The family-owned David Michael & Co., Inc. was founded in 1896. David Michael & Co. has developed and manufactured flavors and flavor ingredients for use by food and beverage manufacturers. David Michael company's brands include Vanguard, Biovan, Supervan, DMChoice, Mixevan, Michtex, MichaelLite, and Michaelcap. It produces more than 40,000 flavors, stabilizers, and natural colors. With corporate headquarters in Philadelphia, the company has operations in North America, Europe, and Asia. David Michael worked with Balchem to produce microencapsulated flavorings, which were introduced in 2004 under the MichaelCap brand name.

The Cambria Winery grows chardonnay, pinot noir, and syrah grape varietals on its 1,400-acre vineyard located 17 miles from the Pacific Ocean in the Santa Maria Valley just north of Santa Barbara, California. All of its wines are made from these estate-grown grapes, which are hand picked from the vine. Cambria proprietor, Barbara Banke, is also vice chairman of Kendall-Jackson Wine Estates, which she co-founded with her husband, Jess Jackson. Cambria's wines can be purchased at beverage retailers in the US and from the company's Web site, but all online purchases are subject to state restrictions.

Founded in 1958 by Mauro Robles, La Reina began as a family owned business that specialized in making flour tortillas. Mauro's determination to bring customers a diversity of authentic Mexican products became a reality within several years. La Reina now operates multiple plants, products and brands to truly become a World Class company. Many of their manufactured products are packaged for private label companies.It is the philosophy of La Reina to service customers by working with them to develop new products, recipes, create eye appealing packaging and provide their insightful marketing experience for diverse Mexican food products. La Reina has several product divisions. These include: La Reina Inc., Anita's Mexican Foods Inc., Sierra Madre Foods Corp., and La Tolteca Tortillas.

The Dean's story begins in 1975 at the heart of Helen Dean's kitchen, in the small town of Huntly, North East Scotland.It was here that Helen first created her delicious traditional shortbread. First baking for friends and family who loved the ‘melt in the mouth’ sensation. Her husband Bill, a Drum Major, thought it was so delicious he decided to use Helen’s baking to help raise funds for the local Huntly pipe band. Their touring helped to spread her shortbread's fame far and wide. Soon the aroma of home baking would fill the town as Helen established her own small bakery to meet demand.

Casa Di Lisio Products Inc. was founded by Lou and Lucy DiLisio in 1973. Casa Di Lisio Products company manufactures and distributes frozen Italian-style tomato, cream, and pesto sauces. The family-owned firm only uses natural ingredients in its creations, which are sold to restaurants, hotels, and other clients through foodservice distributors including SYSCO and U.S. Foodservice, as well as redistributors and buying groups. Its sauces can also be shipped directly to customers. Casa Di Lisio products are sold throughout the US and the Caribbean.

Del Monte Meat Company was originally founded in 1926 in San Francisco, California. Since that time, we have expanded our operations to include facilities in Sacramento and Oakland which have been serving their surrounding areas for quite some time. All of our facilities are USDA inspected and serve only the highest quality meats to Northern California.Del Monte Meat Company supplies beef, pork, lamb, veal, poultry and seafood products. We also inventory a large variety of deli and sausage items, smoked and cured meats, fully-cooked, ready to serve meats and frozen portion-controlled products. Our staff of highly-skilled butchers are able to provide fresh, portion-controlled products to satisfy all of our customer's needs on a fresh, cut-to-order basis.

Everson Spice Company was founded in 1987 by brothers Tom and Kim Everson. Tom and Kim wanted to create the highest quality custom blends available while at the same time focusing on consistency and food safety. They started with one 500 lb. blender and the expertise of Ken Hopkins, a veteran of the seasoning business. From helping to start the value added revolution with the "Meals in Minutes" line for supermarkets to working with packing houses and restaurants from coast to coast, Everson Spice has been a leader in the seasoning industry. For more than 20 years, Everson Spice has been an innovator in creative flavor profile concepts. Let us design a custom marinade, stuffing mix, dry rub, soup base, breading, glaze or snack seasoning for you.

Blendex Company produces custom-made breading, batters, coatings, marinades, pizza crusts, sauce and seasoning mixes, flavored sugars, dry rubs and beverage mixes for commercial and private-label food manufacturers. It manufactures more than 200 products and provides custom formulation, packaging, storage, and shipping services as well. Blendex was founded in 1975 and was acquired by the late Eugene Pottinger, father of CEO Ronald Pottinger, in 1981.

AWB Limited markets wheat and other grains grown on farms Down Under. AWB's activities include the pooling, marketing, trading, financing, risk and logistical management of wheat. Other crops that it handles include include barley, sorghum, and oilseeds and its seeds division provides seed for those crops. AWB made the transition from government-owned to farmer-owned in 1999 and is now a publicly traded company, although it continues to be monitored by the Wheat Export Authority. AWB also owns rural-services company, Landmark, which operates some 400 retail supply outlets for Australian farmers. AWB's other operations include wool marketing services and fertilizer production.

Sunwest Fruit grows and ships about 3 million cartons of fresh produce per year, including hundreds of varieties of oranges, peaches, plums, and nectarines, to retailers all over the world under the Ripe 'N Ready brand. Sunwest Fruit company controls all aspects of production including farming (9,000 acres), picking, packing, and shipping. It has been owned and operated since 1988 by the Britz family, including company president, Martin Britz. In addition to thousands of acres of cropland, the family also owns several packinghouses, a fertilizer company, and a cotton gin.

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