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.

Established in 1989 Blanchard Valley Farmers Cooperative is a locally owned farmers' cooperative located in Findlay Ohio. BVFC has 13 locations including four agronomy stations, a farm and garden store, and two petroleum locations as well as two seasonal locations to service customers in the areas with grain.A cooperative is owned by the customers, so a membership to BVFC brings benefits such as voting rights and equity returns. BVFC has averaged a 5% increase through grain marketing and operates off of 1% of its total revenue the rest of which is turned over to the members. At BVFC we are proud to put our members first, and always will.

Who knew that Arizona provides perfect sunlight for greenhouses? Eurofresh did. The company is a top year-round producer of tomatoes-on-the-vine hydroponic, pesticide-free, greenhouse tomatoes for sale to wholesale distributors and directly to grocery stores. The company's greenhouses cover more than 300 acres in Wilcox and Snowflake, Arizona, and can produce some 200 million pounds of fresh tomatoes a year. Eurofresh grows several tomato varieties, including Beefsteak, Campari, Roma, yellow, grape, and cherry; it also grows and sells cucumbers. The grower's customers include Costco, Wal-Mart, Safeway, and Kroger. In April 2009 it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and emerged in November of that year.

Charlie's Enterprises was started by Charles Matoian in 1950, and today it is led by the family's third generation. Charlie's Enterprises aims to be A-OK with its wholesale produce customers. Charlie's Enterprises does business as OK Produce, a family-run fresh fruit and vegetable supplier to retail stores and foodservice companies. The company operates a fleet of about 30 tractor-trailers delivering a variety of fresh produce to customers in California, Arizona, and Nevada. OK Produce also offers ripening services and runs merchandising programs for retailers.

Lakeside Foods company specializes in the production of private-label canned and frozen vegetables and beans. Lakeside's customers are retail food industry companies in the Midwest, including Roundy's and IGA. The food manufacturer also offers other food items, such as canned meat and stews; jams, jellies, and preserves; frozen and shelf-stable meals; salsa and other sauces; and whipped toppings. Lakeside Foods company operates 15 plants and nearly 10 distribution centers in Minnesota and Wisconsin; it exports its food products to nearly 15 countries overseas.

Glisten Plc is a snack foods group operating at the leading edge of health, nutrition, and premium impulse foods which has grown rapidly since our foundation in June 2002. Glisten serves a wide variety of customers including many high street retailers, major food manufacturers and the foodservice sector but we also export to more than 20 countries worldwide. Based near Leeds, in the north of England, we employ more than 650 people across nine manufacturing sites around the UK. Our original product range centred on chocolate and sugar-based confectionery but we are now at the forefront of the growing consumer demand for healthier snacking including fair-trade, organic, high-fruit, dietary and functional snack-foods. Glisten plc produce and market over 1000 products and own or license some great brands such as Dormens Nuts, Fruitus Organic Cereal Bars, Weight Watchers Savoury Snacks, and SunMaid Fruit Bars and Confectionery. Two of our newest brands are Ultrabody and Skinny Candy.

Owned by Bill Ramsey and the family of late chairman Don Nucci, Mann Packing Co., Inc. was founded in 1939 by H.W. "Cy" Mann. Mann Packing is one of the world's largest suppliers of fresh broccoli and a leading shipper of cut vegetables. In addition to the vitamin-filled and not-presidentially-preferred florets, Mann's packages a variety of other fresh vegetables such as carrots, cauliflower, romaine lettuce, and snow peas. It serves both grocery and produce retailers, as well as customers in the foodservice industry.

Carnivores have a friend in JBS. With a slaughter capacity of 73,900 cattle a day, the company is the world's largest beef processor and exporter. It distributes its products worldwide. In addition to fresh and processed beef and pork (it is the third largest pork producer in the US), JBS sells cooked beef, canned goods, and ready-to-eat meals; it also sells hides and other cattle parts. JBS markets its beef domestically under the Friboi brand. It also owns a majority of US poultry firm Pilgrim's Pride. The company's top export markets are Mexico, Russia, and the EU. JBS is in the process of a major growth phase, buying up meat operations in the US, Europe, and Australia.

Old Dutch Foods makes salty snack foods such as potato chips, popcorn, cheese curls, pretzels, tortilla chips, meat sticks, dips, and salsas under the Old Dutch label. Old Dutch Foods company's products are available in Minnesota, Wisconsin, South and North Dakota, Iowa, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, and Canada. In 2006 it acquired Canadian company Humpty Dumpty Snack Foods, creating a larger Canadian presence for Old Dutch Foods. Humpty Dumpty-branded snacks, which are sold only in Canada, include corn chips, party mix, cheese sticks, potato sticks, and onion rings.

World Variety Produce was founded in 1984 by president Joe Hernandez. World Variety Produce, which does business under the brand Melissa's/World Variety Produce, is a leading importer and distributor of specialty produce from around the world that offers more than 800 varieties of exotic fresh and dried fruits and vegetables. It supplies produce to grocers, supermarkets, and other retailers, as well as foodservice operators. World Variety Produce also sells products to consumers through its Web site. In addition to fresh produce, the company markets condiments, sauces, soy products, and specialty ingredients used in Latin and Asian cooking.

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