| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
Michele Mallory |
Vice President of Information Technology | Profile |
Making the world a whole lot sweeter.
La Rocca Creative Cakes is a family-owned premium dessert manufacturer that is committed to creating the highest quality desserts. Every dessert is hand-crafted with artistry and flair by a skilled baker, delivering an exceptional taste experience. Established in Canada in 1987, the family`s roots date back 60 years to Naples, Italy where they first began baking the most decadent desserts. The traditions and values have continued through generations and today, La Rocca Creative Cakes can be found in major retailers across Canada, independent retailers and bakeries, as well as Food Service.
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From beverage solutions and sauces to marinades and seasonings, ILLES Foods has provided custom-crafted culinary creations and R&D expertise to food service chains chains, food manufacturers, and grocery retailers across the US for almost 100 years. The family-owned and woman-run company is a key partner to companies looking for product development excellence, creativity, and speed to market paired with a laser focus on a better customer experience. The values we`ve learned and lived over the years — trust, food safety, excellence, creativity, teamwork, giving back to the community — motivate our people to help our customers be better with us than without us, and are the driving forces behind our growth. ILLES Foods was started by Austrian-Hungarian Olympian-turned-chemist Arpad Enoch (A.E.) in his home`s extra bedroom. Today the company operates two different manufacturing plants – a total of about 300,000 square feet between dry and liquid production. 2020 marked a new era at ILLES Foods, with Cristin Illes Kahale, the founder`s great-granddaughter and the fourth generation of the family, taking helm of the business.
Pete Pappas & Sons Inc., a 4th generation family owned and operated business, grows, ships, packs and distributes fresh produce. This family business began in 1942 and has grown into two in-house brands: Patricia Brand Premium Produce and Pete`s Garden Organics. Pete Pappas & Sons has also expanded into farming in Tennessee, with their farm called Smoky Mountain Family Farms. Pete Pappas & Sons is run from a state of the art and fully refrigerated Jessup, MD warehouse spanning a whopping 120,000sf. The company was founded around tomatoes in the 1940s and it has grown to now specialize in many types of premium produce including tomatoes, berries, onions, peppers, melons, local and seasonal produce and even organics. Both the Jessup facility, and farm location in Tennessee are GFSI and organic certified.