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Driven by a passion for food, Marvin Schwan started a company tradition of delivering delicious foods right to people`s doorsteps. Still privately owned, we`ve grown from “one-man-and-a-truck” in rural Minnesota to a multibillion-dollar operation with thousands of team members nationwide that make up our home delivery, foodservice and consumer brands business units.
BFY Holdings is comprised of Medora Snacks, LLC, which was founded in 2008 and is based in Middletown, NY, and Ideal Snacks Holding Corporation, which was founded in 1997 and is based in Liberty, NY. Medora’s primary brand, PopCorners®, is a high growth, better-for-you popped corn snack with a strong track record in the club and grocery segments within the U.S. and Canada and a presence in over 50 countries worldwide. Medora currently offers PopCorners®, PopCorners Whole Grain®, PopCrinkles®, and popped bean chips, and has a number of new products under development. Ideal is a contract manufacturer that produces popped snacks for branded CPG and retail customers. BFY’s mission is to become a global, diversified, better-for-you snack company, directly addressing the growing consumer trends toward healthier living and eating.
Founded in Seattle in 1953, PCC Community Markets (PCC) is a certified organic retailer and the nation`s largest community-owned food market with an active membership of more than 100,000 members. The co-op`s mission is to ensure that good food nourishes the communities it serves, while cultivating vibrant, local, organic food systems. PCC operates 16 stores in the Puget Sound area, including the cities of Bellevue, Bothell, Burien, Edmonds, Issaquah, Kirkland, Redmond and Seattle. Seattle stores are in the neighborhoods of Ballard, Central District, Columbia City, Downtown, Fremont, Green Lake, View Ridge and West Seattle.
In 1933, brothers Jack and Bill Hume set up a modest dehydration processing plant in Vacaville, California, using a technology that was later applied to potatoes. This was the beginning of Basic American Foods. In the mid 1950s, Basic American Foods established a potato processing plant in Blackfoot, Idaho, where the first instant potato product that could be rehydrated with boiling water was developed. This led to a series of innovative potato products for the foodservice industry that includes the brands Potato Pearls®, Golden Grill®, Classic Casserole® and Savory Series™. As the company grew, additional plants were built in Idaho and Washington. In response to a customer need for laborsaving quick-prep beans, Basic American Foods introduced Santiago® Refried Beans in 1986. The technology that created this authentic-tasting bean product is now being applied to Santiago® Black Beans and Santiago® Quick-Start® Chili. Today, Basic American Foods is led by Jack`s sons, George and Jerry. With nearly 40 patents to its credit, Basic American Foods is an acknowledged leader in research and development, earning universal respect for innovation, quality and customer service. The company continues to grow, staying focused on its customers and looks to the future with confidence. Today, Basic American Foods is a leading supplier of shelf-stable products to the foodservice market. Our portfolio, built on delivering quick, easy prep and consumer preferred taste.
Welch Foods Inc. is an American company, headquartered in Concord, Massachusetts. It has been owned by the National Grape Cooperative Association, a co-op of grape growers, since 1956.