Lionel Hitchen (Essential Oils) Ltd. is owned and operated by founder Lionel Hitchen and his family. Lionel Hitchen (Essential Oils) knows a properly squeezed orange can yield more than just juice. Lionel Hitchen company manufactures natural concentrated citrus oils from oranges, lemons, limes, and grapefruits. Beyond those basics, the company extracts oils from plant parts, including leaves, buds, roots, seeds, and twigs. Lionel Hitchen uses these extracts to make steam distilled oils, alcoholic extracts, oleoresins, liquid seasonings, and dry herbs and spices. Lionel Hitchen is a major supplier to the UK beverage, cosmetic, food, and toiletry industries.

Northern Pride helps northern US turkey farmers take pride in their efforts. The agricultural cooperative processes some 20,000 turkeys a day (or 40 million live pounds of turkey a year) and sells whole bird, bone-in breast, and turkey parts (drums, wings, necks, gizzards, tails, and thighs) under the Snowland, Northern Pride, Harvest Gold, and Premium Specialty brand names throughout the US and in several foreign countries. It also sells a line of free-range and antibiotic turkeys; and offers private-label services. Northern Pride's customers include food retailers, foodservice operators, and food manufacturers.

Whether it's Barky, Bessie, Bossy, or Boots who's in need of medical attention, the folks at IVESCO (formerly Iowa Veterinary Supply) will get the correct supplies to his or her vet. The company distributes more than 25,000 products, for companion animals and livestock, including veterinary equipment and supplies, pharmaceuticals, and pesticides. It operates through six divisions -- IVESCO, IVS Animal Health, WYNCO, Panhandle Veterinary Supply, Scholfield Veterinary Supply, and VMS -- with about 25 locations in some 20 US states. Iowa Veterinary Supply was founded in 1945; president Tom Kruse acquired the company with partner Ken Madole (who retired in the 1980s) in 1966.

R&R Ice Cream Limited makes its own brands (fab and Kelly's) and also holds the UK license to produce and market Nestl�'s ice cream products. Its customers include retail food companies and foodservice operators. In addition to the UK, R&R sells its products in France, Germany, and Poland. It is Europe's largest ice cream manufacturer and has production plants throughout the continent. It also makes private-label products. The company was taken private in 2006 by US-based Oaktree Capital, which merged it with German ice cream company, Roncadin. Its name was changed the following year.

Stonyfield Farm is banking on choosy moms to spend a few cents more to save the planet -- or at least buy the company's natural yogurts and ice cream. Founded in 1983, Stonyfield Farm uses certified organic milk and uses no gelatins, fillers, artificial flavors, colors, or sweeteners in its products. For customers allergic to cows' milk, it offers a line of soy-based yogurts. A longtime leader among health-food store brands, its products are now distributed across the US through national supermarket chains, natural food stores, and wholesale club stores, as well as overseas. Stonyfield is a subsidiary of France's Groupe Danone.

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.

Meg Snow Brand Milk Co. is a Japanese dairy company. Familiarly known as Meg Milk, its products include fluid milk, yogurt, cream, margarine, fruit juices, and frozen desserts. The company also offers home milk delivery services. In 2009 the company merged with Japan Milk Community by means of a stock swap. Snow Brand Milk and Japan Milk were merged into the company now known as Meg Snow Brand Milk Co. The move reflects the consolidation in Japan's dairy industry, which is due, in part, to rising raw ingredient costs and weak consumer demand. Later that year, Tadashi Idota was appointed president of the company.

L&H Packing Company disassembles beef. The company's San Antonio, Texas, facilities produce boneless beef, preserved hides, tripe and other offal products, rendered blood and bone meal, as well as tallow for wholesale distribution. It has the capacity to process more than 260,000 cows per year. L&H Packing was founded in 1963 by Al Leonard and Dwayne Harral and is still owned and operated by the Leonard family. In business since 1979, L&H's sister company, Surlean Foods, provides chicken, pork, and beef entrees along with soups, sauces, marinades, and rubs to the foodservice industry.

Grupo La Moderna SAB de CV is a Mexico-based holding company primarily engaged in the food industry. The Company through its subsidiaries, specializes in the production of wheat and cereal-based products such as pasta, biscuits, flours, instant soups, pre-cooked soups and doughnuts, among others. The Company’s operations are structured in four principal divisions: Mills, Pastas, Packaging and Biscuits. It markets its products, principally in Mexico and the United States, under such brands as La Moderna, De Luigi, La Perla, El Fenix, La Rancherita, Golden Vein, Tres Estrellas and others. Grupo La Moderna holds interests in such subsidiaries as Comercializadora La Moderna de Toluca SA de CV, Corporativo La Moderna, SA de CV, Fabrica de Galletas La Moderna SA de CV, Interamerican Foods Corp and La Moderna Export SA de C V, among others.

Noble Foods is the UK’s biggest supplier of eggs and egg products, we also believe that we are the most forward thinking.Every day we move millions of eggs from hen houses across the country to the shelves of the UK's leading supermarkets, and into the shopping trolleys of Britains' consumers. And that's no mean feat. It means working closely with at least 250 egg farmers to collect, grade and package the most fragile of food products.We do this by employing enthusiastic people who bring fresh thinking to our day-to-day operations, and by working in partnership with our producers and customers.

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