Jennie-O Turkey Store is gobbling up profits in the turkey-processing marketplace. A Hormel subsidiary since 1986, Jennie-O processes more than 1 billion pounds of turkey annually for the production of fresh, frozen, refrigerated, and deli products. Answering the convenience-food call, it also offers heat-and-serve turkey entrees named SO EASY. Jennie-O also offers a full line of foodservice products. The company's more than 1,500 different turkey products are available throughout the US, as well as in other countries. It accounted for 19% of its parent's 2008 sales. The company was formed in 2001 as a result of the merger of Jennie-O Foods and The Turkey Store Company.

Russell Stover Candies, life really "is" a box of chocolates. It is the largest maker of boxed chocolates in the US. Boxed chocolates, such as the Whitman Sampler, are its, well, bread and butter. However, Russell Stover Candies Inc. also sells bagged and individually wrapped hard candies and jellies. It offers sugar-free candy, including a sugarless version of Pangburn's Millionaires. Russell Stover's candies are sold by more than 70,000 retail outlets in all 50 US states and Puerto Rico, and in more than 20 other countries, including Canada and the UK. Russell Stover Candies Inc. also operates some 40 Russell Stover Candies retail candy shops and kiosks in the US and Canada. Co-presidents and brothers, Tom and Scott Ward, own the company.

The late Vincent Charles Ferachi started the family-owned business in the 1940s. Capitol City Produce is a fresh fruits and vegetables supplier in the capitol city of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, as well as in the surrounding region. Capitol City Produce company provides products to food service and retail operations in the southeastern US. It specializes in fresh produce and herbs, as well as frozen vegetables and processed items. Capitol City Produce operates a refrigerated storage facility and a delivery fleet of 50 trucks.

Birds Eye Foods, Inc. manufactures and markets processed foods. Birds Eye Foods offers flavors and toppings, frozen and fresh vegetables, pie fillings and toppings, snacks, chips, soups, chili and chili ingredients, and salad dressings. Birds Eye Foods company also provides popcorn, pretzels, pickled beets, tortillas, pork rinds, cookies, meat snacks, nuts, meals, side dishes, mayonnaise, chip dips, canned foods, and other condiments. Birds Eye Foods offers its products through grocers and supermarkets.

Naked Juice makes a splash with its all-natural juices. The company, a subsidiary of PepsiCo, focuses on preservative-free (thus "naked"), no-sugar-added juices, smoothies, and other beverages, which are spiked with combinations of proteins, probiotics, vitamins, and herbs. Its products are sold throughout the US at health food stores and neighborhood markets, as well as major food retailers and club stores. They are also available in Canada and the UK. Naked Juice's customers include Costco, Kroger, Wal-Mart, Target, and Whole Foods Market.

McCall Farms company farms and cans tomatoes, okra, corn, squash, beans, peas, peaches, peanuts, and greens. Its products are sold in mostly the southeastern US. The produce is grown on McCall's 2,000-acre South Carolina farm; it also contracts with growers for another 3,000 acres. The company offers about its foods under the Margaret Holmes and Miss Millie brands and also makes private-label and foodservice products. Under the Peanut Patch brand, McCall offers the hard-to-find traditional Southern treat -- boiled peanuts. In 2009 McCall acquired another Southern specialty food maker, Glory Foods.

Glory Foods, Inc. was founded in 1989. Glory Foods, Inc. manufactures and distributes Southern food products to grocery stores in the United States. Glory Foods company’s product line includes canned vegetables and side dishes, and frozen savory entrees and side dishes, as well as fresh-cut, bagged vegetables, including greens and spinach, peas and beans, yams and sweet potatoes, lower sodium products, hot sauces, cooking bases, and corn bread and muffins. It also offers seasoned cooking base and savory accents cooking base lines.

Vitacress Salad aims to make eating watercress hip, and fixing a salad much easier. While the UK company is Europe's largest provider of watercress, it also grows and packages washed rocket (arugula), spinach, and other baby salad greens. Beyond salad, the firm also produces and distributes specialty vegetables such as potatoes, beets, and tiny peas and onions. In addition to the UK, Vitacress has associated growers in Kenya, Portugal, and Spain. Vitacress supplies retailers and foodservice operators in the UK, Holland, Portugal, and Spain.

Compass Group UK & Ireland is a leading contract foodservices and catering business that offers corporate dining services, concessions operations at sports stadiums, and fine dining at a number of conference venues. Compass Group also has foodservice operations at schools and healthcare facilities, as well as at military bases and remote locations such as off-shore oil rigs. It operates through such subsidiaries as Eurest, ESS Support Services, and Chartwells. Its Facilities Management Catering unit offers hospitality services at sporting events including Wimbledon. Compass Group UK is a division of Compass Group, the world's largest contract foodservices provider.

Thompson Hospitality, formed in 1992, is the largest minority-owned food service company and one of the largest minority-owned businesses in the United States. Thompson Hospitality currently employ over 2,500 food service professionals and provide meals at businesses and institutions in 40 states and four foreign countries. The restaurant and retail division operates four different concepts with 22 unique locations in the Virginia, Maryland, and Washington, D.C. area, serving over 1.9 million guests each year.Thompson Hospitality, the largest minority-owned foodservice company in the United States, formed a strategic alliance with the Compass Group, the world’s largest food service company, in 1997. This partnership continues to provide synergy and value to clients of this partnership. By choosing the Thompson/Compass partnership as your food service provider, your business will be assured of working with an organization with a solid track record, successful operating history, and the ability to handle all of your food service needs.

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