For over 70 years, Grady Auvil led Auvil Fruit Company to be one of the pioneers in the growing and merchandising of apples in the Pacific Northwest. Best known among growers for his innovative production practices, much of Grady's success rested on a shrewd sense of market opportunities.For instance, noting the vast amount of red apples on the market, Grady introduced the Granny Smith to Washington State. The result was history. In all of Grady's ventures the company was guided by a basic policy: to deliver superior dessert quality fruit to consumers. With boundless enthusiasm, Grady encouraged his fellow growers to adopt this policy. What distinguished Grady was that he saw this goal in terms of the whole process of production and marketing, from selecting varieties to the check-out counter. In doing so he moved the entire Washington apple industry one step closer to perfection.

We believe the quality of our dairy products starts with the milk, and it's the care and treatment we give our cows that makes Rockview Farms milk a brand your family can trust.At our farms, everything is done naturally and with the animal's health in mind. Our cows have plenty of room to roam around in, sunshine to bask in, clean water to drink and fresh air to breathe. They are fed a nutritious diet of alfalfa hay and grains. Because we have our own farms, we have a consistent supply of delicious-tasting milk that we guarantee comes from cows that have never been given artificial growth hormones to stimulate milk production as most other dairies do.To maintain the high quality of Rockview Farms products, rigorous tests are performed at every step of the process to make certain milk is pure and meets our exacting standards. It's also kept colder than required so it stays fresh and reaches its destination at its peak.

In 1903, the Yakima Valley was already established as a premiere growing region for many fruits and vegetables, but the system of getting the crops to market was outdated. At the time, truckers traveled from farm to farm negotiating with individual farmers to set a price for their fruit. The farmers knew they needed a better system so they banded together to form the Yakima County Horticultural Union and Yakima Valley Growers Association cooperatives. These groups centralized packing, selling and distribution of the crops and opened channels for shipping to markets such as Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and beyond. In 1965 the two cooperatives merged together and took on the name Snokist Growers.Today, Snokist is still a grower-owned cooperative with more than 150 active members. Our growers range from multi-generation family farms that are steeped in tradition to young, innovative farmers setting a new standard in agriculture with organic production and integrated pest management. We employ more than 700 people to provide food products for retail, food service and industrial use customers. The Snokist cannery packs in a variety of containers from cans, glass and totes to single serve bowls and cups. We've joined forces with Pacific Coast Producers to give our customers a one-stop shopping choice for the majority of products you find in the grocery fruit aisle, including apples, apricots, cherries, peaches, pears, prunes and fruit cocktail.

Hickory Foods produces pre-formed, frozen BUBBA Burgers and BUBBA Hickory Smoked Bacon for retail grocery customers. Best known in the southeastern portion of the US, the company's products are available throughout the US, Puerto Rico, and the Bahamas, as well as worldwide through the US military commissary system. BUBBA Burgers come in a range of styles and tastes, including jalapeno, reduced fat, sweet onion, and Texas-shaped varieties. Walter "Bubba" Eaves founded the company in the 1990s and continues to oversee burger production, although he sold the company to partners and executives, William Morris and Steven Coon in 2000.

In 1971, our parents were a young couple and received the news of a lifetime. Unlike the joy brought by babies and weddings, their happy news came in the form of a visa to the United States. Within one month they arrived – one young couple with three small children and a fourth on the way, with one suitcase each in hand and a great deal of faith. By 1973, our Father was busy working hard to provide for his family. By happenstance, he saw the opportunity to create a product that he was closely acquainted with, but was not yet available in the Los Angeles marketplace – high quality fresh cheese, also known as, queso fresco. After several late night kitchen table discussions, our parents decided to take a gigantic leap of faith with their hard-earned savings of $1,500 and began the journey of a lifetime. In 1973, they founded our company and named it Cacique. In Latin America, the name represents the chief of a tribe, the ultimate authority, the very best, and the pinnacle of experience. During those early years, Dad taught Mom how to make cheese and he sold and delivered the fruits of their labor with us pitching in after school and in summer. Our first year was hard but well worth it and soon we hired our first employees and the dream began to take root.

As one of the few small public companies in the global beverage alcohol industry, our mission is to develop and grow our current portfolio of premium brands and to complement these brands through a combination of acquisitions, agency relationships and new product development. We position our brands in the high-end segments of leading internationally recognized product categories.Castle Brands Inc. engages in the development, import, marketing, and sale of spirit brands of vodka, rum, whiskey, liqueurs, and tequila in the United States and internationally. The company markets its products primarily under the Boru Vodka, Gosling's Rum, Pallini Limoncello, Raspicello and Peachcello, Knappogue Castle Whiskey, Clontarf Irish Whiskey, Jefferson's, Jefferson's Presidential Select and Jefferson's Reserve Bourbon, Betts & Scholl wines, Celtic Crossing liqueur, Brady's Irish Cream, and Tierras tequila brand names. Castle Brands Inc. offers its products through wholesale distributors and beverage alcohol control agencies in the United States; and directly to retail establishments, including liquor stores, chain stores, restaurants, and pubs internationally. The company was founded in 1998 and is based in New York, New York.

Mercer Landmark Inc. is a locally owned farm cooperative located in West Central Ohio with 18 facilities in Mercer, Darke, Van Wert, Paulding and Defiance counties. Mercer Landmark is a landmark for farmers and other residents of rural west and central Ohio, and not just because you can see the company's grain elevators from miles away. The company stores and markets corn, soybeans, and wheat; it also offers agronomy services and sells animal feed, seed, poultry litter, diesel, gasoline, propane, and crop insurance. Mercer Landmark operates more than a dozen facilities. It also operates Mercer Soy, a processor of soybeans into high-protein meal and oil for use as animal feed. Mercer Landmark hs been in business since 1933.

Sara Lee chose cheesecake over clothing. Jettisoning the apparel business, Sara Lee now peddles mostly food and drink, along with some household goods, although it's selling off that business too. Its North American Retail unit is a major packaged meat maker (Ball Park, Jimmy Dean), and a leading manufacturer of frozen bakery products, including Ms. Lee's famous raid-the-refrigerator-at-midnight frozen cheesecakes. The fresh bakery segment supplies North America with prepackaged bread and other baked goods. Sara Lee International oversees coffee, tea, and bakery in Europe, Australia, and Brazil. The North American Foodservice unit supplies coffee, meat, and bakery to foodservice operators across the continent.

Robert Colescott founded Southern Specialties in 1990. Southern Specialties is really something special. The Pompano Beach, Florida-based company imports and markets regular and tropical fruits and vegetables. It offers white and green asparagus, specialty lettuces, hot peppers, baby vegetables, berries, papayas, mangoes, avocados, star fruit, and more, sourced from North, Central, and South America. Southern Specialties company serves retail and wholesale food companies, big box stores, and foodservice operators in the US and Canada. Southern has offices in Los Angeles, Atlanta, Florida, Texas, Mexico, and Peru. Southern Specialties company's retail products are sold under the brand names Paradise and Southern Selects.

UK oenophiles and online-ophiles alike can shop their thirst away at Virgin Wines. The company operates a wine market website sorted primarily by wine style, or taste, rather than region, making its product more accessible to the everyday wine drinker. While conducting the majority of its delivery business online, a staff of wine advisors also provides phone consultation and wine tips to customers. The company is a subsidiary of Direct Wines. It was founded in 2000 by Rowan Gormley.

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