The V&S Group has absolute power -- er, make that "Absolut" power. The company is Sweden's top supplier of wine and spirits, but it is best known for its Absolut vodka, which is sold in 126 markets. The group is comprised of three business units: V&S Absolut Spirits, V&S Distillers, and V&S Wine. V&S has a long-term agreement with Maxxium Worldwide, a spirits distribution consortium, for distribution of its beverages outside the Nordic countries and the US. In 2008 the company was auctioned off to Pernod Ricard by its owner, the Swedish government.

SSP America is a leading contract foodservices provider that operates food courts and concession facilities at more than 40 airports in the US, Canada, and the Caribbean. Most of its eateries operate under national chain brands licensed from such fast-food companies as Arby's, Chick-fil-a, and Quiznos. It also partners with some independent and local restaurant operators, and it has proprietary brands such as bakery cafe Upper Crust. SSP America is a regional operating unit of global foodservice contractor SSP Group.

Lavazza knows a thing or two about coffee. The company, in business for more than 100 years, is one of the leading coffee roasters and sellers in Italy and does business abroad as well. Lavazza makes coffee for home use, institutional customers, and restaurants; it's sold under brands Lavazza, Caf� Espresso, Quality Or�, and others. Lavazza began to make hot chocolate, as well, through its purchase of Ercom in 2010. The company operates training centers around the world to teach baristas the finer points of making a cup of espresso and to "promote the coffee culture." Established in 1895 by Luigi Lavazza, the company is controlled and run by the fourth generation of Lavazza's descendants.

Starting in 1945 with "the miracle cream from the soya bean," Rich Products has grown from a niche maker of soy-based whipped toppings and frozen desserts to a major US frozen foods manufacturer. Rich Products Corporation company has developed other products, such as Coffee Rich (non-dairy coffee creamer). It has expanded its product line to include frozen bakery and pizza doughs and ingredients for the foodservice and in-store bakery markets, plus appetizers, baked goods, seafood, and barbecue meat. Rich Products markets more than 2,000 frozen food items that are available in 100 countries; it has manufacturing facilities throughout the US and around the world.

DPI Specialty Foods Mid Atlantic is a regional operating unit of food wholesaler DPI Specialty Foods. It supplies supermarkets, specialty food stores, and other food retailers with gourmet and specialty food items, including imported foods, natural and organic goods, and ethnic food items. DPI Mid Atlantic serves customers in more than a dozen states along the Eastern seaboard.

Ellison Meat Company is ISO 9002 certified and a model USDA HACCP plant with steady growth and dedicated to total customer service. Founded in 1934 as a small neighborhood meat market, Ellison Meat Company has never forgotten its roots of consistent quality and personalized service. The company has grown and prospered over the years and is now located in a new facility with state-of-the-art equipment at Pipestone, MN.Ellison Meat Company, founded in 1934, has never forgotten its roots of consistent quality and personalized service. Our new state-of-the-art facility and equipment are located in Pipestone, MN, in Southwest Minnesota.

The Mountain View team was founded by Randy and Ruth Ataide, Bill and Becky Janzen, and Mike and Peggy Thurlow in 1994. Having known each other for many years but never working directly together, the principals determined that there was the need for a different type of produce company to enter the marketplace. Each of the principals believed that in the modern agri-business world, the small and medium sized Growers and Packers were being dominated by corporate concerns, and that the family farm way of life were in jeopardy. The Ataide, Janzen and Thurlow families wanted to try to do something about this situation.Joining with like-minded local farmers of nectarines, peaches, plums and apricots, Mountain View broke ground on a state-of-the-art cold storage and distribution facility located in the very heart of their Growers fields. Surrounded by orchards and vineyards, this facility was intended to demonstrate the commitment of the founders to the family farms they served, and to prevent their fruit from being hauled long distances after picking for sorting, packing, storage and shipping.

Boasting that it makes the largest family-owned retail coffee brand (Community Coffee) in the US, the company sells its brew in grocery and convenience stores, restaurants, hotels, and offices throughout the southeastern US. And there's more brewing: Some 30 CC's Coffee Houses have sprung up in Louisiana since the original coffee shop opened in 1995 in New Orleans. The company also offers whole coffee beans, teas, chicory, and coffee-related gifts and accessories at its coffee houses as well as online. Community Coffee is owned by the descendants of Henry Norman Saurage, who founded it in 1919.

Grgich Hills Estate is a family-owned winery dedicated to the art of winemaking. Our wines are made completely from grapes that are certified organic and Biodynamic®, grown at our estate vineyards in Napa Valley, California.Grgich Hills Cellar makes chardonnay and cabernet wines from grapes grown on 367 acres in California's famous Napa Valley. Other vintages include zinfandel, cabernet sauvignon, and merlot. The company's founders, Miljenko "Mike" Grgich and his nephew Ivo Jeramaz, immigrated to the US in 1958 from Croatia. They founded Grgich Hills Cellar in 1977 in conjunction with Austin Hills of the Hills Bros. Coffee family.

Italgrani U.S.A. puts the flour in the fusilli, the pasta on your plate. Italgrani U.S.A. company purchases grain directly from US farmers in the Midwest, as well as through the Grain Exchange in Minneapolis and turns it into durum and semolina flour. Its distributes its products to pasta manufacturers throughout the US. Headquartered in St. Louis, Italgrani operates grain elevators in North Dakota, wheat mills in St. Louis and the Boston area, and a trading operation in Minneapolis (subsidiary Mayco Export). Italgrani U.S.A. is a subsidiary of bankrupt Italian grain producer, Italgrani S.p.A.

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