Ferrero has come out of its shell and spread sweetness across the globe. The Italian company, one of the world's largest chocolate producers, makes treats such as Rocher chocolates and its original product, the chocolate-hazelnut spread, Nutella (originally called Pasta Gianduja). The confectioner's other products include Mon Chéri hazelnut chocolates and Raffaello, a coconut and almond filled candy. Ferrero also makes chocolate-covered snack cakes, wafers candy bars, creme-filled eggs under the Kinder brand name. On the non-chocolate side of things, the company makes Tic Tac breath mints. Ferrero S.p.A. is owned and managed by the founding Ferrero family.

Royal Unibrew produces, markets, sells and distributes quality beverages focusing on branded products within beer, malt and soft drinks, including carbonated soft drinks, water and fruit juices. Royal Unibrew operates as a regional player in a number of markets in Western and Eastern Europe and in the international markets for malt drinks. The Company’s main markets in Western Europe are Denmark, Italy and Germany, including the cross-border trade between Denmark and Germany. The Eastern European markets comprise Lithuania, Latvia and Poland. The international markets for malt drinks cover a range of countries in the Caribbean and Africa as well as cities in Europe and North America with a high concentration of inhabitants from the Caribbean and Africa, where malt drinks are popular.

ORC Foods was started in August 1996 by Jeanette and Gregory Bukuras. At that time Jeanette was a full time stay at home mother of two and Greg was working for a large seafood distributor in the Boston area. Jeanette liked Crab Rangoons and Greg noticed that they could not buy them in the grocery stores. First they found a company that could make Crab Rangoons. Next they developed retail packaging. Finally while Greg was at work and the children went to preschool, Jeanette went out and called on a large list of supermarkets and club stores. Before long, Jeanette had built a nice customer base. Within a year, Greg left his job and went to work at ORC Foods full time.Since they have been in business, ORC Foods has become the largest supplier of Crab Rangoons as well as Scallops Wrapped in Bacon in the country. The company supplies most major supermarket chains as well as club stores nationally and military commissaries around the world. In August 2002, ORC Foods opened their own USDA inspected plant in Needham, MA. Jeanette and Greg are both proud that in the age of sending manufacturing jobs overseas, they have been able to grow their company in the USA.

Hudson River Fruit grows apples grown along, you guessed it, the Hudson River in New York State. The company harvests, packs, and distributes nearly 20 varieties of apples. Its apple offerings include Gala, Ginger Gold, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, Honeycrisp, Jonagold, McIntosh, Red Delicious, and Rome. The company also offers, Bosc, Clapp, Bartlett, and Seckel pears. It operates fruit orchards, a packing and storage facility, and a fleet of delivery trucks. With roots dating back to 1932, when Izzie Albinder bought a pushcart and began selling apples in the neighborhood streets of Brooklyn, Hudson River Fruit is owned and operated by the founding Albinder family.

C.J. Vitner company, a producer of "Chicago style" potato chips, corn chips, tortilla chips, popcorn, corn curls, and other snack foods, has felt the industry-wide impact of giant snack makers, such as Frito-Lay and Kraft Foods. Despite the perennial fight for shelf space in national supermarket chains, Vitner's products sell in supermarkets, as well as in convenience stores, and other food retailers in some 20 US states. C.J. Vitner company also manufactures private-label products for regional customers. The family-run company was founded by Charles J. Vitner and his lone popcorn machine in 1926. CEO William A. Vitner continues to run the company.

Goya Foods, Inc., a Hispanic-owned food company, manufactures, packages, and distributes various Caribbean, Mexican, and South and Central American food products. Its products include condiments, including adobo, sazon and bouillon, olives and capers, olive oil, marinades and cookingtomatoes ingredients, sauces, salsas, and hot spices; and beverages, such as espresso, cappuccino, regular coffee, non-alcoholic soft drinks, tropical fruit juices, nectars, and coconut water. Goya Foods company offers mango nectar, bitter orange marinade, canned and dry beans, refried and volteados, basic and organic rice, and seasoned rice mix, as well as tamarind, mandarin, and guava refresco. It also offers frozen foods, entrees, vegetables, fruit pulps, and discos; and flours, pastas, snacks and cookies, confectioneries, canned products, cooking oils, and tomatoes, as well as various recipes. Goya Foods company offers its products online through eStore.

he Gaviña family has been in the coffee business for over 130 years as growers, importers, and roasters of gourmet coffee. The most important word in this statement is family. A strong sense of family is at the heart of F. Gaviña & Sons, Inc., more commonly known as Gaviña. The Company, one of the largest and most successful coffee businesses in the western United States, is led by a team of four siblings: three brothers, Jose, Pedro and Paco, and one sister, Leonor Gaviña-Valls. We have been US specialty coffee roasters since 1967 and we are the largest privately held minority coffee roaster nationwide, producing more than 30 million pounds of roasted coffee a year. The installation of our new state-of-the-art roasting and packing facility is almost complete, with a capacity of 60 million pounds and expandable to 100 million pounds. Our leading specialty retail brands.

A fan of smoked meats? Roger that! Meat processor Roger Wood Foods produces more than a half million pounds a week of smoked sausage and other smoked meats, which it distributes to six Southeast US states (North and South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, and Virginia). Its products, which also include hot dogs and chorizo, are offered under brand names such as Roger Wood Lumberjack, Redwood, and Santana. The company ships its products to regional and national deli and grocery retailers, including Wal-Mart, Kroger, Food Lion, and Publix. The Solana family owns and operates the company their grandfather, Roger Wood, founded in 1946.

CEO Perween Warsi, dubbed the "Samosa Queen," founded S & A Foods Group in 1986. S & A Foods Group is a leading manufacturer of pre-packaged chilled-foods specializing in international flavors. S & A Foods Group company makes ready-to-eat meals inspired by Asian and Indian cuisine, as well as pan-European and Middle Eastern dishes. S & A Foods sells its products mostly to customers in the retail food, catering, and foodservices sectors.

Barry Callebaut has been producing cocoa and chocolate products for more than 150 years. Barry Callebaut AG are a fully integrated company that masters every step from the sourcing of cocoa beans to the shelf. Barry Callebaut AG are proud to serve the entire food industry, whether it be industrial food manufacturers, professional users of our products or retailers. Barry Callebaut has strong traditional roots in Europe, is headquartered in Switzerland and listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange. Its products include bulk chocolate, chocolate coverings, coatings, powders, decorative products, and fillings, all of which it sells to large-scale processors and artisan chocolatiers alike.

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