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Fresh Innovations
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Our team is made up of industry experts with more than 100 years of combined experience. We have rallied together to interrupt the Guacamole, Salsa, and Queso category by focusing on what customers want— the finest ingredients they can get their hands on, flavor galore, fewest additives and handy packaging— all wrapped up in a smile.

With a consciousness of family and quality ingredients at the forefront, we personally search out the top produce for our products and combine them with trustworthy ingredients… exactly what we feed our own families. Brands include Yo Quiero.
Frontier Food Group
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Frontier Food Group provides custom menu creations for your unique needs. We do the heavy lifting. With our ready to use products, you can reduce labor and incidents while controlling consistency from the point of manufacturing.

To minimize SKUs, we design your recipes with menu cross-utilization in mind. Frontier Food Group takes single items and transforms them into multiple menu applications.
Fry Foods
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Fry Foods was originally a mushroom grower for approximately 32 years before becoming mushroom processors. The Fry family has always maintained a commitment to quality and customer satisfaction. Today Fry Foods is presently producing a complete line of breaded and battered appetizers for food service and retail. The company’s distribution area is North America, covering the United States, and Canada and exporting overseas.
Gator Pears
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You will taste our quality. From the heart of the avocado country in fields rich with volcanic ash, the unique mineral content of the soil enhances the flavor of our avocados. Gator Pears sources 100% Mexican Hass avocados (with no GMOs or preservatives) with year-round consistency – and you can taste the difference! Recently, we even won the FABI award for the first and only guacamole PC packet. Guacamole and avocado products are exactly the types of healthy options that consumers are looking for and willing to pay for To-Go or on today’s menus.
Gielow Pickles
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Making pickles is in our blood. When our family began making pickles in the early 1900s, our goal was to make the highest quality pickle at a competitive price. Today, our goal remains the same. The use of automated packaging equipment, direct contact with growers across America, and the buying power of the market leaders enables Gielow Pickles to accomplish our goal. We look forward to being your pickle, pepper, sauerkraut, and relish partner.
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In the mid-1960s cousins Francesco Bono and Angelo Bresciani traveled to the United States, they embarked on a plan to learn English, start a business, and live the American dream. Their 30,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Chelsea, Massachusetts, makes a wide range of cannoli products. In addition to cannoli shells and traditional filling, The Golden Cannoli Shell Co. cannoli chips, chocolate-covered shells, and a number of different cannoli creams and fillings. In 2015 they launched their grocery line, The Original Cannoli Chip. This crispy sweet snack gives households nationwide a chance to fall in love with this popular Italian dessert. The Original Cannoli Chip is a traditional Italian cannoli shell, rolled flat, and cut into bite-size triangles (perfect for dipping.) They launched with three delicious flavors, powdered sugar, cinnamon sugar, and cookies & cream. In the summer of 2018, they launched their newest flavor, a bright citrusy lemon chip.
Golding
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At Golding, formally known as Golding Farms Foods, we’re passionate about bringing bold flavors to the world. As global flavor experts, as well as sophisticated manufacturers and supply chain masters, we’re continually seeking to imagine and inspire. Because we believe that spice is the spice of life and the next big flavor sensation is waiting for us to create and savor. Together.
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Great Lakes Grilling Co. (GLG) has been providing wood cooking products to the restaurant and retail markets nationwide since 2001 and is located in Walker, MI. With state-of-the-art wood processing equipment & high-speed branding, Great Lakes Grilling can customize products to your wood cooking needs. We also have "A City and Guilds Master Craftsman", Chef Angus on hand to help bring your conceptual ideas to the table.
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We’re a global food leader, known for innovative products and ethnic flavors. We started with Greek cuisine and now our kitchen is the world. From our full line of Greek and Mediterranean foods to global flavors blazing on the horizon, we’re ready to change America’s menus.

We have two pioneering brands at the head of the table, Grecian Delight and Kronos Foods. Each brand has its own unique history, which has laid the foundation for our quest to discover the great flavors of tomorrow. Together, we are valuable partners to our customers, driven by authentic ingredients and eating experiences.
Haco Culinary
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HACO Culinary embodies a passion for flavor along with a curiosity for what’s next in food. As the parent entity of Girard’s Foodservice Dressings and Plochman’s Premium Mustards, our products reflect the demand for discerning tastes driven by our customers and realized by our employees, including a culinary team that continually develops new flavors to stay ahead of trends. Our coast-to-coast U.S. presence is backed by HACO Group, an international company with resources that allow our focus on crafted flavor.
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Artisan bakery specializing in B2B and custom bakery products for the foodservice industry. High-speed manufacturing with the ability to interact to make custom products. In addition, we have launched a Liege Waffle product line which allows us to being Belgium's favorite street waffle to the US market.

Food & Drink Resources highly recommends waffles from Hartybake.
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High Liner Foods is a North American processor and marketer of value-added frozen seafood. Our retail branded products are sold throughout the United States and Canada under the High Liner, Fisher Boy, Mirabel and Sea Cuisine labels, and are available in most grocery and club stores. We also sell branded products under the High Liner, Icelandic Seafood, Mirabel and FPI labels to restaurants and institutions, and are a major supplier of private-label, value-added frozen seafood products to North American food retailers and foodservice distributors.

Food & Drink Resources particularly likes the breaded seafood from High Liner Foods.
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High Plains Bison is a healthier alternative to other proteins. It's low in calories and fat, but high in protein and nutrients. High Plains Bison is what healthy should taste like.
IRCA Group
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We serve food manufacturers and artisans in over one hundred countries with quality indulgent ingredient solutions.Founded in Italy 1919, we offer you the recipe for success using our simple ingredients: heritage, innovation, expertise and an appreciation of making things better every day. With 22 production facilities worldwide and over 2,400 employees, we deliver a comprehensive ingredient solutions mix across all categories; chocolate, creams, pistachios and nuts, pastry and bakery mixes, along with gelato solutions.We make things simple to help you make the extraordinary.

IRCA Group. Extraordinary made simple.
J&J Snack Foods Corp.
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We take fun seriously! That means we really nerd out on what makes pretzels soft, why frozen treats inspire wonder, and how to make the most buzzworthy baked goods. It’s what makes us the experts in snacks that spread joy everywhere they’re found. Brands: Super Pretzel Soft Pretzels, ICEE, dippin' dots, Hola Churros, Luigi's Real Italian Ice, Slush Puppie, Funnel Cake, Whole Fruit, Philly Swirl.
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JSL Foods is the category leader of fresh, refrigerated, pre-cooked Asian Noodles, Rice Blends and Asian Wrappers (Egg Roll, Won Ton and Gyoza). We produce products under the Fortune and Twin Dragon labels. Fortune Asian Noodle product line consists of Yakisoba, Udon and gluten free Rice Noodles.
Just Quality International
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Just Quality International is the complete package for all your needs – from start to finish. JQI employs what we call the “Just Quality” or “JQ” model – a truly one-stop shopping experience offering quality products and prices.

Food & Drink Resources often recommends JQI for its frozen fruits and vegetables.
Kashi
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Make choosing wholesome a little easier with plant-based, nutrient-containing cereal, protein bars, waffles and more made from simple ingredients.
Katz Gluten-Free
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Delight in every bite. Our delicious gluten-free snacks are crafted with care in the Katz family bakery.

Today, Katz Gluten Free operates out of a state-of-the-art facility, which has been Certified Gluten-Free by the Gluten Intolerance Group (www.gluten.net) , for our unmatched reliability in complying with strict gluten-free standards. Our facility is completely nut-free and dairy-free. All of our products are certified Kosher, and are under the stringent supervision of the OU and Rabbi Y. Gruber.

For a range of gluten-free baked goods from every meal essentials like bread, rolls, buns, to dessert, snack, and savory options.
Kontos
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For more than 60 years we have produced premium-quality products using the finest ingredients and time-honored methods. The Kontos name will always be your guarantee of quality, flavor, and convenience. Brands include Melissa, Kontos, Helios, Aria, Beirut, Grecian Delight, Tsopanaki, and Bulgarian.