SECO & Golden “100”, Inc. is a member owned purchasing cooperative headquartered in DeLand, Florida. The company was formed in 1945 by a group of dairy farmers who sought to improve their bargaining power by combining and leveraging their purchased requirements. Today the membership is comprised of a select group of agriculturally based cooperatives and proprietary companies that are engaged in the production of food and dairy products. The members collectively participate in purchasing programs designed to optimize opportunities within the supply chain for delivering added value. The cooperative is governed by a board of directors. Each of the member companies designates a director who sits on the board. In addition to addressing the performance of the business, the board receives and acts upon nominations and recommendations for new suppliers, new members and new programs. The directors are also actively involved in the progress and support of individual programs and serve as chairmen of the established program committees.

In China pigs fly and chickens cross the road to get to People's Food Holdings. At its processing plants located throughout China, People's Food produces and sells various high- and low-temperature meat products made from pork and poultry under the Jinluo brand name. The company supplies wholesalers and retailers nationally with sausages, fresh and frozen meats, and a selection of animal by-products used in other industries including food production, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals. Company chairman Ming Kam Sing owns a controlling interest in People's Food Holdings.

Battle Creek Farmers Coop N/S, is a locally owned farm supply and marketing cooperative. It was established in Battle Creek, Nebraska as a Creamery in 1929. Today the company is controlled by approximately 900 agricultural producers throughout a 10 county area in Northeast Nebraska. A base of approximately 5200 customers indicates a strong presence in the area.Facilities include two sites in Battle Creek, Pierce, Plainview, Bloomfield, Osmond, Ewing, Neligh, Oakdale, Orchard, Newman Grove, and Madison. There are approximately 100 full-time and part-time employees. Despite the wide range of facilities, the company maintains local pride in each facility. Customers are assured that their location manager has the tools and authority to exceed expected customer satisfaction. The company has primarily 5 business units: Grain, Feed, Agronomy, Energy, and Transportation.

Listed on the Singapore Exchange, Asia Pacific Breweries Limited (APB) is one of the key players in the beer industry. A joint venture between the Fraser and Neave Group of companies and Heineken International, APB was established as Malayan Breweries Limited (MBL) in 1931. It went on to open its first brewery in Singapore and launched the award-winning Tiger Beer a year later. To more accurately reflect the growing regionalisation of its business interests, MBL was renamed Asia Pacific Breweries Limited in 1990. Today, APB oversees a portfolio of over 40 beer brands and brand variants, including Tiger Beer, Heineken, Anchor and ABC Stout. The group operates an extensive global marketing network, which spreads across some 60 countries and is currently supported by breweries in countries including Singapore, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Mongolia, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Lovers of premium scotch whisky might want to raise a glass to Glenmorangie's "Sixteen Men of Tain." The sixteen craftsman employed in the company's distillery in the village of Tain make the company's single-malt whiskies. The company sold the Glen Moray distillery and brand in 2008 as part of a reorganization plan which has the company paring down to its two international single malt Scotch whiskey brands, Glenmrangie and Ardberg. The company also owns and operates the upscale inn/resort, Glenmorangie House. The distiller traces its roots to the Macdonald and Muir company, which was founded in 1893. The company sells its whiskey worldwide. Louis Vuitton Mot Hennessy (LVMH) purchased Glenmorangie in 2005.

The Rutherford Ranch Winery is on the site of the original Round Hill Winery started in the 1970’s by Ernie and Virginia Van Asperen. When the Van Asperen’s retired in 2000, Marko and Theo Zaninovich, long-time share holders with the Van Asperen family, acquired the winery. The estate vineyards were replanted with superior vines and the winery and Tasting Room have undergone significant renovations. Yet, the estate’s 100 year-old olive grove and unpretentious charm remain essentially unchanged.Today, Rutherford Wine Company includes Rutherford Ranch Winery (Napa Valley), Round Hill, Scott Family Estate (Arroyo Seco) and Lander-Jenkins Vineyards.

Fredericksburg Lockers is a leading regional meat processor and supplier in central Texas. Doing business as Opa's Smoked Meats ("Opa" is German for grandfather), the company sells traditional German sausages such as bratwursts and knackwursts. It also sells hams, jerky, smoked poultry, and a variety of other sausages. Opa's sells its meat products through grocery stores and supermarkets (Albertson's, HEB), as well as direct to consumers through its retail store and Web site; it also supplies concessions operators. The company was founded in 1947.

Welcome to Lion Nathan, an alcoholic beverages company with operations in Australia and New Zealand.Lion Nathan has a long brewing heritage. Beginning as New Zealand Breweries in 1914 and developing into one of New Zealand's largest corporate companies by the late 1980's, Lion Nathan established a major presence in Australia in 1990, when it took ownership of the Tooheys Brewery in Sydney and Castlemain Perkins in Brisbane. Since then, Lion Nathan has expanded its operations to include the South Australian Brewing Company, the Swan Brewery in Western Australia and J. Boag & Son in Tasmania, along with several premium wineries, a bottling company in New Zealand and a distillery, based in Queensland. The company is now a leading brewer, winemaker and marketer of alcohol in the Australasian and international markets. At the heart of our business are our people and our great brands. We're passionate about making our world a more sociable place and strive to create and champion the most adored brands in beer, fine wine, spirits and RTDs. From old favourites like Speight's, Tooheys New and XXXX, to more recent additions to the Lion Nathan portfolio, such as Steinlager Pure, Hahn Super Dry and beers from the Boag's trademark - Australians and New Zealanders have been enjoying Lion Nathan products for many years.Lion Nathan are guided by our four core values: acting with integrity; passion; achieving together; and being sociable.

Rail Gourmet was established in 1994 and, since that date, has continued to grow through providing on-board and logistics solutions for the rail industry. Rail Gourmet is 100% focused on the European rail industry and has detailed knowledge of, and experience in, running significant operations throughout Europe.Rail Gourmet companies specialise in all aspects of rail catering - from detailed logistics and supply chain management to the highly personalised care and attention required to run significant on-board operations. Rail Gourmet also provides a number of non-catering services such as Train Care (In-Transit and turnaround train cleaning) and added value management information systems. Rail Gourmet is committed to the rail industry and sees its future being the provision of on-board, logistics and other rail related activities, to train operating companies across Europe.

Bridgford Foods Corporation traces its roots back seventy-eight years to February 1932. Hugh H. Bridgford (1908-1992) opened a retail meat market in San Diego, California. The business evolved first into several retail meat markets, then meat wholesaling to hotels and restaurants, frozen food distribution, meat packing and processing and frozen food manufacturing. The Company is now headquartered in Anaheim, California about four miles from Disneyland. In addition to meat processing and bakery operations in Anaheim the Company has four additional factories, two in Dallas, Texas, one in Chicago, Illinois and one in Statesville, North Carolina.

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