| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
Jan Wessel |
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer | Profile |
Founded in 1929, the J.R. Simplot Company is one of the world`s largest agribusiness companies. Headquartered in Boise, Idaho, the privately-held company employs more than 10,000 people worldwide with annual revenues of $6 billion. The company`s integrated portfolio includes phosphate mining, fertilizer manufacturing, farming, ranching, cattle production, food processing, food brands, and other enterprises related to agriculture. The company`s roots go back to 1923, when founder J.R. Simplot left home at the age of 14 to start a one-man farming operation. J.R. was never afraid to embrace new ideas and take on new challenges. His vision set the company on a course grounded in innovation, determined to always seek out new ways of making food plentiful and accessible to everyone. Simplot pioneered advancements in food production – from perfecting the dehydration of vegetables, to helping feed our troops in World War Two, to the development of the frozen french fry. Simplot remains focused on feeding a growing population. The company continues to seek out new ideas and approaches to provide safe and nutritious foods for future generations. Simplot has never lost sight of its farming and ranching roots and the importance of protecting the environment. Sustainability is woven into the very fabric of the company, driving Simplot`s employees to work smarter and seek out new, more efficient and environmentally friendly technologies to improve operations. Simplot`s spirit of innovation, respect for resources and passion for people are cultivating a world of possibilities.
Compass Group PLC is a world-leading food and support services company whose history can be traced back over 60 years. As a FTSE 100 listed company we generated an annual revenue of £17.8 billion in the year to 30 September 2015, operate in around 50 countries, employ over 500,000 people and serve over 4 billion meals every year. The company specialises in providing food and a range of support services across the core sectors of Business & Industry, Healthcare & Seniors, Education, Defence, Offshore & Remote, Sports & Leisure and Vending with an established brand portfolio. By combining fresh ideas with the industry’s greatest talent, we continue to set the standards for food and service excellence. Behind everything we do at Compass Group is a focus on Great People, Great Service and Great Results! This approach is key to our provision of food and support services to clients across the globe. Increasingly clients ask us to provide a consolidated range of support services as well. With experts in place to deliver hotel support services, cleaning, building maintenance, reception and security, to name but a few, the Compass team has all the skills clients need when outsourcing other non-core activities.
San Francisco-based Diamond Foods is an innovative premium snack food and culinary nut company focused on building and energizing brands including Kettle Brand® Chips, Emerald® snack nuts, Pop Secret® popcorn, and Diamond of California® nuts. The Company's strategy is to build and energize brands as well as identify opportunities to energize and add value by making a relevant connection to the contemporary consumer. Diamond's products are distributed globally in stores where snacks and culinary nuts are sold. Founded in 1912 with a strong heritage under the Diamond of California brand, Diamond Foods completed its initial public offering in July, 2005. The Company has approximately 1,700 year-round employees and its stock trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol DMND.
We produce and distribute products under the Gold Medal label, as well as numerous other labels that you find on many grocers` shelves across an eight state area. We also are the major producer of Private Label breads for the Northeast. We not only produce white bread, but we produce a variety of bread products such as: wheat, 100% wheat, split top wheat, cracked wheat, raisin, oatmeal, all-natural, premium, Italian, breakfast, multi-grain, tomato-basil, and light. We also make salad rolls, hot dog and hamburger buns, brown and serves and English muffins. Quality is of the utmost importance in any product that we produce under any label. It can be said that we measure up to our name “Gold Medal” with all our products.
European style organic infant formula that meets the U.S. FDAs nutritional requirements. Bobbie is the only female-founded and mom-led infant formula company in the U.S.