| Name | Title | Contact Details |
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Joe Guptill |
Vice President Of Technology | Profile |
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.
The Kraft Heinz Company, commonly known as Kraft Heinz, is an American multinational food company formed by the merger of Kraft Foods and Heinz co-headquartered in Chicago and Pittsburgh.
Barilla is an Italian family owned food company. Established in 1877, it`s now an international Group present in more than 100 countries. Today is the world leader for pasta, for ready-made sauces in Europe, for bakery products in Italy and for crisp breads in Scandinavia. It employs over 8,000 people and owns 29 production sites. In Barilla we strive every day to be the preferred company for People, promoting healthy and joyful food experiences, reducing our impact on the Planet and fostering open and caring dialogue in the Communities in which we operate. This is why we believe that the “Good for You, Good for the Planet” approach is the only way for doing business for our Group. Because we are family owned, we do not put profits ahead of our passion for superior quality and sustainable growth. At Barilla you are empowered to live and work responsibly and ethically, embracing our value system of respect, trust, courage, intellectual curiosity and passion. It is a company that for 140 years has been driven by the entrepreneurial spirit of its people, that enables us to look beyond established boundaries and to continuously find new ways to improve our value to our people, to our customers and consumers and to the communities. Moreover, we acknowledge diversity as a key factor to drive our future, that is why, you are invited to bring your authentic self to work and enjoy acceptance and understanding.
KLN Family Brands is a company that calls Perham, Minnesota its home. KLN manufactures a wide range of human and pet food products to fit well into their customers` lives and preferences.
In 1921, 320 dairy farmers met in St. Paul, Minnesota, to form the Minnesota Cooperative Creameries Association. Their idea was simple—join together to effectively market and distribute members dairy production across the country. From there, we quickly set our sights on growth. Just eight years after establishing our butter marketing organization, we expanded into the ag services and feed businesses. Our international journey kicked off 52 years later, as we began relaying the lessons we had learned to support local agriculture in developing nations around the world. Those efforts have also helped us expand our commercial business beyond the borders of the United States. Today, our four businesses give us a farm-to-fork view of agriculture. Pair this with our farmer ownership and we are uniquely qualified to fulfill our purpose of feeding human progress around the world, while always delivering on our responsibility to member-owners through our core values. We are united in a common cause, committed to excellence and inspired by our place in the world—but there are no shortcuts. We have never lost sight of the value of a hard days work.