| Name | Title | Contact Details |
|---|---|---|
Brad Turasky |
Vice President of Technology | Profile |
Our Mission. At Hostess Brands, LLC, we inspire moments of joy, every day. For more than a century, Hostess ® has been delighting consumers and retail customers with continuous innovation, strategic advancement through partnerships, and profitable growth as a competitive category leader. Our Brands. Our purpose is to build and cultivate a portfolio of brands that resonate with consumers and embody the heart of Hostess, emanating from our five North America bakeries. Some of the iconic brands that Hostess Brands produces are Hostess® Twinkies®, CupCakes, Donettes®, Ding Dongs®, Zingers®, Danishes, Honey Buns, and Coffee Cakes as well as Voortman® cookies and wafers. Our Future. We are working to define the future of snacking through growth strategies that include fortifying our core Hostess brand, expanding into adjacent categories and executing strategic acquisitions. Our Culture. The foundation of our enduring history is our winning growth culture and our people, whose roll-up-your-sleeves spirit is truly inspiring and has kept us on a path of serving as an indelible symbol of American ingenuity.
We`re proud that Sartori is a fourth-generation family owned and operated company in the great American tradition. But we`re prouder still of the family feeling that runs throughout the entire company every day. From our leadership and artisan cheese expertise, to our cheesemakers, to our network of patron farmers, we share a deep sense of connection to one another and the land. Even the cows are in on it. And now, you are too.
Kalera is a produce grower and a world leader in the science and technology for vertically farming the highest quality produce. Kalera combines the latest data-driven process automation technologies with the science of hydroponics to create the perfect growing conditions for plants to thrive. We give plants everything they need to thrive in nature and in return, they deliver an abundance of clean, fresh, healthy and nutritious produce. Our produce is virtually perfect because we measure and meter every element they require to grow strong. The cleanroom standards of our growing facilities means that pest don’t chew on our leaves, and we never have to kill them with chemical pesticides. We never use genetically modified seeds. Our plants are the cleanest simply because they are never in contact with dangerous environmental pathogens. This is the future of produce, with our growing environments creating an eternal spring in terms of growing cycles and a resulting abundance of everything we grow available year-round. Our flagship HyCube model is installed at the Orlando World Center Resort. Every day, that facility provides produce for the largest Marriott resort and conference center in the world. We also support the restaurant and food service trade with the finest possible selection of specialist produce. Chefs can depend on the absolutely dependable consistency from our HyTaste brand of succulent leafy greens, micro greens, baby greens, flowers and vegetables. Kalera is also offering a number of select living plant products to retailers interested in the best locally grown hydroponic produce. This is the future of farming and the science of great greens.
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Headquartered in Le Mars, Iowa, Wells is the largest family-owned privately held ice cream processor in the United States, producing more than 900 ice cream and frozen novelties treats. Wells produces Blue Bunny® ice cream, frozen novelties and specialty frozen desserts along with the iconic Bomb Pop® brand. So much ice cream is produced in Le Mars by Wells that the city was designated as the Ice Cream Capital of the World® by the Iowa legislature! Blue Bunny branded items are distributed across the nation. Ice cream enthusiasts can find their favorite Blue Bunny products in grocery, convenience and club stores, on mobile vending trucks and in foodservice settings (such as educational institutions, hospitals and restaurants). The company’s corporate office and two ice cream plants are located in Le Mars. Over 2,500 production, sales, office, and support personnel make up the Wells family. With its state-of-the-art production facilities the company is cited by many industry experts as one of the most technically advanced in the industry.