We are a consumer packaged food and beverage manufacturer operating 24 manufacturing
facilities across the United States and Canada servicing retail grocery, food
away from home, and industrial and export customers. We manufacture a variety
of shelf stable, refrigerated, and fresh products. Our product categories include
beverages; salad dressings; snacks; beverage enhancers; pickles; Mexican and
other sauces; soup and infant feeding; cereals; dry dinners; aseptic products;
jams; and other products. We have a comprehensive offering of packaging formats
and flavor profiles, and we also offer natural, organic, and preservative-free
ingredients in many categories. Our strategy is to be the leading supplier of
private label food and beverage products by providing the best balance of quality
and cost to our customers.
Snacks. We produce snack nuts, trail mixes, dried fruit, snack mixes, and other
wholesome snacks as a result of our Flagstone acquisition in July 2014. We believe
we are the largest manufacturer of private label trail mixes in the United States,
based on volume. These products are predominantly sold to grocery retailers.
Beverages. We produce a variety of powdered drink mixes, including lemonade,
iced tea, energy, vitamin enhanced, and isotonic sports drinks. Also included
in this category are specialty teas and our single serve beverages, which include
our single serve hot beverages, such as filtered coffee, cappuccino, hot cocoa,
and cider. These products are sold primarily to grocery retailers.
Soup and infant feeding. Condensed, ready to serve, and powdered soup, as well
as broth and gravy, are produced and packaged in various sizes and formats,
including cans and cartons, from single serve to larger sized packages. We primarily
produce private label products sold to grocery retailers. We believe we are
the largest manufacturer of private label soup in the United States, based on
volume. We co-pack conventional and organic infant feeding products for branded
baby food companies in the Industrial and Export segment.
Salad dressings. We produce pourable and spoonable, refrigerated and shelf stable
salad dressings. Our salad dressings are sold primarily to grocery retailers
throughout the United States and Canada, and encompass many flavor varieties.
We believe we are the largest manufacturer of private label salad dressings
in both the United States and Canada, based on volume.
Beverage enhancers. Beverage enhancers include non-dairy powdered creamer, refrigerated
liquid non-dairy creamer and sweeteners. Non-dairy powdered creamer is used
as coffee creamer or whitener and as an ingredient in baking, hot and cold beverages,
gravy mixes and similar products. Product offerings in this category include
both private label and branded products packaged for grocery retailers, foodservice
products for use in coffee and beverage service, and other industrial applications,
such as portion control, repackaging and ingredient use by other food manufacturers.
We believe we are the largest manufacturer of non-dairy powdered creamer in
the
Pickles. We produce pickles and a variety of related products, including peppers
and pickled vegetables. We produce private label and regional branded offerings
in the pickles category. These products are sold to grocery retailers, foodservice,
co-pack and industrial customers. We believe we are the largest producer of
pickles in the
Mexican and other sauces. We produce a wide variety of Mexican and other sauces,
including salsa, picante sauce, cheese dip, enchilada sauce, pasta sauces and
taco sauce that we sell to grocery retailers and foodservice customers in the
United States and Canada, as well as to industrial markets.
Cereals. We produce a variety of instant and cook-on-stove hot cereals, including
oatmeal, farina and grits in single-serve instant packets and microwaveable
bowls. These products are sold primarily to grocery retailers. We believe we
are the largest manufacturer of private label instant hot cereals in both the
United States and Canada, based on volume.
Dry dinners. We produce private label macaroni and cheese, skillet dinners and
other value-added side dishes.
Aseptic products. Aseptic products included in this category include cheese
sauces and puddings. Aseptic products are processed under heat and pressure
in a sterile production and packaging environment, creating a product that does
not require refrigeration prior to use. These products are sold primarily to
foodservice customers in cans and flexible packages. Aseptically produced soup
and broth are included in the soup and infant feeding category.
Jams. We produce jams that are sold to grocery retailers and foodservice customers
in the United States and Canada. Jams represented approximately 1.6% of our
consolidated net sales in 2015. We believe we are the largest manufacturer of
private label jams in Canada, based on volume.
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