If you thought only Cookie Monster bought cookies in bulk, talk to the folks at Voortman Cookies. The company bakes up to 20 million cookies daily and distributes them to more than 50,000 grocery stores throughout Canada and the US. Voortman's cookies and wafers are sold in packages and from bulk display units. Voortman cookies contain no trans fatty acids (hydrogenated vegetable oils), a move made to position its cookies as being a healthier alternative to other cookie brands. An affiliated bakery, also named Voortman Cookies and operated by some of co-founder William Voortman's children, sells cookies in the southwestern US.

M.A.Patout & Son, Ltd., also known as "Enterprise Factory", is located in Patoutville, Louisiana, approximately 6 miles southwest of Jeanerette. M.A.Patout & Son, Ltd. is the oldest sugar company in the United States still owned and operated by the original family - Patout. It was founded in 1825. Today, it operates three raw sugar cane factories in southern Louisiana, M.A.Patout & Son, Ltd., Sterling Sugars, Inc., and Raceland Raw Sugar Corporation. Former C.E.O. Wm. S. Patout III led the effort of mill capacity expansion and acquisition of Sterling Sugars, Inc. and Raceland Raw Sugar Corp. All three mills are producers of sugar, molasses and syrup. Enterprise Factory has a processing capacity of 22,000 tons of cane per day and 2,100,000 tons of cane for the season. The combined capacity of the three mills is 4,600,000 tons of cane annually.

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.

Founded by Donald Wentzel in 1958 near Milford, Indiana, Maple Leaf Farms began as a small duck operation producing 280,000 ducks its first year. Maple Leaf Farms' commitment to "quality you can count on" fueled its growth over the next several years as its duck operation grew to more than 1 million in 1964. Although Mr. Wentzel passed away in 1968, his son-in-law Terry Tucker has carried on his vision at Maple Leaf Farms.The Tucker family continues to set the direction for the company, based on its values of commitment to family, friends, personal fulfillment, community involvement, and, of course, quality products. Today, this family-owned company dominates the North American duck market with innovative, value-added products of unequalled quality that create, "The Meals You Remember."

The business of JG Summit started in 1957 when Universal Corn Products, Inc. (now Universal Robina Corporation) was established to operate a cornstarch plant in Manila. Since then, JG Summit has pioneered breakthroughs, broadened its enterprise and stayed at the forefront in every phase of the country's rise to development - the entrepreneur, who invested in agribusiness and the manufacture of feeds and prime food commodities; the visionary, who channeled resources and expanded into financial services, textile and property, all backbones of a growing economy; the captain of industry, who invested in power, telecommunications, petrochemicals, cement, and air transportation, all requisites for industrialization; the innovator, who continually provides value and fun in snacking; and the new regional multinational, who has embraced the challenge of global competitiveness with zeal. JG Summit has six (6) core businesses: branded consumer, agro-industrial and commodity food products in Universal Robina Corporation; real estate and hotels in Robinsons Land Corporation and United Industrial Corporation (Singapore); telecommunications and internet in Digital Telecommunications Phils., Inc.; petrochemicals in JG Summit Petrochemicals Corporation; air transportation in Cebu Pacific Air; and financial services in Robinsons Savings Bank and JG Summit Capital Services Corporation.

The brewer produces, markets and distributes premium, mainstream, and budget beers under its brands including Formosa, Laker, Red Baron, Red Cap, and Waterloo. The company also produces and distributes private label beer for the Loblaws grocery chain and co-packs alcohol-based drinks for beverage maker Canada Dry Mott's. It manufactures and distributes its products in Ontario and Quebec, and distributes some products in Ontario for US brewer High Falls Brewing. Former chairman Jim Brickman founded Brick Brewing in 1984; the company touts itself as the largest publicly held Canadian-owned and Canada-based brewer.

Primo Water Corporation, a privately-held company based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, is the leading supplier of bottled water dispensers in America. Our innovative bottom loading lines provide convenience, styling and leading performance at great value. Our Zero Waste 3 and 5 gallon water is available at over 7,000 of the nation�s leading retailers via an easy to use exchange program. According to blind taste tests, three out of four consumers prefer Primo over the leading spring water and four out of five prefer Primo over tap water. Together these products allow American household to have instant access to delicious hot and cold water for beverages and instant meals, help eliminate plastic waste and save money.

AAK refines vegetable oils for specialised products which meet our customers' high requirements. In partnership with its customers, AAK develops leading global positions with a high level of profitability.AAK should be the first choice for customers whose production relies on high value-added vegetable oils. This is what has made AAK the world's leading producer of speciality vegetable fats. The products are used as substitutes for dairy fat and cocoa butter, as transfree solutions for fillings for chocolate and confectionery products, as well as by the cosmetics industry. Raw materials are obtained from areas such as Asia and West Africa. AAK is committed to sustainable development and is one of the prime moved behind RSPO, Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil, and GreenPalm Ltd. Through these initiatives, AAK has contributed to the natural extraction of palm oil through natural agricultral development without ruthless exploitation.

The Seafood Company operates through subsidiaries, MacRae Foods, Cromer Crab, and Pinneys of Scotland. MacRae makes value-added smoked fish and shellfish, such as smoked salmon appetizers and terrines, smoked haddock gratins, and kippers with butter. Cromer Crab processes local and imported crab, lobster, prawn, and other shellfish and offers chilled seafood specialties. Pinneys smokes salmon and whitefish; its value-added products include chilled pates, terrines, and other party food. The Seafood Company is also a major UK supplier of fresh seafood; its customers include grocery stores, catering businesses, and other food manufacturers.

Castle & Cooke, Inc. and Dole Food Company, Inc. are privately held companies owned by David H. Murdock, who also serves as chairman and chief executive officer of both companies since 1985. Castle & Cooke and Dole Food Company (formerly listed on the New York Stock Exchange), were acquired by Mr. Murdock in 2000 and 2003, respectively. The food-related businesses operate as Dole Food Company, and all other businesses operate as Castle & Cooke.Mr. Murdock's combined companies make up one of the largest privately-held companies in America, with approximately 63,000 employees operating in more than 90 countries around the world. This website focuses on the collection of assets under the Castle & Cooke umbrella of companies. Among Castle & Cooke's greatest assets are its plentiful land and real estate holdings, much of which can be traced back more than 150 years to when Samuel Northrup Castle and Amos Starr Cooke began their business partnership by operating a general store in Hawai'i. The spirit, vision, integrity and perseverance of these two men sparked the formation of a company that grew to global proportions over the years.The company’s diversified businesses have operations in over 24 states and include the development and ownership of real estate, leasing of transportation equipment, manufacture of brick and building materials, oil and gas holdings, aviation services, and ownership of public warehouses. In Hawai'i the company also owns 98% of the 90,000 acre island of Lana’i and two award winning Four Seasons Hotels.

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