Maple Leaf Bakery, Inc.'s operations makes one's mouth water. The Des Plains, Illinois-based company makes and sells par-baked, and frozen bread, rolls, croissants, turnovers, and bagels throughout the US. The company is part of Canada Bread Co.'s bakery group, which is 89%-owned by Canada's Maple Leaf Foods. In 2002 the bakery acquired San Francisco-based artisan bread operation Grace Baking. Maple Leaf Bakery's products are available through instore bakeries at retail grocery stores and at club-stores, as well as to foodservice operators.

The Lion Brewery is the proud brewer and bottler of the ever-popular brands of Lionshead, Stegmaier, Pocono, Gibbons, Bartels, Olde Philadelphia Soda, and the Lion Brewery’s very own Root Beer! We are not just brand owners, but also a contract beverage manufacturer. As one of the largest American-owned breweries in the U.S., we have a large portfolio of customers and pride ourselves on producing the best consumer beverages.

HAVOC Distribution, Inc. is the manufacturer and distributor of HAVOC Energy Drink. HAVOC focuses on licensing certain branding rights from U.S. athletic conferences, professional sports teams, bars/clubs and other affinity groups. HAVOC then markets it's beverage products through big box retailers, convenience stores and other retail outlets. We believe this will facilitate rapid market penetration at a cost far lower than trying to market under a unique "Havoc Energy" brand name. HAVOC is a portfolio company under the public corporation; American Enterprise Development Corporation, listed as AEND. Havoc was acquired by American Enterprise Development Corporation through a reverse merger in early 2006. Energy drinks, also known as "functional beverages" in the beverage industry, are one of the most rapidly growing beverage categories in the world. Consumers generally purchase functional beverages to provide hydration, nutritional input, energy stimulation and to contribute to the user's overall sense of well-being. The major competitors, in the energy drink market, primarily compete for brand loyalty and taste. "Havoc Energy" feels that by licensing pre-established well-known brand names of athletic teams and various professional/private organizations, along with providing a great tasting product, we will effectively capture market share.

Fleury Michon provides a full menu. The company offers processed meats, ready-made meals, and other convenience food products for the supermarket and the foodservice sectors. In addition to hams, poultry, roasts, and charcuterie (deli meats), it also makes surimi (imitation crab). Fleury operates the Graine d'App�tit chain of restaurants and vending kiosks. France accounts for most of the company's sales but it also sells ready-meals in Canada, Italy, Spain, and the US. Star chef and company culinary advisor, Jo�l Robuchon, develops many Fleury Michon recipes. While publicly traded since 2000, the majority of Fleury Michon stock is held by chairman Yves Gonnord.

Deschutes Brewery, located in Central Oregon along the banks of the wild and scenic Deschutes River, has brewed a family of handcrafted ales since 1988. Starting out as a small brewpub in the heart of downtown Bend, Deschutes’ first beers were Black Butte Porter, Bachelor Bitter and Cascade Golden Ale. In 1993, Deschutes moved into its current brewing facility and has continued expanding and improving the facilities. With a 50-barrel traditional gravity brew house and a new one-of-a-kind 131-barrel Huppmann brew system from Germany, Deschutes now creates and experiments with specialty batches of limited beers like The Abyss and Hop Trip while brewing large quantities of everyone’s favorites like Mirror Pond Pale Ale. Consistently producing the highest quality beers is always Deschutes’ number one priority and commitment.

Founder and CEO Rodger Rohde Sr. owns Triarco Industries, Inc. Triarco Industries manufactures all-natural specialty ingredients. They include botanicals, botanical extracts, enzymes, minerals, and teas in powdered, granulated, dry-blended, emulsified, liquid, agglomerated, and suspended forms. It sells branded products (Aminogen, Carbogen, Glycomaize) through retail outlets and as ingredients for companies in the food, nutraceutical, and pharmaceutical sectors. Triarco operates facilities for research and development, testing, processing, and quality control.

The current Stock Spirits Group was established in 2007 from the combination of Stock and Polmos Lublin, under the control of Oaktree Capital Management. Our beginnings, however, date back to the 19th century, in what was the Austro-Hungarian Empire.Stock up the liquor cabinet with bottles from Stock Spirits Group. The company sells almost 40 brands of vodka, brandy, and liqueur in Central and Eastern Europe and the US. Vodka brands include Czysta de Luxe, Kegelvich, Orzel, and Poland's most popular brand, W�dka Zoladkowa Gorzka. Brandy and vermouth are sold under the Stock brand, while Limonc� limoncello and the orange liqueur GranGala are popular liqueurs. Stock Spirits Group has distilleries in the Czech Republic, Italy, and Poland, and distributes its brands in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and the UK. In the US it does business as Heritage Brands, Inc. Stock Spirits Group is owned by Oaktree Capital Management.

F.C.F. Fishery is gettin' jiggy with it! One of the largest marine product trading companies in Taiwan, F.C.F. Fishery is involved in squid jigging (a fishing method that uses weighted hooks that are jerked up and down in order to attract fish) in the North Pacific Ocean and the waters off New Zealand. Additionally, it procures and markets fresh and frozen swordfish, shark, tuna, other miscellaneous food fish. F.C.F.operates fishing bases in Japan, Singapore, and Taiwan. Its catches are exported worldwide.

Allens produces a full line of canned and frozen vegetables and beans (including the Popster's absolute fave -- spinach). The Arkansas-based company's brands include Allens, Butterfield, Popeye, Royal Prince, Sunshine, and Trappey's, along with Freshlike and Veg�All. Its customers include US companies in the retail food, foodservice, and food-manufacturing sectors. Founded in 1926, Allens remains a family-owned and -operated business and is the largest privately owned vegetable company in the US.

Company founded in 1755 in Bordeaux.The brand, created by Marie Brizard in Bordeaux, a region renowned throughout the world for its tradition of quality wines, is one of the world's most venerable producers of liqueurs and drinks based on plants, fruits and spices.Originally, the firm made its name with the aniseed liqueur that was later to become the Marie Brizard anisette, but its real growth period came when it branched out into a wide range of cocktail-based liqueurs, spirits, syrops, and more recently wines.The group sells some 230 million bottles, via two distribution subsidiaries (France and Spain) and exports to over 120 countries. The Marie Brizard brand of liqueurs has a reputation and a know-how that are unrivalled anywhere in the world.

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