Owned by John Arnold and his son Craig, Cherry Orchard Foods is a small family-owned Archdale, North Carolina manufacturer of gourmet food mixes, best known for its hand-made dip and dessert mixes. The company grew from John Arnold’s decades in restaurant and snack-food service and, since acquiring Cherry Orchard Foods in 2013, has expanded its recipes into a 100-plus-product line sold at retail, wholesale and craft shows. Products are developed, blended, packaged and labeled by hand in small batches.
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Big Dipper Food Company, IncFounded in 2005 from a family peanut-brittle recipe, Youngstown’s Big Dipper Food Company makes small-batch, hand-stirred brittle and brittle popcorn products. The family-owned company also produces partner brands through co-manufacturing, co-packing and wholesale services, using a facility certified under Safe Quality Foods Institute guidelines. Its Cayten’s brand earned the 2023 Sweets & Snacks Expo award for Most Innovative New Product.WARREN, OH
J. Horrocks Design, LLCFamily-owned and operated in Pennsylvania, J. Horrocks Design carries multiple generations of food-industry experience. The family’s roots in the trade reach back to the early 1940s, when Frank Wolf began selling chocolate products to commercial food makers and retailers. Today, the company develops and manufactures customized food products for businesses ranging from small local firms to household-name brands worldwide.311919ELVERSON, PA
Cortazzo FoodsChef J. Scott Martino’s Cortazzo Foods makes small-batch specialty sauces, including pasta and barbecue sauces, using family recipes and all-natural ingredients. Inspired by a 1937 Cortazzo family wedding photo and recipes from his grandmother Marianina, the Lancaster company gives each product a family connection, while its “Everyone to the Table” mission has supported more than 17,000 donated meals.LANCASTER, PA