PO Box 50 Aarhus C DK-8100 Denmark Company Perspectives: We supply customers on selected world markets with vegetable oils processed using advanced technology and formulated to meet specific needs. Within the framework of this mission, we continue to explore a series of opportunities that can lead to growth and an increased income for the group. This has, over the years, taken us into areas regar…
Alfred-Ritter-Strasse 25 D-71111 Waldenbuch Germany Company Perspectives: Since 1968 people have been able to enjoy "Ritter Sport" outside of Germany. Today the chocolate squares are being marketed in more than 50 countries. The chocolate that finds admirers worldwide is made with great know-how, state-of-the-art manufacturing technology, and much care in Waldenbuch and Dettenhausen. In Italy and…
305 West Main Street Siloam Springs, Arkansas 72761 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Generations of families have grown up enjoying vegetables from Allen Canning Company. Since 1926 we've been packing a variety of products including beans, greens, spinach, and sweet potatoes. Allen Canning Company, based in the small town of Siloam Springs, Ark ansas, is one of the largest private canner of foods in …
119 East 200 North Alpine, Utah 84004 U.S.A. Alpine Confections, Inc. owns a number of candy companies, including Maxfield Candy Company, Kencraft, Inc., and Harry London Candies Inc. The Fanny Farmer and Fannie May brands were acquired from bankrupt Archibald Candy Corporation in 2004. Alpine also produces confections under license for Hallmark and Mrs. Fields'. Canadian brands include Dolce d'O…
111 Dunnell Road Maplewood, New Jersey 07040 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Alpine Lace Brands, Inc., develops and markets an expanding line of Fat Free, Reduced Fat and/or Reduced Sodium cheese and delicatessen meat products sold under the Alpine Lace brand name. Alpine Lace products are available in virtually 100 percent of supermarkets and delicatessens nationwide, and provide nutritionally supe…
P.O. Box 178 Sioux City, Iowa 51102 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: JOLLY TIME continues to be a leader in the snack industry. American Pop Corn Company is the oldest processor of popcorn in the United States, as well as one of the largest. The company's products are sold to consumers under the Jolly Time brand. White and yellow popcorn are available dry or packaged for cooking in a microwave oven. …
P.O. Box 7868 Santa Rosa, California 95407 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Have you ever noticed how something almost magic happens when you coo k your own food from scratch? How you connect with each ingredient an d feel your way through each step of the creation? How you use your s enses to make even the smallest adjustments toward perfection? This " magic" happens every day at Amy's. When people …
5451 W. Dickman Road Battle Creek, Michigan 49015 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Commitment to traditional quality and guaranteed freshness is the foundation of Archway cookies and its more than 60 Home Style, Gourmet, Fat Free, Sugar Free, Bag, and Holiday cookie varieties. It has also led the Company to become the nation's leading producer of oatmeal-based cookie varieties. Archway Cookies, Inc. …
Avenida Fulvio Salvador Pagani 487 Arroyito, Cordoba Argentina Company Perspectives: We want to become, in the next few years, the number one candy and chocolate company in Latin America. Life is sweet for Arcor S.A.I.C., the privately held firm that has grown to become one of Argentina's two biggest food companies, manufacturing more than 1,500 products. Although Argentina's fertile pampas are n…
85 Fifth Avenue New York, New York 10003-3019 U.S.A. Ark Restaurants Corp. is a holding company that, through subsidiaries, was operating 26 restaurants, 2 bakeries, and 2 corporate dining facilities in 1996. The bakeries and 20 of the restaurants were owned by the company. Although Ark's restaurants had no single format, most were in New York City and offered a wide range of moderately priced fo…
Skanderborgvej 277 DK-8260 Viby J. Denmark Company Perspectives: Arla Foods' objective is to be the consumers' and customers' preferred dairy. In Northern Europe--with a wide range of dairy products. In Southern Europe--with selected ranges of cheese and butter. Outside Europe--with a product range adapted to the individual markets. Moreover, Arla Foods intends to maintain and develop its positio…
Weston Centre Bowater House 68 Knightsbridge London, SW1X 7LQ United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Associated British Foods plc is dedicated to making key investments for the future. In order to remain a market leader, the company strives to focus on investments in research and development, capital expenditure, its employees, and environmental policy. With high-ranking positions in several catego…
Waldstrasse 27 Berlin D-13403 Germany Company Perspectives: FOCUS IS ON PEOPLE. This principle is consistently followed by Storck throughout all levels of the company. It is the basis for everything that makes Storck different, special and successful. And its concrete results can be seen in our closeness to the consumer, our responsibility to our employees, our understanding for our trading partn…
Westpark, Pfingstweidstrasse 60 8005 Zurich Switzerland Company Perspectives: Barry Callebaut is the heart and engine of the chocolate and confectionery industry. Our goal is to be Number One in all attractive customer segments and in all major world markets. Our heritage, our knowledge of the chocolate business--from the cocoa bean to the finest product on the shelf--and our innovative power in …
100 South Fourth Street Suite 1010 St. Louis, Missouri 63102 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Beech-Nut has been feeding babies like yours since 1931. We consider it a special privilege, a trust. So from the beginning, we've been an industry innovator. Our company's goal has always been to develop and market superior products. We pride ourselves on using the highest quality, all natural ingredients t…
30 Community Drive South Burlington Vermont 05403-6828 U.S.A. Company Perspectives Ben & Jerry's is founded on and dedicated to a sustainable corporate concept of linked prosperity. Our mission consists of three interrelated parts. Product Mission: To make, distribute & sell the finest quality all natural ice cream & euphoric concoctions with a continued commitment to incorporating wholesome, nat…
3944 West Morgan Street Chicago Illinois 60609-2511 U.S.A. Company Perspectives Today, as it has been for over 100 years, Best Kosher Foods Corporation is committed to producing the highest quality kosher meat products. Based in Chicago, Best Kosher Foods Corporation is a subsidiary of Sara Lee Corporation, specializing in the preparation of kosher meats, including all-beef frankfurters and sausa…
90 Linden Oaks Rochester, New York 14625 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our Mission: To be widely recognized for leadership and accomplishment as a food processing and marketing company by using all of our partners' and associates' talents. Our Core Values: Do What is Right; Excellence in Performance; Commitment in Objectives; Teamwork. Birds Eye Foods, Inc., formerly Agrilink Foods, Inc., is the c…
1101 S. Horton Brenham, Texas 77834-2807 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: From the beginning, we've been cranky about the homemade taste of our ice cream. So cranky, in fact, we have people whose only job (if you call eating our ice cream a job) is to taste every flavor of Blue Bell to make sure it's perfect. But they aren't the only tough judges. Everyone from our Chairman on down is fastidious abou…
1802 C Street Sacramento, California 95814 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: In 1910, 230 growers banded together to form an agricultural cooperative called the California Almond Growers Exchange. Their commitment was to find better ways of bringing California almonds to both domestic and international markets. From the beginning, we've been the leader in the industry, and today, as Blue Diamond Growe…
5209 SE International Way Milwaukie, Oregon 97222 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Bob's Red Mill is dedicated to the production of natural foods in the natural way. With all the sophisticated knowledge of recent times, no machinery has yet been developed that grinds grain into flours quite as well as the flint-hard quartz millstones used by millers since Roman times. Bob's Red Mill products are stil…
Equity House Irthlingborough Road Wellingborough, Northamptontshire NN8 1LT United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Booker provide a professional wholesale service for independent retailers and caterers. We're committed to help make your businesses successful and take an interest in the communities in which you operate. Booker Cash & Carry Ltd. is a leading food wholesaler and distributor in the Uni…
4-2-14 Matsunami Kashiwazaki Japan Company Perspectives "Resonance" is our watchword, and we at Bourbon aim to contribute to society by enhancing our customers' physical and mental well-being and the lives of their families through our original, high-value products and services, which are responsive to changes in consumers' basic needs and lifestyles. Moreover, we have added the concept of enjoym…
19730 Northeast Sandy Boulevard Portland, Oregon 97230 U.S.A. Boyd Coffee Company is a leading distributor of coffee, brewing equipment, and dry mixes for food service users. The company uses a direct sales force of 200 sales representative in 25 states. Headquartered in Portland, Oregon, their territory extends as far east as Chicago and St. Louis. Since the 1960s, Boyd's has gone from deliverin…
B.P. 2 49360 Les Cerqueux France France's Brioche Pasquier S.A. has parlayed a nearly century-old recipe into a growing European baked goods empire. The company controls 40 percent of the French market for industrial pastry breads, called "Viennoiseries," or "Vienna breads." The company's core products remain its namesake brioche (a sweetened, light bread), fresh buns, and its "Pitch" brand snack…
2255 Glades Road, Suite 100E Boca Raton, Florida 33431 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Brothers Gourmet Coffees has adopted a six-point Gold Quality Standard that touches every aspect of our business. We are committed to: The best in green coffee bean sourcing; testing each coffee bean lot to ensure that it meets the highest standards of aroma and flavor; excellence in bean processing for visual app…
210 Seventh Street Marietta, Ohio 45750 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Broughton Foods Company has been an innovative company guided by traditional wisdom. From its beginnings, the company has grown steadily to become a respected foods producer of premium quality products. The Broughton emphasis has always been on quality. Technology, research and development, the exclusive use of superior quality …
P.O. Box 1596 Tacoma, Washington 98401 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: While still headquartered in the former shoe factory that it has occupied since 1919, Brown & Haley, the nation's third largest manufacturing wholesaler of boxed chocolates, is an industry leader in developing and implementing new technological advances. Many of these include proprietary and patented production processes that mak…
P.O. Drawer 1030 New Iberia, Louisiana 70562 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: To get anything fresher, you would have to grow it yourself. Our vegetable products, dips, sauces and salsas are prepared and packaged less than 24 hours after the produce leaves the fields. That's the kind of quality you can always expect from Bruce Foods. Our products also boast all-natural ingredients and no preservative…
159 Bank Street Burlington, Vermont 05402 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Bruegger's Bagels are genuine, New York-style, water bagels. No fakes. No phonies. We make them the way they were meant to be baked. We start with the purest, highest quality ingredients: high protein, unbleached, wheat flour, fresh (never powdered) yeast, malt syrup, water and salt. Some other bagels have preservatives or oil…
50 Main Street, 6th Floor White Plains, New York 10606 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Experience has proven that a decentralized approach to running our businesses works best for us. Over our 180-plus year history, we have grown Bunge by allowing our local teams to operate with the latitude to be entrepreneurial--to identify and capitalize on opportunities and trends before they become known to the…
1016 East Weisgarber Road Knoxville, Tennessee U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Founded in 1908 by A.J. Bush, Bush Brothers & Company is based in Knoxville, Tennessee. The food company began with canned tomatoes and has grown to include great tasting, high quality products that your family loves. Three generations later, Bush Brothers & Company is still family owned and operated, working for the same…
1-4 Connaught Place London W2 EX2 United Kingdom Cadbury Schweppes PLC is one of the oldest and largest family-run businesses in the world today. Although confectioner Cadbury Limited merged with the carbonated drinks company Schweppes Limited in 1969, Cadbury Schweppes is still run by members of the Cadbury family, which has been represented in Cadbury's top management for more than 170 years. T…
25 Berkeley Square London W1J 6HB United Kingdom Company Perspectives: As a major global beverage and confectionery company, we are dedicated to the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of our branded products around the world. Today, Cadbury Schweppes employs over 36,000 people and our products are available in almost 200 countries across the world. Cadbury Schweppes PLC is one of the oldes…
One Campbell Place Camden, New Jersey 08103-1799 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: In July 2001, we launched a bold plan--and made a massive commitment--to transform Campbell Soup Company. Despite many challenges, it is now clear that we have renewed, revitalized, and reinvigorated our company and put it back on a growth track. We've rebuilt our organization, recharged our brands, and reinforced our m…
20 Batterson Park Road Farmington, Connecticut 06032-2502 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our Mission: Working together, we will make Carvel the leading choice for unique frozen desserts, by consistently exceeding customer expectations. Our Values: 1) Do the right thing; 2) Do everything to the best of your ability; 3) Treat others the way you like to be treated. Carvel Corporation is a wholesaler a…
4600 Sleepytime Drive Boulder, Colorado 80301 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We remain committed to making the highest-quality, most inspiring, and most soul-satisfying specialty teas and good-for-you botanical products. In pursuing this passion, we remain dedicated to building shareholder value, to developing exciting, rewarding careers for Celestial employees and to contributing to our community …
15/F CP Tower, 313 Silom Road Bangkok 10500 Thailand Company Perspectives: CP Mission: To become a global agrifoods company, 'Kitchen of the World,' with distinctive branding; to contribute to the development of agribusiness in the developing world; to secure and employ advanced innovative technology and management; to protect animal welfare; to focus on food safety and nutrition. Charoen Pokphan…
201 W. North Street Chelsea, Michigan 48118 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our mission is to provide the consumer with the best possible value. "Jiffy" Value is defined as the highest quality ingredients at the best price. We use only the highest quality ingredients for our mixes and formulate our products so that the consumer doesn't have to add additional ingredients to bake an excellent product.…
4510 Executive Drive, Suite 300 San Diego, California 92121-3029 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Chicken of the Sea International is committed to leading the industry with safe, wholesome, nutritious and delicious products, including its well-known and extensive tuna product line and more than a dozen varieties of high-quality fish and shellfish. Chicken of the Sea International is one of the leadin…
11/F, Tower A, COFCO Plaza No. 8 Jian Guo Men Nei Avenue Beijing 100005 China China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Import and Export Corpora tion (COFCO), is one of China's state-owned foodstuffs import and exp ort holding companies, including rice and other grains, edible oils, sugar, brewing products, fruits, vegetables, and the like. The former state agency has embraced its corporate st…
370 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10017 U.S.A. Chock Full o'Nuts Corp. roasts, packages and distributes a variety of regular, decaffeinated, instant, iced, and specialty coffees to retail groceries and foodservice operations. Chock Full sells its coffees under its own brand name, and through its La Touraine Coffee Company and Cain's Coffee Company subsidiaries. The Chock Full o'Nuts All-Met…
Avda. Diagonal, 662 08034 Barcelona Spain Company Perspectives: Chupa Chups, as a Spanish company with an international outlook, operates in a frontier-free global market. Its effectiveness is based on the go-getting character of its staff combined with a deep-rooted commercial attitude inherited from the Catalan, Spanish and pan-European cultures. Its aim is to stand out as the leader in all the…
500 Namdaemunro 5-ka, Chung-ku Seoul South Korea Company Perspectives: CJ Corp. is a company that dares to dream and to pursue its dreams. Also, the company would like to see your dreams come true, to help you realize your hope for a better life. All of the company's business lines are created to improve the way we live--foods divisions come up with better tasting processed foods and more wholeso…
1610 Fifth Street Berkeley, California 94710 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Committed to making the world "a better place to live, work, and eat," Clif Bar Inc. sponsors hundreds of charities and charitable events annually. The founder, Gary Erickson also makes it a priority to help his employees maintain balance in all aspects of their lives, providing them with such perks as indoor climbing walls…
P.O. Box 31487 Charlotte, North Carolina 28231 U.S.A. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated is the second largest Coca-Cola bottler in the United States. This manufacturer, marketer, and distributor of soft drinks, primarily products of the Coca-Cola Company, is the local Coke bottler for almost 15.5 million people and 120,000 retail outlets in 12 southeastern states. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consoli…
1 Coca-Cola Plaza Northwest Atlanta, Georgia 30313 U.S.A. The largest bottling group owned by The Coca-Cola Company, Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. produces, markets, and distributes the carbonated soft drinks of its 49 percent owner, The Coca-Cola Company. During the mid-1990s, Coca-Cola Enterprises sold beverages in 38 states, the District of Columbia, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Netherlands.…
16101 North 82nd Street, Suite A4 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: With every creation and every customer, the Cold Stone Creamery community is committed to delivering more than ice cream to the legions of ice cream lovers worldwide. They will deliver their passion for quality, their passion for variety, and their passion for choice. That passion is delivering the ultimate i…
1767 Denver West Marriot Road Suite 200 Golden, Colorado 80401 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: By understanding our customers, we will define and lead in the profitable marketing of superior quality, certified natural and organic meat products, raised and produced using ecologically focused principles. Coleman Natural Products, Inc., is the leading U.S. supplier of natural beef and the first company…
3332 Partridge Lane, Building A Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our vision is to be the best coffee company in American while sharing our passion for quality with you! Community Coffee Co. L.L.C. is the largest family-owned coffee brand in the United States. The company was founded in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1919 by Henry Norman Saurage, whose grandson, Henry Norman S…
Cowley House Guildford Street, Chertsey Surrey KT16 9BA United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Our mission is to achieve leadership in our chosen foodservice markets through the constant pursuit, in partnership with our clients and partners, of superior levels of quality, efficiency, and service. The total dedication of our staff to achieving excellence is the major factor in our success. As the wo…
Nienoord 13 1112 XE Diemen P.O. Box 349 1000 AH Amsterdam Netherlands Company Perspectives: CSM aims to create value for its shareholders and the other stakeholders in the group. CSM strives to attain, retain and further develop strong market positions in food ingredients and sugar confectionery in order to create a healthy basis for realizing growth in earnings per share. Both autonomous and acq…
777 Dedham Street Canton, Massachusetts 02021 U.S.A. Founded in 1938 as a one-cow dairy farm, Cumberland Farms, Inc. grew to become a billion-dollar-a-year corporation. In the early 1990s it ranked third among the nation's convenience store chains and was also a leader in both the retail and wholesale distribution of petroleum products. A closely held private company since its inception, it was s…
2 Cumberland Street Brooklyn, New York 11205 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We're still based in Brooklyn on the site of Ben's original diner. But we're also sweetening the rest of the world. Cumberland Packing Corporation is a relatively small, family-run business, yet it has been a major player in the artificial sweetener market for more than 50 years. Cumberland makes Sweet 'n Low, a saccharin-b…
Dairy Crest House Portsmouth Road Surbiton Surrey KT6 5QL United Kingdom Company Perspectives: We have established our operating base and achieved a position of financial strength from which to develop our future as a broadly based U.K. dairy food company. As one of the U.K.'s largest buyers of raw milk, Dairy Crest has always appreciated the vital role milk producers play in the success of the d…
Langebrogade 1 DK-1001 Copenhagen Denmark Company Perspectives: Values: We create value. Danisco is managed by principles of value creation. We use our financial and human resources to add value to our customers by supplying innovative products and services based on our in-depth understanding of the customers' needs and requirements. We ensure profitability for our shareholders and strive to incr…
2021 Micor Drive Jackson, Michigan 49203 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Dawn's bigger now, with international expansion and a product line that practically grows daily! To meet increasing customer demands, we utilize the latest equipment and procedures in all our facilities. Our product development team works hard to anticipate market trends and formulate new mixes, icings, fillings and frozen prod…
560 Broadway New York, New York 10012 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our Reason for Being: Dean & DeLuca's mission is to lead the marketplace in the exploration, discovery, and celebration of food from around the globe. Through intelligent and tasteful merchandising, we offer a wide selection of food and kitchenwear from the commonplace to the extraordinary. Our Vision: Dean & DeLuca will become th…
2515 McKinney Avenue, Suite 1200 Dallas, Texas 75201-1978 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: At Dean Foods, we are proud to be in the business of enhancing and enriching the lives of consumers. Our brands are known for freshness, purity, delicious taste and impeccable quality. We sell fresh, nutritious dairy products under an array of local brands that have been staples in their communities for generat…
8 Henrietta Place London W1G 0NB United Kingdom Company Perspectives Diageo's strategy is to generate consistent top line growth while enhancing its operating margins and return on invested capital. Diageo's brands are the platform from which its strategy will be delivered. The company's leadership position in premium drinks is based on its ownership of a number of the world's most important bran…
5929 College Avenue Oakland, California 94618 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our mission is to make Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc. the leading premium ice cream company in the United States. Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc. is one of the leading ice cream manufacturers and distributors in the United States. The company sells its premium ice cream products under the Dreyer's Grand name throughout the …
4ta. Transv. De los Cortijos de Lourdes Centro Empresarial Polar, Piso 1 Caracas 1070 Venezuela Company Perspectives: We strive to satisfy the needs of consumers, customers, sales companies, concession holders, distributors, shareholders, workers, and suppliers through our products and the development of our businesses. We further strive to guarantee the highest possible standards in quality, eff…
901 Moorefield Park Drive Richmond, Virginia 23236 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Eskimo Pie Corporation, headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, created the frozen novelty industry in 1921 with the invention of the Eskimo Pie ice cream bar. Seventy-five years later, the Company markets and manufactures through its own plants and licensed dairies a broad range of frozen novelties, frozen yogurt, ice c…
4-6-5 Utajima, Nishi-Yodogawaku Osaka 555-8502 Japan Company Perspectives: The Philosophy of Glico: A WHOLESOME LIFE IN THE BEST OF TASTE. Be inspired by tastefulness! Provide delight through wholesomeness! Glory in the resplendence of life! At Glico, we are inspired to contribute to a tastefully wholesome delight in the resplendence of human life. The Glico Spirit: Taking full pleasure in innova…
20333 South Normandie Avenue Torrance, California 90502 U.S.A. Farmer Bros. Co. is a manufacturer and distributor of roasted coffee and approximately 300 other items used by the company's restaurant, institution, and office customers. Farmer Bros. operates in 29 western states, serving its clients through roughly 100 branch offices. Roasted coffee accounts for approximately 55 percent of the comp…
Piazzale Pietro Ferrero 1 12051 Alba, Cuneo Italy Company Perspectives: FERRERO TODAY. Today, Ferrero remains a true family-run success story. A third generation of Ferrero sons have joined their father and continue to operate under the same basic principles that gave Ferrero its start in Alba over 50 years ago. With global sales growing in country after country, Ferrero is today one of the large…
BP1 Route de la Gare 85707 Pouzauges Cedex France Located in the Vendée, in the northwestern region of France, Fleury Michon S.A. produces self-service delicatessen and other packaged meat products, such as patés, and ready-to-cook meals for the Fremch consumer supermarket and restaurant markets. With sales at EUR 365 million in sales, Fleury Michon is one of France's leaders in its industry an…
1000 Davis Street Livingston, California 95334 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Excellence, honesty, quality and service. These are the Foster Family's principles that have shaped and continue to guide this solid, growing and fully integrated company. Excellence: It is accomplished by hands-on management and strict attention to detail at every level, by people who make excellence a personal goal, as …
1030 N. Old World Third Street Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53203 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Usinger's is a one of a kind, nationally recognized family business devoted to the craft of sausage making. Feinschmeckers (gourmets) will discover over 70 varieties of old world sausage. From a better bratwurst to an authentic beerwurst, superior German-style wurst doesn't get any better than Usinger's. Fred U…
3437 East Main Street Claremont, North Carolina 28610 U.S.A. North Carolina-based Fresh Foods, Inc., formerly known as WSMP, Inc., is a holding company for a variety of food preparation and restaurant businesses primarily in the Southeast, including: Pierre Foods, which prepares precooked red meats; Claremont Restaurant Group, which is responsible for all restaurant activities; and Mom 'n' Pop's …
Blankenstein 142 7940 AC Meppel The Netherlands Company Perspectives: Strategy. Friesland Coberco is focusing on improving the quality of turnover and the profitability of operations. In this context, Friesland Coberco concentrates on those selected markets where it can establish a strong position for branded products. Full attention is being given to increasing market penetration and expanding t…
7701 Legacy Drive Plano, Texas 75024-4099 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our Mission Statement: To be the world's favorite snack and always within arm's reach. Frito-Lay Company is the world leader in the salty snack category, controlling more than 35 percent of the world market in snack chips and 60 percent in the United States. Among the company's well-known brands are five that generate annual s…
7701 Legacy Drive Plano, Texas 75024-4099 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: In 1932, two young entrepreneurs independently started two separate companies that were thousands of miles apart. Both men had the same objective in mind, and both shared the same basic business philosophy: "Provide the customer with a product of the highest quality and value; sell it for a fair profit; and make service a fund…
2441 Viscount Row Orlando, Florida 32809 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our corporate mission is to extend and improve the quality of life everywhere by providing innovative, healthy foods which may significantly reduce the risk of certain diseases linked to the consumption of high fat, high cholesterol foods and other foods with harmful ingredients. With our great tasting and timely product line, …
Number One General Mills Boulevard Post Office Box 1113 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55440 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Consumers choose General Mills because we offer competitively superior products and services. Employees choose General Mills because we reward innovation and superior performance and release their power to lead. Investors choose General Mills because we consistently deliver financial …
22 St. Clair Avenue East Toronto, Ontario M4T 2S7 Canada Company Perspectives: George Weston Limited is committed to creating value for its shareholders and to the belief that it should participate along with its more than 119,000 employees throughout its businesses in supporting the communities in which it operates. George Weston Limited is a major Canadian food processor and distributor, with a…
445 State Street Fremont, Michigan 49413-0001 U.S.A. A longtime giant of the baby food industry, Gerber Products Company enjoys a solid reputation as the largest supplier of baby products in the world. Gerber has dominated the baby product market in the United States since its introduction of the first commercially successful baby food in 1928 despite serious and recurrent competition, such publi…
5, Chemin de la Parfumerie 1214 Vernier Switzerland Company Perspectives: At Givaudan, we believe that undisputed leadership in flavours and fragrances depends on creating what we call "sensory advantage" for our customers. Creating sensory advantage depends on our ability to bring together nature, creativity, science, technology, and business. To do this, our company has defined three core value…
Glanbia House Kilkenny Ireland Company Perspectives: Our Vision. Our Vision is to be the most relevant international player in cheese and nutrition. Glanbia plc is Ireland's top dairy foods producer and one of Europe's major dairy food groups, with a significant position in the U.S. cheese and food ingredients markets as well. Glanbia (Gaelic for "pure food") has repositioned itself to focus on t…
355 Lexington Avenue, Floor 16 New York, New York 10017 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: With approximately 250 boutiques in North America, and dozens more in sophisticated capitals such as Paris, London, Rome and Tokyo, Godiva has realized Joseph Draps' vision of introducing the world to Belgium's unique style of elegant, sophisticated chocolates capable of pleasing the most discerning palates. With…
244 Perimeter Center Parkway, Northeast Atlanta, Georgia 30146 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Gold Kist mission is to contribute to the economic improvement of its farmer-owners by providing quality inputs and services at fair prices and by adding value to their products through efficient marketing to domestic and international customers. Relationships with all stakeholders will be guided by th…
2101 Magnolia Avenue South, Suite 212 Birmingham, Alabama 35205 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Golden Flake: It's Where You Find the Flavor! A leading snack food producer in the southeastern United States, Golden Enterprises, Inc. makes and distributes potato chips, corn chips, fried pork skins, tortilla chips, onion rings, and popcorn. Golden Enterprises served as the holding company for Golden Fl…
3958 Park Avenue Bronx, New York 10457 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: In 1989 the Hawthorne family had a dream, that is, to offer the most sought after Caribbean cuisine in New York. Based in the borough of the Bronx in New York City, Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery, Inc., operates a chain of company-owned and franchised Golden Krust Caribbean Bakery restaurants. All told, there are some 75 units loc…
909 Packerland Drive P.O. Box 19007 Green Bay, Wisconsin 54307 U.S.A. In 1993 Good Humor and Breyers Ice Cream, two companies famous for their ice cream and frozen novelty dessert products, joined to form Good Humor-Breyers Ice Cream Company. As the largest American producer of these consumables, the company offers several popular product lines under such favorite brand names as Breyers, Good Hum…
75 Talavera Road North Ryde New South Wales 2113 Australia Company Perspectives: Vision. Having a clear vision is critical, because without it, no company or individual can improve, grow and prosper. Our vision is simple: "The best retail, branded food business in Australasia and the Pacific." Good Food Guaranteed. Our vision will be achieved through Good Food Guaranteed, the unifying force behin…
100 Severn Drive Secaucus, New Jersey 07094-1800 U.S.A. With almost 1,000 items on sale, Goya Foods Inc. is the second largest Hispanic-owned company in the United States in the late 1990s. Its products include a full range of grocery, dairy, and frozen goods aimed at the general public as well as people of Latin American or Iberian birth or ancestry. The family-owned company maintains manufactur…
28 South Montana Street Dillon, Montana 59725 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our mission statement: Be loose and have fun; bake phenomenal bread; run fast to help customers; create strong, exciting bakeries; and give generously to others. Great Harvest Bread Company is known for baking great whole wheat bread and for following unconventional business strategies. There are about 150 franchised Great…
33 Coffee Lane Waterbury, Vermont 05676-1529 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: In the beautiful mountains of Vermont, where time is measured more by the change in seasons than the tick of a clock, and where a faster way of doing things is not always a better way, you'll find the home of Green Mountain Coffee Roasters. At Green Mountain Coffee, we are dedicated to providing the richest aroma and flavor…
4221 Alexandria Pike Cold Spring, Kentucky 41076-1821 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Privately owned and managed by the Griffin Family, Griffin Industries is a recognized leader in sanitary, efficient and punctual service to all customers. Although it's now a global business, the family still runs it the way John L. Griffin taught them--treating customers and associates the way they'd like to be tr…
7, rue de Téhéran 75381 Paris Cedex 08 France Company Perspectives: As a leader in our businesses, we must use our specialized expertise to understand, anticipate and stimulate demand with each type of consumer. Which means that we must continue to stand for what Danone has always represented&ndash-thusiasm, openness and recognition of human worth. Known until 1994 as BSN Groupe S.A., Groupe Da…
10 Guittard Road Burlingame, California 94010 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: At Guittard, we feel customer satisfaction comes from personal relationships built day in and day out on product quality, reliability, responsibility, and integrity. Building long-term relationships with superior products is how we've been doing business for four Guittard generations. With more than a century of experience…
1486 York Street Hanover, Pennsylvania 17331 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Hanover Foods is very proud of its many employees, consultants and directors who have led Hanover Foods Corporation through 75 years of business--a feat that is accomplished by less than 2 percent of independently-owned companies. Through many difficult times, when its larger competitors have lost money or even closed their…
Hans-Riegel-Str. 1 D-53129 Bonn Germany Company Perspectives: "I love children, I love watching them. They are my customers. I need to know what kind of sweets they like, what they think, what language they speak."--Dr. Hans Riegel HARIBO GmbH & Co. KG, a family firm based in Bonn, Germany, is the market leader for fruit gum and licorice products in Europe with a market share of about 60 percent …
1 Hormel Place Austin, Minnesota 55912-3680 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Company Mission: To be a leader in the food field with highly differentiated quality products that attain optimum share of market while meeting established profit objectives. Hormel Foods Corporation is a diversified producer of branded, packaged-food products, including hams, bacon, franks, luncheon meats, turkey products, …
1225 Hudson Road Rogers, Arkansas 72756 U.S.A. Hudson Foods, Inc., is one of the largest producers of poultry and prepared meats in the United States. The company's client base includes grocery chains, wholesalers, and the food service industry. It is a wholly integrated producer of poultry products, capable of breeding, hatching, feeding, raising, slaughtering, processing, and marketing chicken …
30300 Stephenson Highway, Suite 200 Madison Heights, Michigan 48071 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: At Hungry Howie's, we have combined the right ingredients and years of successful experience to create a superb, growth-oriented business operation. Our delicious, high-quality Flavored Crust pizzas, oven baked subs and salads uniquely position Hungry Howie's in the pizza marketplace, allowing us to f…
7250 Poe Avenue Dayton, Ohio 45414 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Iams Company was built on a simple mission: to enhance the well-being of dogs and cats by providing world-class quality foods. Iams Company is a manufacturer of premium dog and cat foods which are distributed only through veterinarians, animal breeders, and specialty pet stores. It is the number two company in the high-end pet fo…
IBP Avenue Box 515 Dakota City, Nebraska 68731 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: IBP's strategic agenda for growth begins&mdash it should--with a "superior value proposition." Our target customers consistently judge our product/service package to be of greater value than our competitors'. Surrounding this is our company's structure--organization and leadership--built and rewarded upon the premise that…
1245 San Carlos Avenue San Carlos, California 94070 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Imagine Foods' President and CEO, Robert Nissenbaum, says of his company: "Having experienced the benefits of a natural foods diet on my quality of life as well as the environment, I wanted to make great-tasting natural foods products that would make it easier for people to adopt a healthier lifestyle. It takes more …
One Imperial Square Post Office Box 9 Sugar Land, Texas 77487-0009 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: In 1999, we changed our name from Imperial Holly Corporation to Imperial Sugar Company. A name recognized and trusted in the food industry for over 150 years. Although our name says 'sugar' we are much more. Imperial Sugar Company maintains a portfolio of successful consumer sugar brands, has expanded …
Sett End Rd. Blackburn Lancashire BB1 2PT United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Chairman's Statement: Our continued objective is to grow the business both organically and by selective acquisition and in the medium term become the number two supplier of high quality cakes and pastries in the UK. Inter Link Foods PLC is the rising star of the British baking industry. Since its formation in 1994, the…
521 West 57th Street New York, New York 10019 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: At IFF, our goal is to be our customers' most valued resource for creative, consumer-preferred and technologically superior flavors and fragrances. International Flavors & Fragrances Inc. (IFF) has been a leader in the fiercely competitive flavor and fragrance industry since 1958, when it debuted under its present name. A …
200 East Lake Street Wayzata, Minnesota 55391-1662 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The processes we are putting in place will ensure that International Multifoods is a stronger, more competitive organization with all of its people motivated by the common desire to create sustainable improvements in financial performance and value for shareholders. That desire and the winning attitude it fosters is f…
12 East Armour Boulevard P.O. Box 419627 Kansas City, Missouri 64141-6627 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Baking has always been a simple business wrapped in a complex environment. The challenges to succeed in the past remain constant today ... perfect the basics. Provide consumers with products that connect with their lifestyle; when they want them and where they want them; delivering consistent qu…
999 Main Street Boise, Idaho 83702 U.S.A. Nearly without rival in the global potato industry, the J. R Simplot Company is a diversified grower and processor of potatoes with substantial holdings in livestock, fertilizer production, and mining. The company's growth charts the rags-to-riches rise of J. R. Simplot, an Idahoan potato farmer who assembled a corporate empire around a small potato growi…
1 Jelly Belly Lane Fairfield, California 94533-6741 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Jelly Belly Candy Co. makes more than 100 mouthwatering candies, including such delights as chocolates, gummies, sour candies, and con fections for all the major seasons, and of course, the world's #1 gou rmet jelly bean. Jelly Belly Candy Company is a privately-owned candy company based in Fairfield, California,…
2299 Busse Road Elk Grove Village, Illinois 60007-6057 U.S.A. John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. is the nation's second largest distributor of full-line nut products, after the Planters Lifesavers division of RJR Nabisco. Sanfilippo processes, packages, markets, and distributes over 2,000 different products under the brand names Evon's, Sunshine Country, Flavor Tree, and Texas Pride, as well as for p…
234 9th Avenue North Seattle, Washington 98109 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: There's a lot more to the beverage industry than simply creating a product. At Jones Soda Co. we cover the categories with a full line of unique beverages, and the manufacturing, distribution and marketing knowledge to deliver the alternative to the mainstream. We are pioneers in the youth-oriented, New Age Beverage indus…
Julius Meinl Gasse 3-7 1160 Vienna Austria Company Perspectives: Corporate Strategy: Julius Meinl International AG is an investment holding company which is based in Vienna and whose activities are concentrated mainly in Central and Eastern Europe, thus continuing a long Julius Meinl tradition of playing a leading role in the heart of Europe since 1862. For almost 140 years the name "Julius Meinl…
One Kellogg Square Battle Creek, Michigan 49016-3599 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Kellogg is a global company committed to building long-term growth in volume and profit and to enhancing its worldwide leadership position by providing nutritious food products of superior value. Will Keith Kellogg once estimated that 42 cereal companies were launched in the breakfast-food boom during the early year…
Princes' Street Tralee County Kerry Ireland Company Perspectives: Kerry is committed to being a leader in its selected markets through technological creativity, total quality and superior customer service. The Group is focused on contintuing to expand its presence in global food ingredients markets and on the further development of its consumer foods businesses in Europe. Kerry Group plc is fast …
Satamakatu 3, Helsinki P.O.B. 135, FIN-00016 Kesko Finland Company Perspectives: Our basic values: Customer satisfaction is the result of successful service and high-quality products. It creates and ensures loyal customer relationships. Enterprising spirit means confidence in entrepreneurship and one's own competence, diligence and a willingness to develop in one's work and the will to produce pr…
250 Noda Noda, Chiba 278-8601 Japan Company Perspectives: The ancient origins of soy sauce are shrouded in the mists of Asia's culinary history; yet for many, today's soy sauce brings only one name to mind: Kikkoman. Kikkoman Corporation is the world's largest and most famous producer of soy sauce. It is the best-selling soy sauce brand in Japan, and virtually the only soy sauce with an internati…
Three Lakes Drive Northfield, Illinois 60093 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We're there at breakfast, lunch and dinner, and anytime in between. You can find our brands at a French hypermarket, in a vending machine in Japan, or in any American grocery store. Around the globe, in 140 countries, our 117,000 employees are dedicated to bringing the world its favorite foods. Brands like Kraft, Jacobs, Ph…
Three Lakes Drive Northfield, Illinois 60093 U.S.A. Kraft General Foods was formed in March of 1989, following Philip Morris's acquisition of Kraft, Inc. in December of the previous year. The diversified tobacco giant's first major push into the food industry came in 1985 when it acquired General Foods Corporation. After completing the Kraft acquisition, Philip Morris combined the two food compan…
Klausstrasse 4 CH-8008 Zurich Switzerland Company Perspectives: Our mission is to become the most successful branded food company in Europe. We will attain that goal through our high standard product range and through our consistent acquisition policy. Nevertheless, economic success is not everything. For this reason, we cultivate a corporate philosophy that, internally as well as externally, pro…
Lam Son Town Tho Xuan District Tho Xuan Vietnam Lam Son Sugar Joint Stock Corporation, or Lasuco, is the leading sugar producer in Vietnam, and is also one of the leaders in that country's slow shift toward a market-driven economy. As such, Lasuco is the largest of Vietnam's formerly government-held companies to be privatized. Lasuco operates two sugar refineries, with a total capacity of nearly …
37 W. Broad Street Columbus, Ohio 43215 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Lancaster Colony Corporation is a diversified manufacturer and marketer of consumer products including Specialty Foods for the retail and foodservice markets; Glassware and Candles for the retail, industrial, floral and foodservice markets; and Automotive products for the original equipment market and aftermarket. These groups o…
4001 Lexington Avenue North Arden Hills Minnesota 55112-6943 U.S.A. Company Perspectives We are a market- and customer-driven cooperative committed to optimizing the value of our members' dairy, crop, and livestock production. Land O'Lakes, Inc., is one of the leading agricultural supply and food marketing cooperatives in the United States, providing both its members and the public with food prod…
6431 West Oakton Street Morton Grove, Illinois 60053 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We believe--even when no one else does. Lifeway Foods exists to create Possibility & Opportunity where there was none--for people, products, and partners. We believe. Lifeway Foods, Inc. is the largest manufacturer of kefir, a specialty dairy product, in the United States. Kefir is a milk-based drink of Turkish orig…
4 High Ridge Park Stamford, Connecticut 06905 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Lincoln Snacks Company has positioned itself in the fastest-growing segments of the pre-popped popcorn category. The company's strategy for future growth involves continuing to strengthen its existing brand franchise through the addition of new products and through further penetration of existing markets. Lincoln Snacks Co…
150 River Road Montville, New Jersey 07045 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: "Making top quality, natural cheese is 90% science, and 10% art," says Chairman, Founder, and Master Cheesemaker Philip Falivene. "But that 10% makes all the difference!" Lucille Farms, Inc. manufactures and markets cheese. It is currently making the transition from a medium-size regional maker of mozzarella, provolone, and F…
80 South 8th Street, Suite 2600 Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-2297 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We've provided excellent quality and value in breakfast cereals for over 75 years! Malt-O-Meal Company is the fifth largest cereal manufacturer in the United States, holding slightly more than 7 percent of the $7.1 billion U.S. cereal market. Best known as a manufacturer of hot wheat cereals for the maj…
30 St. Clair Avenue West, Suite 1500 Toronto, Ontario M4V 3A2 Canada Company Perspectives: The Maple Leaf Foods management team is committed to a vision of becoming a global leader in the pork and poultry value chains, and a North American leader in the bakery business. Maple Leaf Foods Inc. is Canada's largest food processor and is one of Canada's largest rendering operations. The company employ…
6885 Elm Street McLean, Virginia 22101 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: 'Good products plus good people makes a good business' was one of Forrest Mars, Sr.'s guidelines for running the company he founded. It is a formula to which Mars has always adhered. From its origins in candy and confectionary products, Mars, Incorporated has diversified to become a world leader in several other markets, includin…
1985 Isaac Newton Square Reston Virginia 20190 U.S.A. Company Perspectives From branded fluid milk to commercial ingredients like cream and high heat powder, Maryland & Virginia products represent an important sector of America's food chain. With its headquarters in Reston, Virginia, Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association, Inc. serves the interests of approximately 1,500 dairy…
120 Kane Street Kahului, Hawaii 96732 U.S.A. One of Hawaii's oldest and largest corporations, Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. (Maui Pine) grows and cans pineapple and develops and operates resort and commercial property. Maui Pine conducted its business through two primary operating subsidiaries, Maui Pineapple Company, Ltd. and Kapalua Land Company, Ltd. The pineapple operations, situated on…
2445 McCabe Way, Suite 250 Irvine, California 92614-4293 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Hawaii's perfect growing conditions, and Mauna Loa's matchless attention to quality at every step of processing, has earned Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut Corporation its premium reputation as the leader in macadamias. With it corporate headquarters located in Irvine, California, and its processing facility in Hilo, Ha…
18 Loveton Circle P.O. Box 6000 Sparks, Maryland 21152-6000 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: When people hear the name McCormick, they think of the spices they use every day. Indeed, we are the world's largest spice company. Yet, the Company is also the leader in the manufacture, marketing and distribution of not only spices, but seasonings, flavors and other food products to the entire food industry…
P.O. Box 750 Collegedale, Tennessee 37315-0750 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We take pride in working together to provide great-tasting snack foods of outstanding value to delight customers throughout all of North America. Family-owned and operated, McKee Foods Corporation is the David to such Goliaths as Nabisco Brands, Lance, and Interstate Bakeries. McKee Foods' threat to these and other food g…
1-2-10 Shinsuna Koto-ku Tokyo 136-8908 Japan Company Perspectives Meiji Dairies places great emphasis on the infinite possibilities of nature, which it has come to understand through its long relationship with milk. We utilize the gentleness and strength hidden in nature's rich storehouses to create good tasting food people can trust and to ensure sound health. We keep our eyes fixed on the thing…
3-6, Kyobashi 2-chome Chuo-ku Tokyo 104 Japan Meiji Milk Products Company, Limited, the company that introduced condensed milk to Japanese consumers in 1917, is Japan's second-largest producer of fresh and powdered milk. However, the company has gradually changed its marketing thrust over the past several decades and is looking beyond basic dairy products for its future development. Meiji's sales…
Marienstrasse 88 D-32425 Minden Germany Company Perspectives: The difference between a branded and a "no-name" product is the consistent and reliable information which only a brand can provide. In fast-changing consumer environments, the brand offers information and orientation amid the confusing variety of goods on offer. Consumers have the possibility to find out about branded products via a gl…
5810 Highway 93 South Whitefish, Montana 59937 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Montana Coffee Traders is dedicated to roasting and selling fresh coffee in a manner that respects, supports, and profits people, the community, and the land that sustains us. Montana Coffee Traders, Inc. (MCT), a roaster and seller of high-quality, specialty coffee, is headquartered in a small resort town in the northwes…
1528 Moffett Street Salinas, California 93905 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Monterey Pasta Company's family of quality pastas and sauces is the most exciting approach to refrigerated, fresh pastas and sauces in the marketplace today. With their unique fusion of traditional Italian and California cuisines, Monterey Pasta Company products set the standard for innovation in the category, with vibrant…
333 West River Park Drive Provo Utah 84604-5787 U.S.A. Company Perspectives We are dedicated to improving the lives of our customers by producing the most innovative, highest-quality noni-based products possible. Morinda Holdings, Inc., is a Provo, Utah-based holding company doing business through subsidiary Tahitian Noni International, Inc., which produces and markets noni juice in distinctive, …
6 High Ridge Park Stamford, Connecticut 06905 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our success over the years is tied to our family of quality products, hard working and dedicated employees and the life blood of any consumer packaged goods company, innovation. Mott's Inc. produces and markets a host of top-selling brands, operating as the only division within Cadbury Schweppes PLC responsible for its own…
7301 South Freeway Fort, Worth, Texas 76134 U.S.A. For more than 90 years Texans have enjoyed the products of Mrs. Baird's Bakeries, a company that offers several varieties of bread and bread products, including hot dog and hamburger buns, rolls, bagels, and tortillas. The company produces baked sweet goods for breakfast as well as for desert. Old-fashioned baking methods are still employed: doug…
2855 East Cottonwood Parkway, Suite 400 Salt Lake City, Utah 84121 U.S.A. Mrs. Fields' Original Cookies, Inc. bakes and sells specialty cookies, brownies, pretzels, and other baked goods. From one store started by Debbi and Randy Fields in 1977, the firm has expanded to over 1,500 stores named Mrs. Fields' Original Cookies, the Great American Cookie Company, the Original Cookie Company, Pretzel T…
2971, First Floor, Esturi Tower K.R. Road, B.S.K Second Stage Bangalore, 560 070 India MTR Foods Ltd. is one of India's leading purveyors of packaged foods. Its products include a variety of vegetarian snack foods and chips, ready-to-eat meals, and partially pre-cooked meals, emphasizing the cuisine of southern India. Other products include pickles, vermicelli, and over 30 varieties of ice cream …
P.O. Box 759 Rose Hill, North Carolina 28458 U.S.A. The largest swine production company in the United States, Murphy Family Farms Inc. supervises operations that raise piglets to hogs for slaughter in a six-state territory. Murphy Family Farms contracts with other farmers to use their land and their labor to fatten hogs for market, relying on 500 contract farmers in North Carolina, Oklahoma, Mis…
7 Campus Drive Parsippany, New Jersey 07054 U.S.A. For nearly a century, Nabisco has been one of the most widely recognized names in the American food industry. Today Nabisco Foods Group (formerly Nabisco Brands, Inc.) is among the world's largest manufacturers of cookies and crackers, featuring such famous brands as Oreo, Fig Newtons, and Premium Saltines. Nabisco Brands was formed in 1981 throu…
2 South Portage St. Westfield, New York 14787 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: To develop, produce and distribute products of the highest quality and provide prompt and efficient customer service. To provide a secure, expanding market to national Grape Co-operative members and return to them the best possible proceeds for their agricultural products. To hold in highest respect the dignity of its empl…
Battery Point Lunenburg, Nova Scotia BOJ 2CO Canada National Sea Products Ltd. is a leading Canadian harvester, procurer, processor, and marketer of fish and seafood. Up until the early 1990s the company had been Canada's largest fish-processing company and one of the world's largest fishing enterprises. Since that time, National Sea has restructured and shifted its focus to procurement and marke…
P.O. Box 730 Manitowoc, Wisconsin 54221-0730 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our mission is to make the best tasting and most nutritious whole grain breads. We use only the highest quality ingredients including natural wheat and fortified flax, which is high in Omega-3. All our products are certified Kosher, Pareve by the Chicago Rabbinical Council-Pas Yisroel. Our goal is to help you live a long, h…
1721 San Juan Highway San Juan Bautista, California 95045-9780 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Natural Selection Foods' mission is to make the organic choice viable. The company is committed to growing the organic category and making organics viable for customers, consumers, growers, and employees. Natural Selections Foods grew from a home kitchen to state-of-the-art food processing company. Headqua…
Avenue Nestlé 55 CH-800 Vevey Switzerland Company Perspectives: Quality is the essential ingredient in all of our brands and the reason why millions of people choose Nestlé products every day. Our consumers have come to trust in Nestlé's commitment to excellence and turn to Nestlé brands to maintain nutritional balance in a fast paced world. Nestlé S.A. is the largest food and beverage compa…
20 rue Rouget de Lisle Issy les Moulineaux F-92793 Cedex 9 France Company Perspectives: Our Mission: Water. Nestlé Waters, world bottled water leader, is the Nestlé Group's Water Division, accounting for approximately 10% of total sales. Established in 130 countries, with a full range of product formats for all distribution channels, Nestlé Waters offers bottled waters and refreshing water-bas…
254 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, Massachusetts 012139-4285 U.S.A. New England Confectionery Co. is the oldest candy company in the United States. The company manufacturers such time-tested delights as Mary Janes, Canada Mints, Sky Bars, and its core product the venerable NECCO Wafer. Necco (as the company became popularly known for the word formed by its initials) expanded during the early and…
85 Shannon Road Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17112 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The pasta companies from which New World Pasta was formed were built upon a firm commitment to quality and value. These principles helped establish the companies in strong market positions within their individual regions. New World Pasta Company is the leading manufacturer of dried pasta in the United States. It sells a v…
19-12 Koami-cho Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku Tokyo 103 Japan The Nisshin Flour Milling Company is Japan's largest manufacturer of wheat flour and a leading producer of livestock feed, processed foods, fine chemicals, and engineering technology. Founded in 1900 by Teiichiro Shoda as the Tatebayashi Four Milling Company, Nisshin's initial business operations focused on wheat-flour production, an area which …
25 Kanda-Nishiki-cho 1-chrome, Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 101-8441 Japan Company Perspectives: Nisshin Seifun Group Inc. has been positioned as the holding company of the Nisshin Seifun Group of the 21st century. Its function is to establish business objectives in alignment with the company's guiding principles of "trust," being "in tune with the changing climate" and "contributing to a healthy and fruitfu…
1-1, 4-chome, Nishinakajima, Yodogawa-ku Osaka 532-8524 Japan Company Perspectives: The Philosophy of Nissin Foods Nissin Foods was established in 1948 by the visionary Mr. Momofuku An do, who foresaw the rise of the fast-paced modern lifestyle in our po st war society. Our daily habits were being streamlined for speed and efficiency, and that included our eating habits. Based on this, he f ounde…
One Ocean Spray Drive Lakeville-Middleboro, Massachusetts 02349-0001 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Ocean Spray is North America's leading producer of canned and bottled juices and juice drinks. Ocean Spray has been the best-selling brand name in the canned and bottld juice category since 1981, selling more than the combined total of its three biggest competitors. Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. is a…
11030 O Street Omaha, Nebraska 68137 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We are a family business and have been since our founding in 1917. Based in Omaha, Nebraska, Omaha Steaks International Inc. manufactures, markets, and distributes premium cuts of beef, as well as pork, lamb, poultry, seafood, desserts, and kosher items. It also markets food seasonings and a series of cookbooks. Best known for its …
357 6th Avenue Pittsburgh Pennsylvania 15222 U.S.A. Company Perspectives The Ore-Ida Brand is always developing new and innovative products to make mealtime more convenient, enjoyable and tasty! Best known for its Tater Tots, Ore-Ida Foods Inc. is the leading retail brand of frozen potato products in the United States. There are many varieties of Ore-Ida products found in grocery stores across th…
P.O. Box 10 Boise, Idaho 83707 U.S.A. Best known for its Tater Tots, Ore-Ida Foods Incorporated is the leading retail brand of frozen potato products in the United States and the world's largest processor of diversified frozen foods. The company was founded in the early 1920s by F. Nephi and Golden T. Grigg, brothers in a small town in eastern Oregon who were peddling fresh sweet corn in their ea…
1745 NW Marshall Street Portland, Oregon 97209 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: To become the premium brand of natural Tea Lattes that satisfy the daily lifestyle needs of active, professional people--conveniently packed, easily prepared, and crafted with quality, all natural ingredients, for consumption at home, at work or on the go, by a company that is environmentally and socially conscious. Orego…
910 Mayer Avenue Madison, Wisconsin 53704-4256 U.S.A. Oscar Mayer Foods Corp. is the maker of one of the most venerable and successful food brands currently available on supermarket shelves. The company's sliced meats and other products are sold across North America and in parts of South America and Asia. Oscar Mayer's product line includes a wide range of popular meats, including hot dogs, bacon…
311 Bluff Street Box 326 Sioux City Iowa 51103 U.S.A. Company Perspectives Palmer Candy has enjoyed sweet success since 1878 because we continue to provide quality service, fresh products, incredible variety and high customer satisfaction. We think we've got the best candy around ... we love making it, eating it and sharing it with you! In addition to an exceptionally long tradition of providing …
Via Oreste Grassi 26 Collecchio, Parma I-43044 Italy Company Perspectives: As an innovative, profitable and dynamic leader in the U.S. Food and Beverage Market, Parmalat is devoted to creating a work environment where professional excellence and personal satisfaction reside. Through research and innovation we aim to meet the demands of every consumer, individuals with different lifestyles in sear…
P.O. Box 1537 Salisbury, Maryland 21802 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our branded chicken and turkey products are sold in retail supermarkets, grocery stores, and quality butcher shops from Maine to Florida, and as far west as Chicago and St. Louis--a market area encompassing almost 40 percent of the nation's population. Food service chicken and turkey products are sold nationwide, and Perdue's in…
400 South Fourth Street St. Louis, Missouri 63102 U.S.A. Pet Incorporated, a specialty food producer with a number of familiar name-brands, operates 33 manufacturing plants internationally, two-thirds of them located in the United States. Pet produces and markets its products through two primary units, the Worldwide Mexican and International group and Pet USA, the latter of which comprises all fr…
9125 Rehco Road San Diego, California 92121 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Petco's Strategy is to become the leading category-dominant national chain of community pet food and supply superstores by offering its customers a complete assortment of pet-related products at competitive prices, with superior levels of customer service at convenient locations. The second largest pet food and supplies reta…
35 Prindle Hill Road Orange, Connecticut 06477 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: An integral part of the American scene for approximately 50 years, PEZ Candy continues to be enjoyed by generations of Americans. PEZ was first marketed as a compressed peppermint candy over 70 years ago in Vienna, Austria. The name PEZ was derived from the German word for peppermint ... PfeffErminZ. Today, over 3 billion…
120 Park Avenue New York, New York 10017-5592 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Philip Morris has been guided for many years by a number of fundamental strategies that drive our growth, our profitability, and our vision for the future. Together, these strategies enable us to continue delivering on our promise: to invest in the development, retention, and motivation of our talented employees; to conduc…
1215 East Fort Avenue Baltimore, Maryland 21230 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Phillips is determined to serve the finest quality seafood products in a casual, comfortable and friendly atmosphere. Anchored in tradition, Phillips is driven by a family style management and staff that is committed to overall guest hospitality and satisfaction. Phillips is determined to remain a leader in both the rest…
200 South Sixth Street Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-1454 U.S.A. Pillsbury is one of America's oldest and best-recognized names in food retailing. From its beginnings in flour milling, but over the course of more than a century, the company evolved over the course of a century into a broader based food producer. In 1989, Pillsbury was acquired by Grand Metropolitan PLC, a diversified British bever…
1100 N. Broadway Street Carlinville, Illinois 62626 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our Mission: To manufacture consumer dairy products of the highest quality. To meet the expectations of our customers. To deliver exceptional patronage to our farmer-owned cooperative members. To provide opportunities for growth and fulfillment throughout the Prairie Farms family. To make a positive difference in our…
423 W. Eighth Street, Suite 200 Kansas City, Missouri 64105 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our commitment to total quality is shaping the future of food production. Food production has entered a new era, and Premium Standard Farms is leading the way with new methods that manage all aspects of pork production, from the farm to the dinner table. The unique Premium Standard Farms process is based on s…
1733 Park Street Naperville, Illinois 60563 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: At Quality Chekd, top quality is a must. When the government establishes standards for the dairy industry, we push them further to provide customers the freshest, best-tasting products possible. Based in Naperville, Illinois, Quality Chekd Dairies, Inc. is a non-profit cooperative owned by some 40 independent dairy processor…
1150 Niagara Street Buffalo, New York 14213 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Rich Mission strives to set new standards of excellence in customer satisfaction and to achieve new levels of competitive success in every category of business in which we operate. We will achieve this by working together as a team to: Impress Our Customers. Provide exceptional service to our external and internal custom…
Level 10, 12 Castlereagh Street Sydney New South Wales 2000 Australia Company Perspectives: Corporate Principles: To be a high quality, low cost producer in chosen markets; to foster long-lasting customer relationships by maintaining high standards of product quality, customer service, and technological development; to provide a safe and rewarding working environment for all employees; to generat…
265 Turner Drive Durango, Colorado 81303 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Frank Crail had a dream to raise a family in a quiet, small town environment. Not having a plan to support his dream in Durango, Colorado, the quaint Victorian-era town in which they had chosen to settle, he began surveying the town's local residents and merchants. "It came down to either a car wash or a chocolate shop," recall…
Postfach 194 CH-3280 Murten Switzerland As the manufacturer of Zwieback and brand name pains croustillants, Roland Murten is a household name throughout Switzerland and parts of Germany. Specializing in bread products with a long shelf life, Roland Murten has built a solid industry with a few popular staple products. Two thirds of Roland's employees are production workers based in factories in Mo…
RN 113 - BP 4 30470 Aimargues France Company Perspectives: Royal Canin's mission: The true nutritional requirements of dogs and cats, while respecting their specific characteristics and their animality, by refusing any anthropomorphism, so as to offer them good health and ensure them a maximum lifespan. The owners' expectations in terms of quality, dietary safety and services. To carry out its mi…
501 South Alta Avenue Dinuba, California 93618 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We are committed to delivering quality products and outstanding customer service. Our mission is to be the best frozen Mexican food company in North America. Privately owned, Ruiz Food Products, Inc. is the market leader in the frozen Mexican food category. Located south of Fresno, California, in the small town of Dinuba,…
1000 Walnut Street Kansas City, Missouri 64106 U.S.A. Russell Stover Candies Inc. is considered one of the largest manufacturers of boxed chocolates in the United States. It sold its candies primarily through about 40,000 accounts (drug stores, card and gift shops, and mass merchandisers) in the mid-1990s, but also through 50 Russell Stover Candies retail shops and various department stores. Russ…
Rua Fortunato Ferraz, 659 Vila Anastácio 05093-901 Sao Paulo Brazil Company Perspectives: Mission: Sadia's mission is to satisfy the food requirements of human beings through tasty and healthy products, creating value for shareholders and for consumers and contributing to the growth and happiness of people. Vision: Sadia will distinguish itself through its brand image, through the excellence of …
Calvario, 100 Tlalpan 14000 Mexico, D.F. Mexico Best known in the United States as the American tourist's home away from home in Mexico, Sanborn Hermanos, S.A. (universally called Sanborns) is much more than that to Mexicans. The Sanborns units (86 in 1995) generally serve food and drink, and there also is a chain of Sanborn Café outlets (35 in 1995). Drugs, cosmetics, confections, sundries, gif…
Three First National Plaza Chicago, Illinois 60602-4260 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Sara Lee's mission as a company is to feed, clothe and care for consumers and their families the world over. Sara Lee Corporation is a leading global manufacturer and marketer of brand-name consumer packaged goods within three major business areas: food and beverage (52 percent of fiscal 2002 revenues), intimates…
P.O. Box 339 Savannah, Georgia 31402-0339 U.S.A. Savannah Foods & Industries, Inc. is one of the largest sugar producers in the United States. Under the brand names Dixie Crystals, Evercane, Colonial, and Pioneer, Savannah markets both cane and beet sugar throughout the eastern part of the country. Among the facilities owned and operated by Savannah are its sugar refineries in Savannah, Georgia; …
425 Pine Street Green Bay, Wisconsin 54301 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Today, Schreiber still uses "16 ounces to the pound" as shorthand for two cornerstones of its character: unquestionable integrity and an ongoing commitment to quality. Schreiber has come a long way from its modest beginnings, but honesty and integrity are values the company will never leave behind. Schreiber Foods, Inc., is t…
3736 South Main Street Marion, New York 14505 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Seneca is committed to remaining an independent, publicly traded company and to meet the quality, service, and cost expectations of our customers across America and around the world. With modern plants and a strong balance sheet, Seneca is well positioned to pursue strategic business opportunities and to continue our tradi…
1803 Research Boulevard, Suite 201 Rockville, Maryland 20850 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We make premium candy affordable. Sherwood Brands' products--be it confectionery, baked goods or Easter baskets--all meet the highest standard in quality, taste, design and packaging available at a valued consumer price. Sherwood Brands, Inc. is a growing manufacturer of niche market candy and confections, a…
100 East Highway 34, Suite 113 Matawan, New Jersey 07747 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Silhoutte Brands is devoted to satisfying the desires of health conscious consumers by providing them with the best tasting, guilt-free alternatives available in the entire ice cream industry. We are dedicated to manufacturing the finest low-fat and fat-free ice cream items. Silhouette Brands, Inc., is a Matawan…
13, Honshio-cho Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 160 Japan After sparking a revolution in Japanese eating habits, tastes, and nutrition, Snow Brand Milk Products Company, Japan's leading butter and cheese producer, has pursued an expansion program that now includes meat products, convenience foods, wine, and pharmaceutical goods. Snow Brand operates a chain of restaurants, a research-and-development center for …
13, Honshio-cho Shinjuku-ku Tokyo 160-0003 Japan Company Perspectives: Snow Brand has refocused on its original corporate mission of contributing to consumer health by providing superior milk and dairy products. For delicious, worry-free products, we are carrying out integrated quality assurance activities from raw materials procurement and production to distribution and sales. Our strategy inclu…
5341 Old Redwood Highway, Suite 400 Petaluma, California 94954 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Simply put, we're passionate about healthy fats. Our founder, Jethren Philips, started Spectrum over twenty years ago wit the purpose of making healthy oils available to the American public. That commitment and vision hasn't dimmed one bit. Whether artisan olive oils and trans-fat free spreads, or suppleme…
2401 Utah Avenue South Seattle Washington 98134-1436 U.S.A. Company Perspectives Starbucks mission statement: Establish Starbucks as the premier purveyor of the finest coffee in the world while maintaining our uncompromising principles while we grow. The following six guiding principles will help us measure the appropriateness of our decisions: Provide a great work environment and treat each othe…
340 North Oakley Boulevard Chicago, Illinois 60612 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Just as our USDA Prime beef gets better with age, we owe our reputation as the premier provider of gourmet steaks to the test of time. From the day Bernhard Pollack founded Stock Yards Packing Company in the stock yards area of Chicago in 1893, we were clearly focused on providing the highest-quality products with unp…
3780 West Directors Row Salt Lake City, Utah 84104 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: In 1892, Leon Sweet began the Sweet Candy Company in Portland, Oregon. In the beginning, the company manufactured just a few varieties. But what Leon offered for sale had two distinguishing characteristics: the candy was made by hand, and folks loved it. They said it was because of the quality. In 1900, Leon moved the…
1930 AA Street Greeley, Colorado 80631-9663 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: For over 150 years, Swift & Company has been providing quality beef and pork products under superior brand names to consumers nationwide. The Swift & Company tradition began with Mr. Gustavus Swift when he purchased a calf for $20.00 and sold the meat to his neighbors. Mr. Swift's innovative thinking was only the beginning. …
2801 Hunting Park Avenue Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19129 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Quality preparation: the key ingredient in Tasty's growth. Based in Philadelphia, Tasty Baking Company is one of the country's oldest and largest independent baking companies. A baker of individual snack cakes since 1914, the company manufactures and sells approximately 100 varieties of food products, including…
1 Bishop Lefroy Road Kolkata 700 020 West Bengal India Company Perspectives: We believe that our customers and consumers define the success of our organisation and that they should be top-of-mind in everything that we do. We believe that our people are at the heart of our organisatio n; and that we should give them the freedom to achieve, through clari ty of direction and the creation of an infor…
72/1 Moo 7 Sethakit 1 Road, Tambon Tarsrai, Amphur Muangsamutsakorn Samutsakorn 74000 Thailand Company Perspectives: Mission: Generate steady growth in revenues and net profit. Focus on improving and adding value to products. Build strong business foundat ion with global product presence. Maintain leadership position in sea food industry. Constantly monitor business risks in response to poten tia…
`C' Sefton Park, Bells Hill Stoke Poges Buckinghamshire SL2 4FG United Kingdom Company Perspectives: With the objective to be a leading customer branded food company through commitment to quality, service and value for money, we aim to exploit our sourcing and processing expertise and work closely with customers to continually enhance the quality of our products and services. The Albert Fisher Gr…
One Manischewitz Plaza Jersey City, New Jersey 07302 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Deliciously different for over 100 years. Since 1998, The B. Manischewitz Company, LLC, has been a subsidiary of R.A.B. Holdings, a private specialty-food company. The world's number one baker of matzo, or unleavened bread, Manischewitz also produces hundreds of other kosher foods, including baked goods, pastas, sou…
196 Newton Street Fredonia, New York 14063 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Carriage House Company, Inc., one of America's leading store brand food manufacturers, has roots that predate the store-brand food industry. Based in Fredonia, New York, The Carriage House Companies, Inc. is a subsidiary of Ralcorp Holdings Inc. One of the top store brand food suppliers in the United States, it is the lar…
1221 Broadway Oakland California 94612-1888 U.S.A. Company Perspectives Clorox begins and ends with the consumer. Our mission is to understand and satisfy consumers in order to build brands that make people's lives easier, healthier and better. Although best known for the household bleach that bears the firm's name, The Clorox Company is a diversified international manufacturer and marketer of a …
One Coca-Cola Plaza Atlanta, Georgia 30313-2420 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Coca-Cola Company exists to benefit and refresh everyone it touches. The basic proposition of our business is simple, solid and timeless. When we bring refreshment, value, joy and fun to our stakeholders, then we successfully nurture and protect our brands, particularly Coca-Cola. That is the key to fulfilling our ul…
58 Castle Peak Road Kowloon Hong Kong Company Perspectives Our goal is to make Garden a leading brand in the Greater China market, and to become famous all over the world. To achieve this goal, QBE provides management focus and is the foundation of the business philosophy of our company over the years. QBE stands for "Quality, Brand, Efficiency" and refers to our pursuit of high quality, establis…
P.O. Box 1010 Norwich, Vermont 05055 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The most important things in business are confidence in the integrity of the men who manage it and the merchandise offered its patrons. This business was built on honor by its founders and will be so maintained. We seek wider knowledge, greater enthusiasm, more friendliness. The King Arthur Flour Company celebrates its 210th annive…
1014 Vine Street Cincinnati, Ohio 45201 U.S.A. The Kroger Company is the leading grocery retailer in the United States. It operates more than 1,300 supermarkets in 24 states across the country, primarily in the Midwest, South, Southeast, and Southwest. More than 1,050 of these are under the Kroger name, with the remainder operating under such names as Dillon Stores, King Soopers, and Fry's throug…
Post Office Box 2079 Houston, Texas 77252 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The Minute Maid Company, an operating group of The Coca-Cola Company, The Minute Maid Company claims to be the world's leading marketer of juices and juice drinks. In the $3 billion U.S. orange juice market, however, the company trails market leader and archrival Tropicana Products, Inc. (which is itself a division of PepsiCo,…
1 General Mills Boulevard Minneapolis, Minnesota 55426 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: We are guided by our values--they are the source of our strength and the heart of who we are. We reinforce our values everyday through our people, our brands, our performance, and our innovation. Our values define us--and serve as the foundation of our promise to consumers, to our customers, to investors, and to o…
Quaker Tower Post Office Box 049001 Chicago, Illinois 60604-9001 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our goal is to be the undisputed leader in the food and beverage industry. We intend to do this by making Quaker a winning company--a place where talented people have opportunities and are rewarded for contributing to an exciting, profitable growth story. Winning means that our products will be those for…
7204 S.W. Durham Road Suite 200 Tigard, Oregon 97224 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Since 1972, Stash has been committed to providing premium quality teas and an unsurpassed tea drinking experience. Stash begins with simply excellent tea leaves from the world's premier tea gardens. Stash offers more than 200 different varieties and blends of black, green, white, oolong, scented, flavored, and herba…
One Whitehall Street New York, New York 10004-2109 U.S.A. The Topps Company, Inc. is one of the most recognized makers and marketers of trading cards and bubble gum in the world. With products sold in more than 50 countries, a variety of entertainment licenses including exclusive arrangements with virtually all the players in Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Baske…
1333 Second St. Santa Monica, California 90401 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Wolfgang Puck Food Company creates food with passion. The Wolfgang Puck Food Company originated from the inspiration of restaurant partners Wolfgang Puck and Barbara Lazaroff in 1985. Blending fresh California ingredients and classical French training, Chef Puck is regarded as one of the creators of "California Cuisine." …
800 Sylvan Avenue Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey 07632 U.S.A. Thomas J. Lipton Company is the largest manufacturer of tea in the world. Lipton controlled about 50 percent of the U.S. brewed-tea market going into the mid-1990s and also held strong positions in markets for instant, fountain, and bottled tea products. Lipton, through various subsidiaries, is also involved in other food industries. It …
26999 Central Park, Suite 300 Southfield, Michigan 48076 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Thorn Apple Valley has become a leading meat producer with a broad range of both private label and branded products in all of the major product categories. Our product portfolio includes several #1-selling national branded products. We have substantially increased our market coverage, and we are poised to experi…
9 West 57th Street, Suite 3910 New York, New York 10019 U.S.A. TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc. is invariably linked with its late African American founder, Reginald F. Lewis, a Harvard-educated lawyer turned entrepreneur. Known as a hard-nosed dealmaker, Lewis successfully played the 1980s leveraged buyout game; TLC (which stands for "The Lewis Company") is the resulting legacy of Lewis…
2301 S.E. Tone's Drive Ankeny, Iowa 50021-8888 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: The industrial/food service market is the fastest growing segment of the world food industry and provides us with opportunities for solid growth. Our research and development efforts, marketing and customer service initiatives are being directed toward achieving this. Tone Brothers, Inc. is the country's oldest spice comp…
7401 S. Cicero Ave. Chicago, Illinois 60629 U.S.A. Tootsie Roll Industries Inc. is one of the largest candy companies in the United States, with headquarters in Chicago and operations in Massachusetts, New York, Tennessee, Mexico, and Canada, as well as licenses in countries such as Colombia and the Philippines. The company is, of course, best known for producing the candies that bear the company…
7401 South Cicero Avenue Chicago Illinois 60629 U.S.A. Company Perspectives We believe that the differences among companies are attributable to the caliber of their people, and therefore we strive to attract and retain superior people for each job. We believe that an open family atmosphere at work combined with professional management fosters cooperation and enables each individual to maximize hi…
1750 Tree Boulevard St. Augustine, Florida 32086-0410 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our Mission: To provide unmatched retail-oriented marketing and distributing services with a focus on the health conscious/quality conscious consumer. Tree of Life, Inc. is the world's leading marketer and distributor of natural and specialty foods, serving, in 1999, more than 10,000 retailers in the United States,…
220 East 2nd Avenue Selah, Washington 98942 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Tree Top will be the premier marketer and supplier of processed apple s and other fruit products by: 1: Supplying consumers and customers with high quality products and e xceptional service. 2: Increasing the value of membership to our grow er/owners. 3: Making a positive contribution to the quality of life i n our communiti…
Two Westbrook Corporate Center Suite 1070 Westchester Illinois 60154-5744 U.S.A. Company Perspectives TreeHouse Foods is dedicated to being a leader in supplying high quality products and services to the private label and foodservice industries. Our business is based on the following propositions: Private label food and beverage is a $38 billion sector that has grown at approximately twice the pa…
5303 Shilshole Avenue Northwest Seattle, Washington 98107 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Trident believes that customer satisfaction is achieved through integrity, honesty, and on-time delivery of quality products, value pricing, and full service. We value long-term relationships with our customers. Our goal is to earn customer confidence and our pledge is to maintain a competitive profile. We will…
2210 West Oaklawn Drive Springdale, Arkansas 72762-6999 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our vision at Tyson is to be the world's first choice for protein while maximizing shareholder value. We are dedicated to producing and marketing trusted quality food products that fit today's changing lifestyles and to attracting, rewarding and retaining the best people in the food industry. Founded in 1935, Ark…
5721 Harvey Wilson Dr. Houston, Texas 77251 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Rice is now right up there with pasta as America's favorite dish. It's so versatile, you can eat it every night and never get bored. A subsidiary of Mars, Inc., Uncle Ben's Inc. is one of the world's leading marketers of rice. It boasts an estimated one-fourth of the United States market for dry rice and ranks number one in …
Unilever PLC P.O. Box 68 Unilever House Blackfriars London EC4P 4BQ United Kingdom Unilever N.V. Weena 455 P.O. Box 760 3000 DK Rotterdam The Netherlands Company Perspectives: Our purpose in Unilever is to meet the everyday needs of people--everywhere&mdashø anticipate the aspirations of our consumers and customers and to respond creatively and competitively with branded products and services wh…
Church Road West Drayton Middlesex UB7 7PR United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Leading household names and an impressive track record of innovation and development highlight UB as the number one biscuit manufacturer in the UK and a leading biscuit manufacturer in Western Europe. A group whose high visibility brands may be seen in any supermarket trolley and drives a market that impacts on every …
8300 19th Avenue Montreal, Quebec, H1Z 4J8 Canada Company Perspectives: Our Vision: Captivate North American consumers ... one cup at a time ... with Van Houtte's fine-tasting coffees and innovative merchandising concepts. Van Houtte Inc. is the largest gourmet coffee roasting company in Canada and one of the leading coffee service specialists in North America. The company operates in three princ…
2501 N. Damen Ave. Chicago, Illinois 60647 U.S.A. Vienna Sausage Manufacturing Co. and its subsidiaries produce and distribute its famous Vienna Beef hot dogs and nearly 900 other products, including deli meats, soups, condiments, breads, and desserts. Approximately 15 percent of its 1994 sales of $95 million were generated through retail channels: Vienna's primary market is foodservice, with sal…
3000 Mount Pleasant Street, Box 888 Burlington, Iowa 52601-0888 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our quality extends beyond the cookies and crackers themselves to Vista Bakery's commitment to 'Leadership, Quality, and Service You Can Clearly See.' Vista Bakery, Inc. is a Burlington, Iowa-based manufacturer of cookies and crackers. A subsidiary of snack food manufacturer Lance, Inc., the company marke…
1508 West Badger Road Madison, Wisconsin 53704 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: In today's fast moving agri-business world, your success depends on every piece fitting together perfectly. At Vita Plus, we are dedicated to maximizing each livestock producer's results. Through innovative feed products and comprehensive services, Vita Plus gives you the edge. No matter what challenges you face, depend o…
Aberlour-On-Spey AB38 9PD Scotland Company Perspectives Walkers Shortbread is baked from the finest ingredients, with no artificial flavouring, colouring or preservative in sight--just as it has always been. The irresistible range of varieties is beautifully presented in Walkers distinctive tartan packaging, making it a reliably welcome gift. Walkers Shortbread Ltd. has baked one of Scotland's, a…
1600 Arlington Business Park Theale, Reading Berkshire RG7 4SA United Kingdom Company Perspectives: The UK's largest food brand, we're also the fourth largest business within the jaw-droppingly dynamic PepsiCo group. Already some 11 million Walkers packets are hungrily opened every day but the fact is, we've hardly scratched the surface of what's possible. There's massive potential to develop bot…
277 Broadway, New Market, Auckland New Zealand Wattie's Ltd., which became a subsidiary of the multibillion dollar American firm H. J. Heinz in October 1992, is the largest and most important food processing company in New Zealand and in the Australasian territories of the southern hemisphere. With numerous markets in the Pacific Rim and in Europe, approximately half of Wattie's sales are derived…
260 Baltimore Pike Wawa Pennsylvania 19063 U.S.A. Company Perspectives Just like a majestic flock of Canada Geese flying synchronously in "V" formation, we employ the principles of teamwork, group consensus and encouragement in our company. We think it's the only way to fly. And because of this philosophy, we've been able to accomplish feats that others would consider impossible. That's why, in o…
Weetabix Mills Burton Latimer Kettering Northamptonshire NN15 5JR United Kingdom Company Perspectives: Today, Weetabix manufactures and markets a range of different cereals which are wholesome and energy-giving, to suit the tastes of all the family. Privately held, family-controlled (and some say ultra-secretive) Weetabix Limited is one of the United Kingdom's leading makers of branded and privat…
1990 N. 57th Ct. Boulder, Colorado 80301 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: "Our interest is in promoting the use of foods we consider the world better off with, rather than without." This quote from our president, Steve Demos, really sums up the philosophy of White Wave. As a company, we seek to creatively integrate healthy, natural, vegetarian foods into the American diet. That's it. We're not out to…
20 North Broad Street Lititz, Pennsylvania 17543 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Our Vision: To be an innovator of unique functional ingredients for the food industry. Our Mission: Wilbur will be the preferred formulator of food ingredients by tailoring fats, flavorings and bulking agents. Our products will enable the food industry to meet the challenges of evolving consumer preferences. The second-…
245 Townpark Drive Suite 450 Kennesaw Georgia 30144 U.S.A. Company Perspectives Our mission is simple, to make real food for real people ... great tasting snacks made from the finest ingredients and backed by exceptional customer service. From our familiar favorites to our newest varieties, we strive to be the snack you are proud to share with your friends and family. Wise Foods, Inc. is a privat…
410 North Michigan Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60611 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: In our pursuit of generational growth and prosperity for our stakeholders, the entire Wrigley organization is committed to acting in a manner consistent with the shared values we hold paramount. We treat each other with trust, dignity, and respect; we create an environment where people from diverse cultures and backgro…
4801 South Lawndale Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60632-3065 U.S.A. Company Perspectives: Making chocolate is a long and complex process that is both science and art. Just as the tropical cacao tree tolerates only a narrow range of temperature and humidity to develop its fruit, World's Finest Chocolate's standards demand perfect conditions, the most modern machinery, dedicated employees and the finest…
900 Proprietors Road Worthington Ohio 43085 U.S.A. Worthington Foods, Inc., has grown from a tiny manufacturer of specialty foods into a leader of the U.S. markets for vegetarian foods and meat alternatives. The company continued to hold a leading 65 percent share of the meat alternatives market in 1994 despite intense competition from America's largest food conglomerates. By the mid-1990s, Worth…
3-10-1, Iwamoto-cho Chiyoda-ku Tokyo 101-8585 Japan Company Perspectives: Since we started our motto has been, "Great taste at a reasonable price." Yamazaki Bread makes over 500 products in our 25 factories nationwide, and we deliver to approximately 79,000 outlets. It's our goal to help make our customers' lives easier and more enjoyable. Yamazaki Baking Co., Ltd. is Japan's leading manufacturer…
7 Jalan Tandang Petaling Jaya 46050 Malaysia Company Perspectives: Our Vision: To be the No. 1 Asian Food and Beverage Company in Malays ia. Current Achievements: No. 1 in Soy Milk Category; No. 1 in Tea Dr ink Category; No. 1 in Canned Meat Range. Targets: No. 1 in Instant N oodle Category; No. 1 in Canned Food Category. Yeo Hiap Seng Malaysia Bhd. is one of the leading food and beverages groups…