The Carlsberg beer portfolio includes more than 500 brands. They vary significantly in volume, price, target audience and geographic penetration. The brand portfolio includes the well-known international premium brands Carlsberg, Tuborg, Baltika and 1664, and strong local brands such as Ringnes (Norway), Feldschlösschen (Switzerland), Lav (Serbia) and Wusu (Western China). The strength of the Group’s brand portfolio is highlighted by the fact that Baltika, Carlsberg and Tuborg are among the six biggest brands in Europe, with Baltika ranked as number one. Our French brand, Kronenbourg, holds a tenth position in Europe.

n 2008, Danone recorded an organic growth rate of 8.4% — practical proof that its business growth model truly works. With its operating margin increasing for the 14th year running, the group further strengthened its global standing: world no. 1 in fresh dairy products, world no. 2 in bottled waters, world no. 2 in baby nutrition and European no. 1 in medical nutrition. The group’s performance is the result of a balanced strategy that builds on international expansion, a growing commitment to innovation, and strengthening health-oriented brands. In order to live up to its ambitions, Danone invests heavily in Research & Development — €208 million in 2008. One hundred percent of projects currently in the pipeline focus on health and nutrition. Three centuries after the benefits of Evian mineral water were discovered, over a century after Blédine was first marketed, and nearly a century after the first Danone yoghurt was retailed in a pharmacy, health innovation remains more than ever a driver of the group’s business growth. 2008 confirmed that the previous year’s acquisition of the Dutch group Numico was strategically sound. With this move, Danone incorporated into its strategy two profitable, fast-growing health-oriented business lines: medical nutrition and baby nutrition. They naturally round off the group’s brand portfolio and are perfectly aligned with its mission to bring health through food to as many people as possible. Today Danone is the only food group to focus totally on health.

Who has time to get veterinary supplies when you're tending to the farm? FarmVet.com understands and offers thousands of discounted name-brand animal-health products and farm supplies for livestock, horses, and pets throughout the US via its Web site. The company distributes more than 50,000 products, including dietary supplements, grooming supplies, insecticides, and tools, from its warehouse facility in Tennessee. It has separate category devoted to equine products. In addition to its online store, FarmVet also has a printed catalog, and operates mobile retail units that travel throughout the year to select horse show venues.

Dole Food Company, Inc. was founded in 1851. Dole Food Company, Inc. (Dole) is a producer, marketer and distributor of fresh fruit and fresh vegetables. The Company operates in three business segments: fresh fruit, fresh vegetables and packaged foods. The fresh fruit segment contains operating divisions that produce and market fresh fruit to wholesale, retail and institutional customers worldwide. The fresh vegetables segment produces and markets fresh-packed and value-added vegetables and salads to wholesale, retail and institutional customers, primarily in North America, Europe and Asia. The packaged foods segment contains several operating divisions that produce and market packaged foods including fruit, juices, frozen fruit and healthy snack foods.

Indiana Packers Corporation has grown from a start-up operation in 1991 with a production capacity of 4,200 hogs per day to a leading processor of premium pork products in the United States with a current daily production capacity of 16,800 hogs. Indiana Packers Corporation, with continuing modernization and upgrades is one of the newest pork processing facilities in the United States. In order to maintain a leadership role and to improve product quality and service, Indiana Packers has recently invested over a hundred million dollars in new construction and plant improvements and continues to look for opportunities to insure the production of safe, premium, high quality pork products.The Company’s dedicated workforce of over 1,700 people prides themselves in their work, their products and the customers they know they serve. Their workmanship is recognized and appreciated by our domestic customers and our global export customers alike. In addition to the offerings of fresh pork, at Indiana Packers Corporation you will find a variety of smoked meat products such as ham, bacon, and sausage that fits your retail and food service needs. These products are also enjoyed not only in the United States but in a number of global markets as well.Indiana Packers Corporation is a true Midwest processing facility centered in the heart of the Corn Belt. By housing its corporate offices, sales, processing and shipping all in one centralized location, the oversight of production operations and product quality is shared by the entire management team, further serving the needs of our customers.

The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) is a non-profit, independent membership organization that represents the export trade interests of U.S. milk producers, proprietary processors, dairy cooperatives, and export traders. The Council was founded in 1995 by Dairy Management Inc. (DMI), the farmer-funded marketing, promotion and research organization, to build global demand for U.S. dairy products and assist the industry in increasing the volume and value of exports.

As a grower, the prime responsibility of Sharyland Farms is to produce a quality product for the various packing, shipping, and marketing of the farm's fruit and vegetables. Sharyland Farms contracts millions of pounds of raw product to various processors annually millions of packages are sold to the fresh market through packer and shipper arrangements. These packages are sold under various labels from the different packer-shippers. We are proud of our products and proud of our established relationship with the various packing facilities who market our products. We conduct extensive training sessions among our employees and entomologists to assure the highest quality in production, as well as strict compliance with all food safety regulations.The marketing philosophy of Sharyland Farms is to forward contract vegetables and grain to processors to assure the company a profit when fresh market prices fail to justify harvesting, packaging, and shipping costs. Our management is aware of the importance of diversification, as well as the increasing demand for prepackaged food in today's market, and explores every available means to market products internationally on a year round basis while maintaining outstanding quality and service.

Brothers Mike and Dave Weaver are the owners. Weaver Meats was a retail butcher shop, with over 70+ feet of meat and deli cases. It was a full service operation. In the mid 1980's they started making Beef Jerky and Snack Sticks. With their outstanding quality and savory flavor their sales really took off.They had people coming from 3 different counties to purchase their top quality Meat Snacks. People wanted them to ship it out of state to friends and relatives. They also had many requests to sell their Meat Snacks to some local bars and taverns. However, being a retail exempt store they could not sell their products outside of their immediate store in Mentor-On-The-Lake.Therefore, after much thought and sadness(15 years of friends and customers) they sold their retail store in August 1996. Then in February 1997 ground was broken for their new state of the art USDA inspected Meat Snack processing plant in Painesville, Ohio.

Ridley Corporation is a global producer of animal feed and salt. Its Ridley AgriProducts division is the largest feed producer in Australia providing products for the livestock, pet food, and aquaculture industries. Its Cheetham Salt division is the largest maker of domestic and refined salt in Australia. The company also owns nearly 70% of Ridley Inc., one of the largest producers of livestock feed in North America. Its North American operations contribute about one-third of the company's sales. Originally a salt producer, since 1990 Ridley has bulked up with acquisitions large and small in Australia, Canada, and the US. Ridley received a takeover offer from fellow Australian ag company, GrainCorp, in 2008.

A family hobby has turned into a flourishing family business. Jerry and Flora Komes started Flora Springs Wine Company as a single vineyard to keep them busy during retirement. The company, now run by their children John Komes and Julie Garvey and their families) operates a dozen Napa Valley vineyards and a winery. It distributes its red and white wine varietals under the Flora Springs label through its tasting room, via its Web site, and by mail order to states that allow such shipments. Flora Springs also offers tastings for corporate and group events.

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