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.

At House of Raeford Farms, a turkey can become a meatloaf, a pot roast, or a ham; a chicken can be transformed into fajitas, lunch meat, or a breaded dog-on-a-stick. The vertically-integrated North Carolina poultry processor supplies fresh, frozen, and value-added chicken and turkey products to retail food, in-store deli, and foodservice operators. It offers whole, cut-up, ground, boneless and bone-in meat, ready-to-heat entrees, as well as poultry sausage and smoked and breaded poultry products. Its brands include House of Raeford and Lakewood Plantation and are available throughout the US. Raeford has eight facilitates located in eight facilities in North and South Carolina, Georgia, Louisiana, and Michigan.

For over one hundred years, the Foppianos have been involved in the American wine industry from their home ranch in Sonoma County's Russian River Valley. The story of Foppiano Vineyards is a family epic and full of industry history. It is a tale which confirms the value of perseverance and commitment.The Foppiano Vineyards brand remains the best known and most admired by the industry and consumers. Petite Sirah, the family's favorite wine, has become the winery's signature wine, and is known nationwide as one of the country's top Petites year-in and year-out. The 100-year history of Foppiano Vineyards confirms that through the strength of the family and a commitment to quality, tradition can be maintained and can thrive.Now in 2009, Foppiano Vineyards has added to their team industry veteran and current COO Todd Arterburn, winemaker Natalie West and direct sales manager Darci Feigel. It's their dedication to carry on the tradition that the family has fostered over the generations and continue to be lead the California wine industry in the production of world class Petite Sirah.

The Bama Companies is a leading maker of bakery products for the foodservice industry. Its products include hand-held pies, whole pies, biscuits, cookies, crumb crusts, and frozen dough. It also produces frozen cakes, donuts, and dessert items. With four manufacturing facilities, including one in Bejing, Bama Companies distributes its food products to more than 20 countries. Its customers include such fast food giants as McDonald's, Pizza Hut, and Taco Bell. The family-owned company was formed by Cornillia Alabama "Bama" Marshall in 1927.

Rising from a purchase from Procter & Gamble, the Sunny Delight Beverages Co. (SDBC) was founded in 2004. Managed by a team of former P&G execs, Sunny Delight has now reached high noon with the manufacture of its juice-based drinks. The company's brands, which are fortified with vitamins B1 and C and are primarily marketed to children, include SunnyD Original and SunnyD Orange Blends. They are available throughout North America and Western Europe (France, Spain, Portugal, and the UK). Sunny Delight is owned by Beverage Holdings, a unit of private investment firm, J.W. Childs.

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.

Sonstegard Foods Company wholesales egg products to food processors, manufacturers, and distributors, as well as other customers in the food industry. Its products include bulk egg solids and frozen and liquid eggs, which are used to make salad dressings, candies, pasta, and other food items. Sonstegard also provides egg products for use in school cafeterias and other foodservice venues. Its subsidiary, Estherville Foods, provides similar services. The company is owned by president Dr. Philip Sonstegard.

O.K. Industries, Inc. is an Industrial Plastic Recycling company started by James Kenyon in 1992 as O.K. Granulating. In 1993 O.K. Granulating was incorporated as O.K. Industries, Inc. in Findlay, Ohio. In July of 2007 O.K. Industries, Inc. moved to its new home in Fostoria, Ohio. The company is now housed in a 107,000 sq. ft. facility and still has a 135,000 sq. ft. warehouse in Findlay; O.K. Industries, Inc. is adequately equipped to handle most any plastic recycling job.Our goal at O.K. Industries, Inc. is to build and maintain a company which is a source of pride to its employees and which serves its customer’s demands with quality and integrity.

Icelandic UK company imports seafood to the UK from producers in the chilly northern waters of the Faroe Islands, Russia, Norway, Canada, and China. Frozen-at-sea fish, including cod, redfish, and haddock, are processed into fillets on board immediately after being caught for the trip to market. Icelandic UK supplies foodservice wholesalers, mainly local fish-and-chip shops. Launched in 1998, Icelandic UK also imports fish fillets, whole fish, crabsticks, warm-water prawns, and other seafood products under the Icelandic and other brand names. Icelandic UK, Ltd. is a subsidiary of the Icelandic Group.

It's a grind, and at the Scoular Company, that's a good thing. The company is best known for buying, selling, storing, handling, and transporting agricultural products (mainly grains) worldwide. It deals in the mainstays of farming -- corn, hay, millet, rice, sorghum, soybeans, and wheat -- and gets them where they need to go. It transports these products via rail, truck, barge, and seagoing container vessels. The company's other divisions offer fishmeal products for farm-animal, pet, and aquaculture feeds, ingredients for food manufacturers, renewable fuels, and truck freight brokering. Scoular has customers in Asia, Africa, Europe, and North and South America.

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