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Applegate

What if you weren`t afraid to read the ingredients on a hot dog package? Or better yet, what if you weren`t afraid to know where the meat in your hot dog came from? These questions were the inspiration behind Applegate. I grew up in the meat and potatoes era of the 1950s, when a meal wasn`t a meal without meat. However, when I went away to college in the `70`s, my ideas about food expanded. There, I was exposed to vegetarianism, macrobiotics, and food gurus. In the co-op I belonged to, we bought granola, yogurt, and grains in bulk, and ate them with local fruits and vegetables. While I appreciated the quality and health benefits of these foods, I still craved meat. While shopping one day, I saw nitrite-free bacon and had an epiphany: I could feel good about eating meat if it didn`t contain ingredients I knew were bad for me. Meat and I were reunited. In my 20s I tried my hand at a number of different jobs, none of which satisfied my desire to build something from the ground up. I started looking for a business to grow and stumbled upon Jugtown Smokehouse through a combination of intuition and serendipity. At the time, Jugtown was a family owned business specializing in nitrite-free bacon (de ja-vu!). While it bore no resemblance to what Applegate is today, I could see its potential. I also knew there had to be more people out there who would appreciate healthy meat products, and decided to buy the business. As it turns out, countless people have a love/hate relationship with meat and are thrilled to find products they can finally feel good about eating. People like you have helped build Applegate over the last 25 years. With that support, you`ve helped preserve the nearly 1,000 farms that supply us with humanely raised meat that is free from antibiotics or hormones. So…What if you weren`t afraid to read the ingredients on a hot dog package? Like me, you`d feel better about eating them, and serving them to your family. That simple idea has always been, and will continue to be, what drives Applegate. From our table to yours, thank you for joining the movement.

Bumble Bee Foods

Bumble Bee Foods was founded by a handful of dedicated fishermen in 1899. Today, privately held and headquartered in the United States, Bumble Bee Foods, LLC is North Americas largest branded shelf-stable seafood company, offering a full line of canned and pouched tuna, salmon, sardines, and specialty seafood products marketed in the U.S. under leading brands including Bumble Bee®, Brunswick®, Snows® and Beach Cliff®, and in Canada under the Clover Leaf® brand. The Bumble Bee brand has established significant consumer awareness and loyalty based on the quality, nutritional value and affordability of its products.

Bellisio Foods

Bellisio Foods, Inc., the beautiful foods company, is a leading manufacturer of frozen meals sold under the Michelina’s and EAT! Frozen Entrees and licensed Boston Market, Chili’s, Eating Well and Atkins frozen brands, as well as products for foodservice, private label, and co-manufacturing customers, under the banner of Overhill Farms. Bellisio means beautiful in Italian and our passion is food. We are a fast growing company with a long history of providing quality, innovative food that meets and exceeds consumers’ needs. Bellisio Foods is committed to building dynamic and respected brands through our talented people. We strive for excellence in all we do. Bellisio products are found in supermarkets and other retail grocers in the United States and Canada, and more than 2 million Bellisio meals are enjoyed every day in restaurants and at home. Products include single-serve entrees, multi-serve meals, and snacks and appetizers.

Florida Crystals

Florida Crystals Corporation is a fully integrated cane sugar company, guiding its sugar from the field to the table. Florida Crystals farms 190,000 acres of land in Palm Beach County, Florida, where it also owns two sugar mills, a sugar refinery, a packaging and distribution center, a rice mill and the largest renewable power plant in North America. Its renewable energy facility delivers clean power to its sugar operations. Florida Crystals is the only producer of certified organic sugar grown and harvested in the United States. Its subsidiary, ASR Group, is the world`s largest cane sugar refining company, which owns and operates sugar refineries in Louisiana, California, New York, Maryland, Canada, Mexico, England, Italy and Portugal. Its products are marketed through its brand portfolio: Domino®, C&H®, Redpath®, Tate & Lyle® , Sidul® and Florida Crystals®. Florida Crystals is headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida.