John Keeler & Co., Inc. was established in 1995 by president and CEO John Keeler. John Keeler & Co. is crabby but not in the way you're thinking. In fact, Mr. Keeler and his company, which does business as Blue Star Food Products, are more than happy to import blue swimming crabs from the South China Sea (in the waters around southeastern China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Borneo, and Vietnam) and sell them to customers in the US. The Miami-based company processes the crabs and offers crabmeat in cans or resealable pouches or as value-added prepared products such as crabcakes, to foodservice vendors throughout the US. Its brands include Blue Star and Oceanica.

Cheri's Desert Harvest was founded in 1985 by Cheri Romanoski. Preserving fresh fruits and vegetables began as a home-spun hobby which has blossomed into a national and international venture. Cheri began her business by preserving various fruits grown on her property and giving them to family and neighbors. Soon the neighbors began sending over unusual fruit grown on their own property for Cheri to preserve for them. Payment for this favor came in the way of special homemade goodies made from their own kitchens. As a result, Cheri soon learned how to make many different varieties of preserves, some of which she still continues to make for her own business today. Her line now has expanded to include specialty honeys, syrups, candy and bread mixes as well as jellies and marmalades.

As a leading supplier of superior quality tomatoes and vegetables, Six L's Packing Company, Inc. has evolved into the largest single-company tomato grower/packer/shipper in the state of Florida, and one of the largest in the country, commanding approximately 12% of the Florida market for the past several years. Since 1986 the company has packed an average annual volume of over fifteen million (25#) boxes of tomatoes. Highly regarded in the industry, Six L's premium tomato and vegetable labels are synonymous with product quality and dependability. Nationwide operations provide the geographic diversity necessary to protect against single crop disaster and ensure that we are able to meet customer produce needs 365 days a year.

Chupa Chups (pronounced "choopa choops") might be hard to say, but its products just roll off the tongue. A Spanish confectioner, the company makes some four billion lollipops a year and it offers more than 100 different flavors. The company produces Smint Xylicare "dental" candy, which it claims protects teeth from cavities, as well as Cremosa sugar-free strawberry and cream-flavored lollipops. It also licenses the Chupa Chups brand to makers of clothing, footwear, and personal care products. Founded in 1958 by Enric Bernat, Chupa Chups was owned and run by the Bernat family until 2006, when it was sold to leading Italian confectioner Perfetti Van Melle.

Cuisine de France makes partially-baked French and other specialty breads and pastries for in-store bakeries and foodservice operators, as well as fully baked breads and confectionery for the retail food and foodservice industries. In addition to the traditional French baguette, the company's offerings include croissants, petit pains, bouchons, and batards. Its other offerings range from bruschetta to soda bread, specialty cakes, tarts, crumbles, and American-style muffins and pies. Cuisine de France has operations in Ireland, France, and the US.

Based in one of the world's great culinary centers, Reily Foods Company has been offering consumers high-quality products and service for more than 100 years.Prior to the turn of the 20th century, William B. Reily operated a wholesale grocery business in Monroe, Louisiana. With his expertise in roasting and the strong demand for his coffees, Mr. Reily moved to New Orleans in 1902 to found a company to roast, grind, package and distribute canned coffee. It was the birth of the Luzianne brand. In 1906, Mr. Reily was joined by Jacob Aron, a green coffee importer and family friend. With 85% of all imported coffee beans passing through New Orleans, they assured themselves of having the first choice of the finest beans available. As the companys reputation for quality grew, tea was added to the product line. In 1919, the company was reincorporated as Wm. B. Reily & Company, Inc. By 1932, Mr. Reily had established the Luzianne brand throughout most of Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia and parts of Florida, the Carolinas and Virginia and with his son, William B. Reily, Jr. had started Standard Coffee Company, which delivered coffee products directly to consumers homes. From 1932 to 1968, Reily Foods Company continued to prosper and grow, guided by William B. Reily, Jr., and his brother, James W. Reily. During this period, a larger updated production facility was built in New Orleans and roasting plants were built and purchased in Baltimore, Maryland. In 1965, the JFG Coffee Company of Knoxville, Tennessee was acquired. As a dominant regional roaster and marketer of ground coffee, tea, mayonnaise and peanut butter, JFGs successful diversification provided the model that encouraged the Reily Foods Company to diversity beyond coffee and tea.

Icelandic® USA, Inc. is a U.S. corporation and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Icelandic Group, hf. http://www.icelandic.is in Reykjavik, Iceland. The company is the largest importer of frozen groundfish for the foodservice industry in the U.S., best known for Icelandic® and Samband® Brand products, which are served in restaurants throughout the U.S. and Canada.Icelandic® Brand seafood is regarded throughout the industry as the world's highest-quality, freshest-tasting fish. Quality and product consistency are rigorously monitored for texture, color, and shape to ensure that restaurant patrons will never have a disappointing dining experience.Icelandic® has a modern processing plant in Newport News, Virginia which provide state-of-the-art secondary processing for mainly breaded, battered, and grill-marked portions cut from fillets and blocks. Cod, Haddock, North Atlantic Pollock, Alaska Pollock, Crab, and Salmon are our most popular species. Corporate offices are headquartered in Newport News, Virginia. The company maintains a cold storage facility at their Mixing Center in Newport News, Virginia. A national dedicated sales network of service-oriented, seafood-trained brokers represents the company throughout the United States.

Chippewa Valley Bean Company processes and wholesales dried light and dark red kidney beans. It grows and purchases beans grown on irrigated land in Wisconsin and three adjacent states. Chippewa Valley Bean's processing facility handles 40 million pounds of kidney beans every year. It exports its products to European and developing countries. Chippewa Valley Bean company also deals in pinto beans and dried green peas and sells prepackaged bean soups. Chippewa Valley Bean is a family-owned and -operated business.

Pierre Foods is a top supplier of fully cooked and microwaveable meat products, primarily pre-cooked hamburger patties, chicken strips, and meatloaf. It also makes frozen bakery foods, such as breadsticks, biscuits, and french toast, as well as ready-to-eat sandwiches and other freshly prepared convenience foods. It supplies restaurants, schools, vending machine operators, convenience stores, and retail food customers. Pierre Foods filed for bankruptcy in 2008; it emerged from it later that year. The firm in 2010 plans to merge with Advance Brands and Advance Food Company to form Advance Pierre Foods.

Since its inception in 1983, Glacier Water has experienced significant growth in machine placements and has created an extensive network of approximately 17,000 water vending machines located throughout the United States and Canada. Glacier’s vending machines are manufactured with state-of-the-art components from well-known suppliers. Quality and reliability are not sacrificed by Glacier’s ability to offer a low price. Glacier’s indoor water vending machine was introduced especially for inside the retail store and to give consumers a new alternative to expensive bottled water sold off the shelf. In addition to having the same multi-stage filtration/treatment system as the outdoor machine, many retailers make available a supply of empty reusable containers near the indoor machine.

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