Since 1932, Niblack Foods has been a Rochester food business known for milling its own flour in its early bakery years and for serving health-food retailers and other culinary customers. Today, it provides specialty ingredients for home cooks and commercial clients, with support for private-label production and custom food development.
The Raymond Hadley CorpThe Raymond Hadley Corp. is a family-owned and operated Upstate New York food manufacturer that develops, blends, and packages dry specialty foods for retail and foodservice brands. Its name dates to 1892, and ownership has passed to the founders’ descendants, who now run the company alongside the local workforce at its 90,000-square-foot plant. The company also sells bulk ingredients and provides co-manufacturing support for both emerging and established brands.SPENCER, NY
Private Label FoodsPrivate Label Foods began in 1989, when Bonnie Lavorato hand-bottled her BBQ sauce in a Rochester home kitchen. The company has kept that kitchen-table character while growing into a 125,000-square-foot, SQF-certified facility that helps brands bring recipes from early development into dependable production. It works with grocery programs, foodservice operators, and emerging brands that need a consistent manufacturing partner.ROCHESTER, NY
Watermark Specialty FoodsBuilt from the Bernunzio family’s three decades of baking, entrepreneurship, and sales experience, Watermark Specialty Foods manufactures Leo’s Bakery products and distributes specialty food products wholesale from East Rochester. Its focus is on hard-to-source items for food-service and retail customers, with distribution reaching throughout upstate New York. The company expanded its distribution and production facility in 2017 and operates alongside Leo’s Bakery & Deli.ROCHESTER, NY
EFCO ProductsFrom a horse-drawn flour cart in the Hudson Valley, EFCO Products has grown into a family-owned and operated Poughkeepsie manufacturer of bakery fillings and mixes, beverage ingredients, sauces and specialty food ingredients. Founded in 1903, the Effron family business remains at its original Smith and Oakley Streets location and now serves food companies around the world with both standard and custom-formulated products. EFCO also develops clean-label solutions such as OPAQ, its calcium-based replacement for titanium dioxide.POUGHKEEPSIE, NY