company was founded in 1952. The Schwan Food Company, through its subsidiaries, manufactures and markets frozen foods through home delivery, retail grocery, online, and food-service channels. It offers frozen pizzas, egg rolls, and desserts. The Schwan Food company also markets and distributes frozen-food products and meal solutions to schools, hospitals, chain restaurants, convenience stores, and other institutional channels in the United States.

The Seafood Company operates through subsidiaries, MacRae Foods, Cromer Crab, and Pinneys of Scotland. MacRae makes value-added smoked fish and shellfish, such as smoked salmon appetizers and terrines, smoked haddock gratins, and kippers with butter. Cromer Crab processes local and imported crab, lobster, prawn, and other shellfish and offers chilled seafood specialties. Pinneys smokes salmon and whitefish; its value-added products include chilled pates, terrines, and other party food. The Seafood Company is also a major UK supplier of fresh seafood; its customers include grocery stores, catering businesses, and other food manufacturers.

McCormick Distilling is best known for its imported Tequila Rose, a strawberry-flavored liqueur, used as a mixer with tequila. The company also makes and imports a variety of other distilled spirits, including vodka, gin, rum, bourbon, and whiskey. It also makes ready-to-drink alcoholic beverages like the scarily named Tarantula margaritas. McCormick operates a tasting room and gift shop at its headquarters in its hometown of Weston, Missouri. The company, which was founded in 1856, touts its distillery as the oldest, continuously operated distillery in the US.

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