The Quaker Oats Company

Kraft Foods is among the global leaders in branded foods and beverages. Kraft has grown to become the largest food and beverage company in North America. It is the second largest food company in the world. Kraft products are marketed in more than 155 countries. Kraft Foods includes many well-known brands and products that include Kraft, Philadelphia cream cheese, Jacobs and Maxwell House coffees, Toblerone chocolates, Oreo cookies and Ritz crackers, as well as Crystal Light and Tang beverages. Kraft is the number one cheese brand in the world. Kraft brand is also known for its salad dressings, packaged dinner, barbecue sauce and other products. Kraft employs more than 98,000 people in 70 countries. Kraft Foods maintains its headquarters in Northfield, Ill.

Gonnella Baking Company produces more than 1.5 million pounds of product weekly at three Chicago area facilities. As a supplier for the in-store bakery and food service industries, the company offers several product lines within the fresh baked, fresh baked frozen and frozen dough categories. Gonnella Baking Company has renewed sponsorship agreements with the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field and at Wrigley Field and Miller Park in Milwaukee for the 2005 baseball season. It also has renewed a sponsorship agreement with the Chicago Bulls and the United Center that allows Gonnella to continue serving as the hot dog bun supplier for the team and the facility. The deal runs through the end of the 2006-07 season. Gonnella Baking has been recognized by the Business Marketing Association of Chicago with two Gold Tower Awards.

One of every three toaster pastries consumed in the United States was produced by Schulze & Birch. The company creates a line of fruit-based baked snacks marketed under the Toast em Pop-ups and Snackin Fruits brands. Schulze & Birch has also been selected by a group of Fortune 500 companies to manufacture their proprietary and branded products. The products it manufactures include fruit filled snacks, multi-cereal bars, granola bars crackers, cereal and ingredients. Along with its corporate headquarters, the company has a research and development pilot plant and repackaging facility in Chicago. Paul Schulze Sr. established the company in 1896 as a major commercial bread bakery.