Faribault Foods

Mathias Gedney founded M.A. Gedney Company in 1881 when he began his own pickle company. The company makes its original fermented dills just as Mathias Anderson Gedney did back in 1881. It insists that Gedney cucumbers be hand picked at the perfect size and time of ripeness. From the beginning, the Gedney family has preferred real onions and peppers and real sprigs of fresh dill over flavoring oils or chemicals. Its patented pickle-finisher gently pushes even tiny cukes below the jar lip so Gedney Pickles are never smashed. The company designed its own pickle pasteurizer which precisely heats and cools each jar after filling with brine made of its Gedney vinegar. In addition to pickles, it also offers condiments, dips and sauces. M.A. Gedney Company is located in Chaska, Minn.

Ventura Foods offers margarine, edible oils, shortenings, dressings, sauces and flavor bases. It provides butter blends under the SunGlow brand. The company offers white cap Swedish gold pastry margarines. Ventura Foods offers soybean, canola, corn and peanut oils for salads and pan frying food items. The company provides barbecue, garlic and marinara sauces. It provides high-performance liquid deep and clear liquid fry shortenings. The Ventura Foods offers quality management, distribution and support services. The company maintains locations in California, Oregon, Texas, Alabama, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Missouri and Louisiana. It serves customers in the retail and food service industries.

Kraft Foods Inc. is one of the largest food companies in the world. It makes products for consumers in approximately 170 countries and has over 180 manufacturing/processing facilities. The company's portfolio includes 11 brands: Oreo, Nabisco, LU biscuits, Milka/Cadbury chocolates, Trident gum, Jacobs/Maxwell House coffees, Philadelphia cream cheeses, Kraft cheeses, dinners/dressings and Oscar Mayer meats. Kraft Foods Inc. is a member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Standard & Poor's 500, Dow Jones Sustainability Index and Ethibel Sustainability Index.