Arla Foods has given Scandinavian dairy farmers a firm grip on Europe's milk business. The 7,800-member cooperative's consumer products include fluid milk, butter, cheese, yogurt, and cream. Its major milk brands are Lactofree and Cravendale; its butter and spreads include Anchor and Lurpak brands; and Apetina, Buko, and Denmark's Finest are among its cheese brands. Arla offers dairy ingredients and bacterial cultures for food manufacturers and agricultural use and supplies powdered milk and cheese products to markets across Europe, as well as in the UK, the US, Asia, and the Middle East. Sales outside Denmark and Sweden make up 60% of Arla Foods' sales.

Meridian Nut Growers is the sales and marketing arm for a group of California growers and processors of almonds, walnuts, pistachios as well as a variety of other nuts and dried fruits. In addition, we work with South African growers and processors to supply the highest quality Macadamia nuts in the world.We supply large volumes of high quality nuts and dried fruit products to customers worldwide for use in the snacking, baking, confectionery and manufacturing industries. We understand the needs of customers and match that need with the right product and the right supplier. No matter what the customer's needs; from Hong Kong to Hamburg, Meridian Nut Growers is here to serve them. Our primary focus is on users that need the services of a major nut producer but like a more personal touch. We also specialize in high quality specifications and use every tool at our disposal to give the customer the product they desire.We strive to be the bridge between growers and users of dried fruits and nuts. While we are customer oriented, we never forget that without growers, we would not exist. We believe that while looking out for our customers, we can look out for our growers best interests as well.

Agricultural producers unite is the rallying cry at this co-op. United Producers is an livestock cooperative that offers marketing, financing, and credit services to its member ranchers and farmers. It also provides risk management and production management services. The co-op has some 45,000 members in Ohio, Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, and Missouri. All total, it operates more than 40 facilities and handles some 3 million head of livestock. In addition, it maintains a loan portfolio of more than $50 million. United Producers was founded in 1999 through the consolidation of Producers Livestock Association (Ohio/Indiana) and MFA Livestock (Missouri).

Martin Mathew is one of the UK's leading importers and distributors of canned and other shelf-stable food products. Martin Mathew company offers more than 350 products lines from more than 25 countries worldwide including Spanish anchovies and Italian tomatoes. Its main brand is Riverdene, but others include Ballerina, Clover Leaf, Country Town, and its own Martin Mathew brand. Martin Mathew company's customers include companies in the food retail, manufacturing, and foodservice sectors. Martin Mathew was founded more than three decades ago by chairman James Donnelly.

Fred Rubschlager founded the Rubschlager Baking Corporation in Chicago in 1913 as a neighborhood, full-line bakery called Rubschlager Brothers Bakery. All five Rubschlager brothers were at one time or another involved with Rubschlager Brothers Bakery. Rubschlager is still a family-owned business, located in Chicago, Illinois with distribution throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico.Best-known for their Cocktail Breads, now available in four varieties, Rubschlager also produces a quality line of European-style breads in styles known as "Squares" and "Rye-Olas." The Squares, dense and fairly smooth in texture, are available in seven varieties. The Rye-Olas are a group of four breads made with 100% chopped, whole rye, in a style usually produced only in Northern Europe. Additionally, the company produces dinner rolls (both individually wrapped and bulk), Giant loaves (ten-pounds), sandwich breads, and a line of half-loaf Cocktail Breads in controlled atmosphere packaging for use in gift baskets. Rubschlager’s Natural Preferences® line of breads and toasted mini-chips are made with all-natural ingredients. All Rubschlager products are certified kosher, pareve, by the Orthodox Union.Rubschlager breads are usually sold in the deli section of supermarkets and specialty stores, although they may be sold at the in-store bakery or from the commercial bakery shelf. Rubschlager is generally distributed to retail and food service customers by deli and specialty distributors.

Boyd Coffee Company is a fourth generation family owned business founded by Percival Dewe Boyd. P.D. Boyd, born in New Zealand in 1879, came to the United States with his family in 1882. Landing in the great Northwest, PD Boyd worked in grocery and sales until he decided to go off on his own and start a business. Located in downtown Portland, Boyd peddled his wares from a red, horse-drawn wagon he had purchased for $5 and thus, founding the "Boyd Importing Tea Company." By 1910, the horse-drawn wagons were replaced with trucks. With the spread of the automobile, the business took a new direction, and by 1920, home delivery was terminated. As his business grew, and Boyd gained in popularity, his reputation as a perfectionist followed. His greatest passion was for quality coffee. He also proved to be an ingenious businessman. Boyd was the first US coffee distributor to loan coffee brewing equipment to restaurants and the food service industry, a tradition that spread throughout the industry. By 1939, PD Boyd had a branch office in Yakima, Washington and soon other distribution points were established. The "Boyd Blend" of coffee was in demand.

Kantner Group, Inc. makes cheese-making ingredients, such as milk proteins and replacers, rennet, whey, cheese powders and analogues, and starter media. Its other products include ice cream and shake mixes. The company also offers private-label and custom-blending, and -packaging services. Kantner owns cheese-manufacturing companies Blue Valley Foods and Chianti Cheese. Chianti makes Italian specialty cheeses; Blue Valley also makes Italian cheeses, plus Cheddar and Jack. Kantner's customers include food retailers and manufacturers and foodservice providers. The firm was founded by CEO Doug Kantner in 1999.

Sea Pearl Seafood Co., Inc. is a family-owned and -operated business and was founded in 1966. Sea Pearl Seafood's favorite gem is the shrimp. The Louisiana-headquartered company processes and packages fresh and frozen shrimp procured from the waters of the Gulf of Mexico under the Sea Pearl, Bayou La Batre, and Neptune brand names. Its farm-raised and wild shrimp products include peeled, headless, head-on, rock, royal red, and individually quick-frozen shrimp. Sea Pearl Seafood also offers its customers custom and private-label packaging.

Michael Foods, Inc. is a leading food processor and distributor with business in egg products, refrigerated grocery and potato products, and with net sales exceeding $1.5 billion.At Michael Foods, our customers' wants and needs serve as a foundation for all we do. We have become a leader in the food industry by introducing innovative, value-added food technology and customer solutions.Our brands, Papetti's®, Crystal Farms®, AllWhites®, and Simply Potatoes® to name a few, are recognized and valued by customers and consumers across the nation.

You shouldn't drive 55 -- or any other speed for that matter -- after partaking of the fruit of Cabo Wabo's efforts. A holding company formed by rock star Sammy Hagar, the company oversees the marketing and distribution for his 110-proof Cabo Wabo tequila as well as the operations of his Cabo Wabo Cantina. Cabo Wabo's premium line of tequila ages for up to three years in oak barrels before ever seeing the bottom of a shot glass. The bar and restaurant, located in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, offers Tex-Mex and Baja Mexican cuisine, as well as Cabo Wabo tequila, of course. The company also merchandises Cabo Wabo apparel and accessories. It's majority-owned by Davide Campari-Milano, which bought an 80% stake in 2008.

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