Chutneys

Columbus Foods provides a variety of vegetable oils and vegetable and animal shortenings to the retail and food service industry and for a variety of chemical and manufacturing applications. Its product line consists of more than 100 items, including salad and cooking oils, solid shortening, liquid shortening, bakery oils, organic oils, specialty oils, lecithin, balsamic vinegar, industrial products and non-GMO oils, available in containers that range from bulk tankers to the 24-ounce retail size. Columbus Foods maintains a 150,000-square-foot facility on Chicago s west side. Its sales extend to all 50 states, as well as international locations. The company traces its roots back to the mid-1930s.

Traditions of quality and service have made Lawrence Foods a preferred supplier to in-store and retail bakeries, foodservice operators and commercial manufacturers throughout the country. In 1917, Lester Lawrence came to America with a dream: to establish a successful bakery ingredients business using Old World fundamentals and traditions. Lester and his son, Major, delivered nutmeats and other ingredients to Chicago bakers, building a reputation for superior products and service and honest relationships. In the process, they built a company that is now one of the bakery industry s leading ingredients suppliers. Unlike many of its domestic and foreign competitors, Lawrence does not own interests in orchards or agricultural processing plants. This allows it to buy in the geographic regions offering the finest fruit from season to season. That strategy has produced long-term relationships with processors that work hard to meet the company s expectations.