ConAgra Foods fills Americans' refrigerators, freezers, and pantries and, ultimately, their tummies. The company is a US top food producer, offering packaged and frozen foods. ConAgra's brands are a cornucopia of America's well-known foods, including Banquet, Chef Boyardee, Egg Beaters, Healthy Choice, Hunt's, Jiffy, Orville Redenbacher's, PAM, Slim Jim, and Van Camp's. It is also one of the country's largest foodservice suppliers, offering them convenience foods and ingredients. The company has sold off its agricultural segments and a number of non-core brands to focus on branded and value-added packaged foods. In mid-2010 it acquired the assets of American Pie, maker of Marie Callender's frozen desserts.

Linden Foods in recent years has developed into a market leader within the Northern Ireland fresh meat processing industry, sourcing and processing top quality beef and lamb.The company which is part of the Linden Food Group currently services a wide range of retail multiplies their dedicated convenience food manufacturers, and the wider meat packing industry in UK and Europe. By providing excellent products and first class service, close working relationships have been established with all our customers as the company continues to grow.

Wixon Inc. was founded in 1907. Wixon, Inc. develops, manufactures, packages, and delivers ingredients and finished products for the food and beverage industry in the United States. Its products include bread and baking mixes, sauces, gravies, marinades, microwave meals, flavors, sweet, savory, blended seasonings, pet foods, and spices. The company serves alcoholic beverages, non-alcoholic beverages, baking goods, confectionary, meat and poultry products, sausage, snack foods, dairy products, private label/specialty foods, and tobacco flavors/additives industries.

Bolner's Fiesta Products, Inc. is a family owned and operated company with headquarters in San Antonio, Texas. The Bolner family is stubborn about quality and insistent on providing the most excellent customer service possible. They know spices...know where the best spices are grown, what improves flavor, how they should be stored, exactly how the spice should be handled and in which types of foods it should be used. The Bolner Family exhibits the qualities generally associated with artisans or craftsmen - attention to the smallest detail, an exacting and thorough knowledge of their craft, and a sense of excitement about presenting to their customers the very best and freshest product possible.Clifton J. Bolner gained his experience in the food business by working in the family grocery store that his grandfather started in 1906. Clifton founded Bolner's Fiesta Products in 1955 and today is joined by family members who manage the Sales, Marketing and Production teams of Fiesta. Soon after its beginning the company began purchasing spices from around the world. Today the company is importing spices from more than 60 countries and offers over 600 different product items. The innovative melding of flavors has lead to many popular specialty blends such as Fajita Seasoning, Brisket Rub and Texas Style Steak Seasoning just to name a few. Recognizing the Hispanic culture's influence on Southwest cooking, Fiesta offers a full product line to create authentic Mexican dishes. This includes whole and ground chili peppers, Enchilada Seasoning, Carne Guisada Seasoning and the ever popular Tamale Kit.

Meanwhile, back at the ranch ... the sprawling King Ranch, to be exact. Founded in 1853, King Ranch's operations extend beyond its original 825,000 Texan cattle-raising acres. The ranch is still home to cattle and horses, of course. However, King Ranch oversees considerable farming interests in its home state and elsewhere (cotton, sorghum, sod, citrus, pecans, vegetables, and cane sugar). It also has varied retail operations (hardware, designer saddles and other leather goods, publishing and printing). In addition, King Ranch also beefs up revenues with tourist dollars from birdwatchers, hunters, and sightseers who visit its Texas ranch lands. The descendants of founder Richard King own King Ranch.

Homestat Farm company makes hot cereals with familiar and not-so-familiar brand names (Maypo, Maltex, and Wheatena) and soups and broths (G. Washington's). Its customers include retail food and foodservice companies throughout the US. Homestat opened for business in 2001 when founder and president Bill Stadtlander purchased the Maltex, Maypo, Wheatena, and G. Washington brands from ConAgra.

Miko has brewed up an interesting business strategy. The company provides coffee services through subsidiaries in Belgium, the Czech Republic, France, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, and the UK; coffee services make up more than 55% of sales. Products include roasted coffee, filters, and coffee dispensing systems. Miko also makes plastic packaging products for the food and cosmetics industries through production plants in Belgium and Poland. The company got its start in 1801 as a grocery shop dealing in colonial merchandise; it began roasting coffee a century later.

Kettle Foods, Inc. which was founded in 1978, was acquired by snack foods maker Diamond Foods in 2010. Kettle Foods company produces all-natural, hand-cooked chips. Kettle firm also manufactures and sells tortilla chips, roasted nuts, trail mixes, and nut butter spreads. Whereas in the past, Kettle Foods' products were only available in natural food stores, Kettle Foods company has extended its market reach in recent years by moving into mainstream supermarkets. Kettle's products are available throughout North America, as well as in Asia and Western Europe.

Dixie Growers company sources its produce from growers with more than 2,000 acres in north, central, and south Florida. Dixie Growers company's products include strawberries, cantaloupe, cucumbers, bell peppers, eggplant, chili peppers, and squash, as well as a variety of herbs. It boasts a 64,000-sq.-ft. packing facility. Dixie Growers is headquartered -- appropriately enough -- in Plant City, Florida, and is owned and operated by Charles Lawton (president) and Linda Lawton.

ABL Management, Inc. is a professional food service management organization headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.The owners and executives of ABL Management, Inc. have over one hundred combined years of experience in contract food services. They have worked at all management levels from assistant director through top management of national companies. This expertise, along with a talented and dedicated staff, insures our clients of a professional and economically managed operation. ABL Management, Inc. was formed to provide comprehensive and superior food services management to both public and private sector markets.

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