Baxters North America develops and contract-manufactures convenient, nutritious foods for store brands, specialized nutrition programs, and military and humanitarian use. The company combines culinary and nutritional expertise with end-to-end production and commercialization, including shelf-stable, ready-to-eat, and frozen formats. Family-owned for more than 150 years, Baxters traces its heritage to 1868 and now operates East and West Coast facilities.
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Festa Food CompanyFounded in Cleveland in 1993 by Tim Fagan as Pinata Foods, Festa Food Company has spent more than three decades turning exact nutrition requirements into frozen meals. Its unusual place in food manufacturing was established in 1999, when NASA chose the company to make the first burrito sent to the International Space Station; today, Festa applies that precision to institutional and healthcare partners from its Cleveland facility.CLEVELAND, OH
J.T.M. Food GroupBorn from Jack Maas Sr.’s 1960 Cincinnati-area butcher shop, J.T.M. Food Group now makes fully cooked frozen foods and culinary solutions for foodservice, schools, retailers, and the military. Still family-owned and operated, the Harrison-based company carries its butcher-shop roots into a 100-million-pound annual production operation, with four generations of Maas family involvement. J.T.M. is especially distinctive for combining large-scale food processing with custom menu development and kettle-crafted sauces, soups, and fillings.HARRISON, OH
Furmano FoodsFamily-owned and operated for more than a century, Furmano Foods has carried its farm, faith and family values from its founding in 1921 into a fourth generation of family leadership. From its Northumberland, Pennsylvania, operation, the company makes shelf-stable foods for foodservice and retail customers, with a batch-crafted approach that includes fully cooked ancient grains.NORTHUMBERLAND, PA
BrightPet Nutrition GroupBrightPet Nutrition Group brings together four contract-manufacturing operations to produce premium and super-premium pet foods for U.S. and international markets. The family’s commitment to quality spans three generations, with custom formulation and private-label production dating to 1978. Based in American facilities across Ohio, New York and Wisconsin, BrightPet also makes its own Blackwood, Adirondack and By Nature pet food brands.LISBON, OH