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Founded in 1862 and headquartered in Braintree, Mass., Richelieu Foods specializes in the preparation of a wide range of organic food products under its private-label brands. The company has a staff of professional chefs and offers food products to retail clients and contract food service companies. It operates three manufacturing facilities in Washington Court House, Ohio, Beaver Dam, Wis., and Grundy Center, Iowa. Richelieu Foods offers a wide range of food products, such as pizzas, deli salads, desserts, dips, bagel spreads, salsa, sauces, marinades, and canned fruits and vegetables. Additionally, its manufacturing facility in Beaver Dam, Wis., is certified by the Department of Agriculture. Richelieu Foods also provides online tips for the preparation of assorted salads, salad bases, appetizers and desserts and offers food preservation solutions.

Birds Eye Foods founder, Clarence Birdseye, became known as the father of frozen food. He used his unique gifts to develop a freezing process that not only preserved food safely, but also preserved its taste and appearance. Although the practice of preserving food by freezing has been traced back to as early as 1626, and the first commercial venture in producing frozen food to 1875, Birdseye is credited with developing, refining, and making the quick freezing process workable. The company brands include Berstein s, Bird Eye, Brooks, Comstock, C & W, Freshlike, Greenwood, Husman s, Mariners Cove, McKenzie s, Nalley, Rivera, Snyder of Berlin, Tim s Cascade Snacks and Wilderness. It items consist of frozen, canned and bottled foods as well as dressings, potato chips and pastas. Birds Eye Foods has locations in Rochester, Oakfield, Brockport, and Fulton, N.Y., Green Bay and Darien, Wis., as well as Watsonville, Calif., and Montezuma, Ga.

Echo Lake Foods is a family-owned and operated frozen food manufacturing company that has been serving customers since 1941. It offers a variety of precooked egg products, such as omelets and scrambled and fried egg patties. The company provides French toast, pancakes, crepes, blintzes, diced eggs, sandwiches, and scrambled and folded egg squares. Echo Lake Foods also offers pasteurized and frozen liquid eggs packaged in pails, cartons and bags. The company provides low-cholesterol and fat-free egg products. Its products are inspected by the Department of Agriculture. Headquartered in Burlington, Wis., Echo Lake Foods maintains a production and storage facility in Owensboro, KY.