In 1904, J.K. Crowley purchased a small dairy business in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., and founded the Crowley Dairy Company. In 1915, he moved his company to Binghamton, N.Y., where, now known as Crowley Foods, it is still headquartered. In the 100 years since J.K. Crowley founded the company, Crowley Foods has continued to grow. Consumers can find high quality, award-winning dairy products bearing the Crowley name from New York State to Ohio to Florida and as far west as the Mississippi River. Today, Crowley Foods is made up of six dairy food brands that are leaders in their market areas - Crowley, Heluva Good, Rosenberger's Dairy, Axelrod, Maggio Cheese, and Penn Maid Dairy. Our company manufactures and distributes a full line of dairy products, refrigerated beverages, frozen desserts, and specialty products, which we sell to retail food and foodservice customers. Crowley Foods is owned by HP Hood LLC, a manufacturer and distributor of dairy products throughout the United States, headquartered in Lynnfield, M.A.

Great Western Juice Company is a privately owned company, incorporated in the state of Ohio in 1951. All of our product processing is done at our plant in Maple Heights, Ohio. We own the real estate, building and all of the manufacturing equipment and are a debt free, profitable operation. We are inspected, and approved, by the FDA, State Agricultural Department and Cleveland Kosher. Great Western Juice Company is registered with Dun & Bradstreet and the Better Business Bureau.

In 1980, Eastern Foods launched the Naturally Fresh® brand, consisting of all-natural salad dressings, sauces, dips, oils, and vinegars. The company later developed the Jackaroo® line of meat sauce products. Naturally Fresh company was known as Eastern Foods until 2002 when it became Naturally Fresh, Inc. The change was made to recognize the company's strongest brand and to emphasize our commitment to providing only the freshest, highest quality products.Since the introduction of Naturally Fresh® products, Naturally Fresh has handled production, including research and development, product preparation, packaging, and delivery in company owned and operated refrigerated trucks. Throughout the 1980's and 1990's, Naturally Fresh expanded its retail business into leading supermarkets and increased its market penetration into quick serve, casual, and fine dining restaurants. Today Naturally Fresh remains competitive by constantly introducing new products.

Sorbee International is a candy and confection company that develops, distributes and sells products worldwide under its own brand names: Sorbee® and EatRite BeFit™ and via license from Kraft under the brand names CRYSTAL LIGHT® and COUNTRY TIME®. Sorbee International, LLC Sorbee and EatRite BeFit brands include sugar free chocolate candies in many different varieties, sugar free hard candy in multiple flavors, sugar free black and red licorice, fruit chews (Sorbee Bursts®), sugar free lollypops, sugar free cookies in several different varieties and sugar free syrups in multiple flavors. The Company’s CRYSTAL LIGHT and COUNTRY TIME lines currently include a variety of well-known CRYSTAL LIGHT flavors contained in sugar free hard candy available in various package sizes, and non-sugarfree (i.e. traditional) lemonade hard candy which is also available in several different sizes. The Company’s products are distributed widely and can be found in grocery stores, convenience stores, mass marketers, chain drug stores, club stores, bulk suppliers and online at Sorbee.com. In April, 2008, Sorbee was acquired by Werther Partners, LLC, a New York based private equity firm specializing in the acquisition, management and operation of businesses in the food, confection and licensed products spaces. Dan Werther, principal of Werther Partners, has over 25 years of experience in operating consumer product businesses and is the company’s fulltime CEO. Sorbee International, LLC continues to occupy the location where it was started over 30 years ago. Sorbee’s management team includes a small group of highly dedicated professionals each with many years of service to the Company, all of whom are experts in the candy and confection industry.

Viskase Companies forces hot dogs, sausages, and salami to shape up and ship out. The company is one of the world's leading producers of non-edible cellulose casings used to manufacture sausage and hot dogs. Viskase's casings are sold under brand names such as NOJAX (skinless hot dogs have "no jackets"), VISFLEX, and VISMAX. The company also produces SEALFLEX SILVER heat-shrinkable plastic bags for the meat poultry, and cheese industries. In the non-food arena, Viskase makes MEMBRA-CEL for use in dialysis. Viskase has production facilities in Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Poland, and the US. Billionaire and corporate raider Carl Icahn owns about 72% of Viskase.

n 2008, Danone recorded an organic growth rate of 8.4% — practical proof that its business growth model truly works. With its operating margin increasing for the 14th year running, the group further strengthened its global standing: world no. 1 in fresh dairy products, world no. 2 in bottled waters, world no. 2 in baby nutrition and European no. 1 in medical nutrition. The group’s performance is the result of a balanced strategy that builds on international expansion, a growing commitment to innovation, and strengthening health-oriented brands. In order to live up to its ambitions, Danone invests heavily in Research & Development — €208 million in 2008. One hundred percent of projects currently in the pipeline focus on health and nutrition. Three centuries after the benefits of Evian mineral water were discovered, over a century after Blédine was first marketed, and nearly a century after the first Danone yoghurt was retailed in a pharmacy, health innovation remains more than ever a driver of the group’s business growth. 2008 confirmed that the previous year’s acquisition of the Dutch group Numico was strategically sound. With this move, Danone incorporated into its strategy two profitable, fast-growing health-oriented business lines: medical nutrition and baby nutrition. They naturally round off the group’s brand portfolio and are perfectly aligned with its mission to bring health through food to as many people as possible. Today Danone is the only food group to focus totally on health.

Evans Food Products Co. manufactures pork rinds and pork cracklings under the Cracklins, Crooked Creek, Hearty Hog, and Pete's brand names. Its products are available at retailers worldwide. Evans Food company also provides private-label production and packing, and supplies pork pellets in bulk to companies wishing to pop and package their own pork rinds and pork cracklings. Evans Food's US operations are located in California, Illinois, Ohio, and Texas; overseas, it also has a plant in Mexico.

AK Acres Popcorn Company began in the early 80's as an extension of the farming operations of Dennis Kunnemann and his father Arnold Kunnemann. Upon realizing the tremendous popcorn production potential of southwest Nebraska they decided to cease active farming and devote their time exclusively to contracting, processing, and marketing high quality popcorn. AK Acres Popcorn Company has since grown into one of the largest popcorn producers in the high plains region. Today AK Acres operates two processing facilities and has the capacity to process and store over thirty million pounds of popcorn every year.AK Acres Popcorn Company operates primarily as a worldwide popcorn wholesaler. The majority of our customers are distributors, packagers, snack food retailers, and poppers who purchase our popcorn in bulk.

Sodexo, Inc., is a leading foodservice operator in North America, serving 10 million customers consisisting of corporations, health care, long-term-care and retirement centers, schools, college campuses, government entities, and remote sites. Sodexo company also provides office-beverage and convenience-store vending services. In addition to foodservice, Sodexo provides outsourced facilities-management services (or, as the company calls it, on-site service solutions), which includes cleaning, grounds-keeping, and uniform and linen supply. Sodexo Inc. is the North American operating arm of French foodservice giant Sodexo.

They've got an awful lot of coffee in Florida, home of Rowland Coffee Roasters, one of North America's largest privately-owned producers of coffee products in the US. If espresso is your thing, you're likely drinking a blend of coffee from Rowland, which roasts 80% of all espresso coffee sold in the US and owns the two top espresso brands, Bustelo and Pilon. The company also sells European blends (Caffe Signore, Medaglia D'Oro) and Cabana blends (Estrellla, El Pico, and Oquendo). The family-run company was established in Cuba in 1865. The founder's son, Jose Angel "Pepe" Souto, died in 2007. His children continue to oversee the business.

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