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Hometown Food Company, based in Chicago, IL, was formed by Brynwood Partners in August 2018 to acquire a portfolio of brands from The J.M. Smucker Company. The portfolio includes the exclusive U.S. rights to the iconic Pillsbury® brand`s shelf-stable baking products, including Funfetti, along with the Hungry Jack®, White Lily®, Jim Dandy® and Martha White® brands. Pillsbury®, Funfetti and Hungry Jack® are leading national brands in the shelf-stable baking and breakfast categories and White Lily®, Jim Dandy® and Martha White® are regional brands known for flour, corn meal and grits. Hometown manufactures the majority of its products from its 650,000 square foot facility in Toledo, OH where the company employs 255 full-time employees.
Chicago Scoops LLC is a franchise group that owns and operates Cold Stone Creamery© and Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory© locations in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Utah, Virginia & Wisconsin. Cold Stone Creamery specializes in super premium ice cream, made fresh daily in every store. Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory specializes in gourmet chocolates and hand-dipped caramel apples. Chicago Scoops LLC started as a single unit operator in May 2014 and currently owns and operates 38 locations. Chicago Scoops LLC is currently the largest Cold Stone Creamery franchisee in the domestic Cold Stone© system.
Marel is the leading global provider of advanced equipment, systems and services to the fish, meat and poultry industries. Our brands – Marel, Stork Poultry Processing and Townsend Further Processing – are among the most respected in the industry and together, we offer the convenience of a single source to meet our customers’ every need. Marel is a multinational company, with over 4,000 employees worldwide. We have offices and subsidiaries in over 30 countries on six continents, a global network of over 100 agents and distributors, and manufacturing facilities in 16 locations worldwide, we work side-by-side with our customers to extend the boundaries of food processing performance. To be the customers’ choice in supplying integrated systems, products and services to the fish, meat and poultry industries.
Lantic Inc. is one of two refiners in eastern Canada and operates a cane sugar refinery in Montreal, Quebec. In Eastern Canada, sugar products are marketed primarily under the “Lantic” trade name and include granulated, icing, cube, liquid, yellow and brown sugars. In Western Canada, Lantic Inc. is the leading refiner, processor, distributor and marketer of sugar products. The Company has two sugar processing facilities, a cane sugar refinery in Vancouver, British Columbia and a sugar beet processing facility in Taber, Alberta. The Company`s sugar products are marketed primarily under the "Rogers" trade name, and include granulated, icing, cube, yellow and brown sugars, liquid sugars and specialty sugars and syrups.
Kalera is a produce grower and a world leader in the science and technology for vertically farming the highest quality produce. Kalera combines the latest data-driven process automation technologies with the science of hydroponics to create the perfect growing conditions for plants to thrive. We give plants everything they need to thrive in nature and in return, they deliver an abundance of clean, fresh, healthy and nutritious produce. Our produce is virtually perfect because we measure and meter every element they require to grow strong. The cleanroom standards of our growing facilities means that pest don’t chew on our leaves, and we never have to kill them with chemical pesticides. We never use genetically modified seeds. Our plants are the cleanest simply because they are never in contact with dangerous environmental pathogens. This is the future of produce, with our growing environments creating an eternal spring in terms of growing cycles and a resulting abundance of everything we grow available year-round. Our flagship HyCube model is installed at the Orlando World Center Resort. Every day, that facility provides produce for the largest Marriott resort and conference center in the world. We also support the restaurant and food service trade with the finest possible selection of specialist produce. Chefs can depend on the absolutely dependable consistency from our HyTaste brand of succulent leafy greens, micro greens, baby greens, flowers and vegetables. Kalera is also offering a number of select living plant products to retailers interested in the best locally grown hydroponic produce. This is the future of farming and the science of great greens.