In February 2002, Todd Woloson and Greg Stroh, two friends who love good food and drink, were having lunch in Boulder, Colorado. They spoke of life and work, and what it would be like to start a company that not only made a great product, but also gave back to the greater good. They thought about the sophisticated European sodas they’d recently tried, and recognized an opportunity to create an all-natural version. Their beverage would have to be made from pure simple ingredients, and they‘d have to be proud to produce it, share it, and drink it. The goodness of this brand had to go beyond what was inside the bottle. In 1998, Todd and his wife, Eliza, had founded a non-profit, Global Education Fund, on the belief that educating kids secures a better future for the world. IZZE and GEF – a perfect blend of pure, simple, and good.

MWBrands Holdings has a lot of fish stories under its belt and they're all true. Through its operating subsidiaries, MWBrands produces ambient, or room temperature, seafood products like canned tuna (its primary product and brand John West), salmon, sardines, and packaged seafood snacks. It sells its products in the UK, France, Italy, Ireland, and the Netherlands under its core John West and Petit Navire brand names, as well as under its specialized brands, Parmentier (gourmet sardines) and Mareblu (tuna products sold in Italy). MWBrands operates four production plants in France, Portugal, Ghana, and the Seychelles islands. MWBrands Holdings company has agreed to be acquired by Thai Union Frozen Products for $867 million.

Virgin Drinks Group Ltd. has gone beyond colas to make and distribute energy drinks, tea, flavored colas, vodka and other alcoholic beverages. Although the company has scaled back its US offerings, it sells its drinks throughout the world. Virgin Drinks brewed up more business with the launch of Virgin Th�, the company's tea brand, in France in 1996. Virgin Th� is now also distributed in Switzerland and Italy. Virgin Colours offers colas in twelve fruity flavors.Young upstart Virgin Drinks wants to take some of the fizz out of soft-drink venerables Coca-Cola and Pepsi. Having first launched operations as Virgin Cola in 1994.

Culinaire International, Inc. was founded by CEO Richard Gussoni in 1993. Culinaire International makes trips to the zoo, university food court, and music venue a little more palatable. Culinaire International is a leading contract foodservice operator that provides dining and hospitality services at entertainment venues, hotels and convention centers, and private clubs. Its foodservice and concessions operations include the Fort Worth Zoo, Meyerson Symphony Center, UT Southwestern, and Kingston Plantation in Myrtle Beach. Culinaire International also offers catering and corporate dining services, and it operates Dallas area restaurants Ristorante Nicola, Sea Change, and Omaha Steakhouse

French champagne producer Laurent-Perrier toasts its place as one of the world's largest champagne producers. The company's middle market to high-end bubbly, incuding lables such as Laurent-Perrier, Champagne de Castellane, Salon, Delamotte, Jeanmaire, Oudinot, and Beaumet, is distributed primarily by controlled company channels in more than 120 countries through direct sales to restaurants, retailers, bars, and hotels. The company concentrates on sales in Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Switzerland, the UK, and the US. Founded in 1812, Laurent-Perrier went public in 1999 by selling a little more than one-quarter of the company's shares. The de Nonancourt family controls the company.

Perhaps the US company least susceptible to an outbreak of scurvy among its employees, Sunkist Growers is an agricultural cooperative owned by California and Arizona citrus growers who farm some 300,000 acres. Sunkist offers traditional and organic fresh oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruit, and tangerines worldwide. The company also makes cut fruit in jars and juice. Fruit that doesn't meet fresh market standards is turned into juices, oils, and peels for use in food products made by other manufactures. Its customers include food retailers and manufacturers and foodservice operators.

Fossil Farms is a family-owned and operated business. Our corporate office is now located in Boonton, NJ (we moved in February 2010) and our farm is in Sussex County, NJ. Fossil Farms opened its doors for business in 1997 with our primary line - Ostrich. Over the years, Fossil Farms has grown to include other farm-raised game & all natural meats such as: Alligator, Antelope, Buffalo, Duck, Elk, Rabbit, Guinea Hens, Poussin, Squab, Venison, Wild Boar, Piedmontese Beef, , Quail, Pheasant and Caribou (just to name a few). Fossil Farms is national recognized by some of the country's top 5 star chefs. Chefs, food service distributors and home cooks can count on Fossil Farms to provide the highest quality meats delivered to your door. Now what you can have at a restaurant, you can have at home!

Boca Foods Company a subsidiary of Kraft Foods, makes frozen low-fat meatless products, including burgers, breakfast links, ground crumbles, and breaded faux chicken nuggets and patties. It also offers entrees such as "meat" lasagna and chili. The products, which are soy-based (using organic and non-organic soy protein), provide the consumer with the needed protein normally found in meat. The company's products are mainly sold through US grocery retailers, but Boca has begun to offer its products to restaurants as well. Kraft acquired Boca Foods from private investment firm, Austin Ventures, in 2000.

President Earl Tanner founded Florida Key West, Inc. in 1986. Florida Key West makes the key ingredient for key lime pies and Margaritas. Florida Key West company is a leading producer of fruit extracts specializing in key lime juice and lemon juice. Its products are sold mostly through retail grocery stores; its also distributes juice through food wholesalers. In addition to its brand-name products, Florida Key West offers private-label services for large-volume customers.

Groupe CEMOI is just the thing for French chocolate groupies. Groupe CEMOI is one of France's leading makers of chocolate confections. The company also makes molded and panned chocolates, cocoa powder, cookies and wafers, sugar confectioneries, fruit jellies, sugared almonds, marshmallow, meringues, and industrial and semi-finished food ingredients. Its products are available in supermarkets and to the foodservice and food-manufacturing industries. The company has more than a dozen production plants. CEMOI is run by the family of founder Georges Poirrier.

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