Autogrill Belux NV was founded in 1974 and is based in Merelbeke, Belgium. As of October 20, 2006, Autogrill Belux N.V. is a subsidiary of Autogrill SpA. Autogrill Belux N.V. operates as a catering group in Europe. The company operates in two divisions, Motorway Services and Airport Catering. Motorway Services division operates motorway restaurants in Belgium and Luxembourg. Airport Catering division concentrates on operating catering outlets in various European airports, including Brussels, London, Lille, Bale-Mulhouse, Stuttgart, and Hamburg.

Alabama Farmers Cooperative, originally the Tennessee Valley Fertilizer Cooperative, was organized in Decatur, Alabama in 1936 by a group of local county co-ops. Upon becoming a single entity, the new cooperative developed a modest plant in Decatur to satisfy the farmers’ need for fairly priced fertilizer.Over the years, AFC acquired or built additional facilities. Today, AFC has storage facilities for both liquid and dry fertilizer throughout the areas that it serves.Alabama Farmers Cooperative (AFC) provides farmers in the Yellowhammer State a full range of agricultural supplies and services, including feed, fertilizer, seed, grain storage, and marketing, along with home-gardening items such as seeds and hardware. The co-op, which boasts 46 member associations, serving members in 49 US states; it owns and operates member-only co-op stores in Alabama, Florida, and Georgia. AFC owns Bonnie Plants, one of the largest suppliers of vegetable and herb plants for the home gardener in the US, along with BioLogic, which makes forage products for wild game. AFC also operates catfish fish farms and supplies the foodservice industry with whole and value-added catfish.

Shenandoah Growers was founded in 1989 to bring fresh culinary herbs to the East Coast marketplace as a healthy and natural way to make food taste better. The company is now one of the top providers of fresh herbs in the United States. Founders Mike Sarco, Ken Koehn and his wife Diana, met in Africa while working in agricultural development programs and established Shenandoah Growers upon their return to America. They created a company committed to environmental stewardship and community development. Today Shenandoah Growers strives to be the fresh herbs expert, positioned for continued growth and leadership in the industry.With a strategic plan for growth in place at a time when discerning consumers are demanding convenient, healthy food products, Shenandoah Growers has grown steadily since 1998. Ground-based refrigerated transportation delivers herbs to customers within hours of cutting, a key and unique competitive edge for retail and foodservice customers and consumers. This temperature controlled processing and transportation assures the freshest taste and longest shelf life. Shenandoah Growers focuses on category management. With merchandising solutions and point-of-sale materials Shenandoah Growers is dedicated to providing complete customer satisfaction.

In 1956, we opened our doors as Northwest Egg Sales with a small, family-owned egg grading plant in Seattle. Soon after, we added laying hens at our Cherry Lane Farms. We have since expanded into a fully integrated producer and processor of eggs and egg products. Today, headquartered in Everett, Washington, National Food Corporation operates its own feed mills, pullet farms, layer farms, processing plants and distribution centers in Washington, Oregon, Montana and South Dakota, serving markets throughout Alaska, Hawaii, the Pacific Northwest and the Midwest. By controlling every aspect of production, processing, distribution and marketing, we are able to assure that our customers receive the highest quality shell eggs and egg products, backed by effective customer service and support programs. As the Northwest's leading producer of both organic and cage-free eggs, National Food Corporation continually seeks to strive toward eco-friendly efforts. Our chickens enjoy certified organic feed while nesting in newly remodeled cage-free environments and all of our Naturally Organic eggs come from fully Certified Organic farms.

Dakota Growers Pasta Company is trying to put an al dente in the noodle market. It is a supplier of branded and private-label pasta products and flours to retail, food service, and food ingredient companies in North America. Its mills have an annual capacity to grind more than 12 million bushes of grain; its production facilities can produce 500 million pound of pasta (and makes more than 100 different shapes). Brand names include Dreamfields, Pasta Growers, Pasta Sanita, Primo Piatto, and Zia Briosa. Under license, the company distributes Ronzoni, Prince, Creamette, and Mrs. Weiss pasta brands to the foodservice sector.

From the late 1800s to the early 1900s, the Northwest dairy industry was on the rise. By 1909, Washington State was one of the nation's top producers of canned evaporated milk, butter and cheese. Dairy farmers realized that teamwork was the best way to market their dairy products. The result — local county dairy cooperatives began to form. In 1918, five Puget Sound co-ops joined marketing forces to create the United Dairymen's Association. Since the Northwest produced more milk than its citizens used, UDA worked with Seattle food broker Umberto Dickey to develop distant markets for the co-ops' manufactured products. In 1930, the UDA bought Dickey's company, Consolidated Dairy Products Company.

The First Colony Coffee & Tea Company is owned by 96,000 Colombian coffee growers, who are members of the Columbian coffee cooperative, Federaci�n Nacional de Cafeteros de Colombia - Comit� Departamental de Cafeteros de Antioquia. They supply First Colony with its raw material -- coffee beans. The company makes hand-selected, hand-roasted, Arabica coffees under the First Colony name. In addition it makes branded flavored coffees for Ghirardelli, Jack Daniel's, Southern Comfort, Tia Maria, and Carolan's Irish Cream. First Colony also makes Benchley teas. The company primarily serves the restaurant industry. It offers private-label services, supplying some of the US's largest department stores.

Vets Plus is a positive for animal professionals looking to perk up some pets or animate some animals. The company makes and markets healthcare products for livestock, farm, and domestic animals. Its products include skin and hair care products and dietary supplements. The company serves the international veterinary community through a network of distributors. Its brands include Horses Prefer, Pets Prefer, Goats Prefer, DVM Formula, and Probios. Vets Plus purchased Bomac Animal Health USA in 2006. It is now the exclusive US supplier of Bomac's products. Bomac's brand names include Feron 20 (iron deficiency treatment) and Paratak Plus (roundworm treatment).

Wes Pak Sales packs up peaches, plums, and other plump produce. Wes Pak Sales, Inc. formed in 1980 by a consortium of family-owned California growers and packers, is a worldwide wholesale marketer of fresh fruit, including cherries, apricots, and grapes, under the WESPAK label. Affiliate Enns Packing grows, stores, and packages produce in California. Wes Pak Sales also offers scholarships for high school students attending two- and four-year colleges. Blair Richardson was named to the newly created post of CEO of Wes Pak and Enns Packing in 2009; Jim Stewart remained as president.

A subsidiary of Continental Grain Company, Wayne Farms LLC is the sixth largest poultry producer in the United States. With a focus on quality every step of the way, "from farm to fork," more than 1.8 billion pounds of poultry is processed annually in our 10 facilities. Many of these products are marketed worldwide under the brands of WAYNE FARMS®, DUTCH QUALITY HOUSE® and PLATINUM HARVEST®. We employ approximately 8900 people who are dedicated to offering the highest quality, best value products possible.Wayne Farms is committed to being the company of choice…not only for our business partners, but also our communities and employees!

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