Skandia Foods

True World Foods Chicago LLC started in 1975 in Brooklyn, N.Y., as New York Fish House, selling fish on the streets to retail customers passing by. Steadily, the company expanded to other cities in the United States and by 1995 had over 20 separate, independent locations. The fish house became True World Foods Chicago, which buys tuna from throughout the world and has several people in Chicago solely dedicated to sourcing and pricing the best grades. The company s sales force speaks Chinese, Korean and Japanese. Located in Elk Grove Village, Ill., it supplies first-generation ethnic restaurant owners throughout Chicago. True World Foods Chicago is headquartered in New Jersey and delivers sushi quality seafood to more than 2,000 restaurants in the United States.

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.