Group 1 Tour Locations

Food Institute Group 1 Tour Locations

McDonald’s / Cargill Oakbrook, Illinois | www.mcdonalds.com, www.cargill.com McDonald’s is the leading global foodservice retailer with more than 34,000 local restaurants serving nearly 69 million people in 118 countries each day. Our worldwide operations are aligned around a global strategy called the Plan to Win, which center on an exceptional customer experience – People, Products, Place, Price and Promotion. We are committed to continuously improving our operations and enhancing our customers’ experience.

Cargill is a unique place to grow your career, your experience and your abilities. Every day, we grow our reputation as a leading international producer of food, agricultural, financial and industrial products and services. We take pride in our global reach, ability to contribute, and strong work ethics and values. Founded in 1865, Cargill is a privately held company and employs 142,000 people in 66 countries. Through innovation, creativity and teamwork, we are transforming entire markets and people’s lives worldwide, and we can have the same impact on your career.

Rose Packing Chicago, Illinois | www.rosepacking.com For 90 years, Rose Packing has been producing the highest quality products and providing them to both domestic and international markets. Our line has expanded to include the finest, value-added pork, turkey, chicken and beef products in the marketplace.

First known for our Canadian Bacon, we’ve put the same attention to quality and flavor in all of our products. With delicious choices and a wide array for any appetite, our Hams, Turkey, Breakfast Sausages, Ethnic Sausages, Chicken and Beef Burgers, Pizza Toppings or Baby Back Ribs will satisfy everyone at the table.

Tate & Lyle Hoffman Estates, Illinois | www.tateandlyle.com Tate & Lyle is a global provider of ingredients and solutions to the food, beverage and other industries, operating from over 30 production facilities around the world.

Tate & Lyle operates through two global business units, Speciality Food Ingredients and Bulk Ingredients, supported by the Innovation and Commercial Development group. The Group’s strategy is to become the leading global provider of Speciality Food Ingredients through a disciplined focus on growth, and by driving Bulk Ingredients for sustained cash generation to fuel this growth.

Speciality Food Ingredients consists of three platforms: Texturants, which includes speciality starches and stabilisers; Sweeteners, which comprises nutritive sweeteners and our range of no-calorie sweeteners including SPLENDA® Sucralose; and our Health and Wellness portfolio which includes speciality fibres and our salt-reduction offering. Additionally, our food systems business provides a wide variety of blended ingredient solutions.

Tate & Lyle Bulk Ingredients includes bulk sweeteners, industrial starches and fermentation products (primarily acidulants). Corn co-products from both divisions are primarily sold as animal feed. Food Institute Group 2 Tour Locations

FleishmanHillard Chicago, Illinois | www.fleishmanhillard.com At the core of FleishmanHillard’s philosophy is the power of true. True speaks to who we are and how we work every day. The values and principles articulated in our philosophy include respect and teamwork, ethical behavior and transparent business practices, and relationship-driven client service that achieves meaningful results. Our values unite FleishmanHillard into a talented and committed team working across continents and cultures on behalf of our clients.

James Calvetti Meats, Inc. / Innovative Food Creations Chicago, Illinois | www.calvettimeats.com, innovativefoodcreations.com James Calvetti Meats Inc. established 41 years ago in 1974. JCM is a food processing business specializing in hand portion cutting, processing and sales of fine ready to cook meats and poultry into transportation and broad line food service.

Innovative Food Creations is a JCM dba (doing business as) marketing company established in 2013. IFC specializes in the R&D, marketing and sales of “new”, innovative, non-traditional ready to cook food products. IFC markets include the retail, family dining, high end frozen meals, gambling D2C co-packing and transportation food service. The products include Beef Wellingtons, stuffed chicken breasts wrapped in prosciutto, bacon wrapped sirloins, and seafood paella packaged in Mylar cooking film www.mylarcook.com/video Addition Calvetti (on behalf of IFC) has very recently entered a partnership with a food processing company in Ohio named Sugar Creek. They are in the process of building a $ 200,000 sous vide cooking plant. We’ve have a 5 year exclusive deal with them sales into the US transportation food service.

Enjoy Life Foods Schiller Park, Illinois | enjoylifefoods.com Enjoy Life Foods is the leading brand in the growing Free-From category. All products are certified gluten-free and Free-From the top 8 food allergens (NO: wheat, dairy, peanuts, tree nuts, egg, soy, fish and shellfish) making them safe for over 100 million individuals who live with food intolerances. In addition, all products are verified non-GMO using no artificial ingredients. Enjoy Life was founded by Scott Mandell 12 years ago with the mission to create great-tasting, allergy-friendly snacks. Today the product line has grown to over 40 unique foods including cookies, granola, cereal, snack bars, seed and fruit mixes, chocolate bars, baking chocolate, and healthy lentil-based chips, all of which are sold in most retailers throughout the U.S. and Canada, as well as specialty online retailers. Enjoy Life’s mission and brand promise is to deliver safe, better-for-you products free-from the top 8 food allergens, but not free-from taste so everyone can Eat Freely! Food Institute Group 3 Tour Locations

Kraft Foods Northfield, Illinois | www.kraftfoodgroups.com The Kraft Foods Group is one of the largest food and beverage companies in North America with annual revenues of more than $18 billion. With the spirit of a startup and the soul of a powerhouse, we are on a mission to be the best food and beverage company in North America. We have a deep portfolio of beloved food & beverage brands in the beverage, cheese, refrigerated meals and grocery categories. Our products can be found in the pantries and refrigerators of virtually every household in the United States and Canada.

Tyson Foods Chicago, Illinois | www.tysonfoods.com Tyson Foods, Inc. (NYSE: TSN), with headquarters in Springdale, Arkansas, is one of the world’s largest producers of chicken, beef, pork and prepared foods that include leading brands such as Tyson®, Jimmy Dean®, Hillshire Farm®, Sara Lee® frozen bakery, Ball Park®, Wright®,Aidells® and State Fair®. The company was founded in 1935 by John W. Tyson, whose family has continued to lead the business with his son, Don Tyson, guiding the company for many years and grandson, John H. Tyson, serving as the current chairman of the board of directors. Tyson Foods provides a wide variety of protein-based and prepared foods products and is the recognized market leader in the retail and foodservice markets it serves, supplying customers throughout the United States and approximately 130 countries. It has approximately 124,000 Team Members employed at more than 400 facilities and offices in the United States and around the world. Through its Core Values, Code of Conduct and Team Member Bill of Rights, Tyson Foods strives to operate with integrity and trust and is committed to creating value for its shareholders, customers and Team Members. The company also strives to be faith-friendly, provide a safe work environment and serve as stewards of the animals, land and environment entrusted to it.

Hormel Foods Rochelle, Illinois | www.hormel.com Building upon our heritage of innovation and quality, together we will elevate the everyday experience by making Hormel Foods the favorite part of any eating occasion.At Hormel Foods, we are committed to providing consumers with high-quality, high-value branded products that are flavorful, nutritious and convenient. Guided by Our Way—our internal principles platform—we strive to set industry standards for product quality, work environment and community engagement.

Tate & Lyle Bulk Ingredients includes bulk sweeteners, industrial starches and fermentation products (primarily acidulants). Corn co-products from both divisions are primarily sold as animal feed.

Oberweis Dairy North Aurora, Illinois | www.oberweis.com In 1915, Peter J. Oberweis found that he had too much milk so he began selling it to neighbors. In essence, the family dairy business that now spans almost 100 years had begun.

We’re still delivering bright and early. We’re still using glass bottles, because we don’t think milk should taste like plastic...just milk, pure and simple. We don’t believe in adding anything unnecessary to our milk either. That’s why none of our farmers use the rBGH hormone on their cows. We’re still family owned and operated too. What’s more, we stick to what got us here...Peter Oberweis’ lifelong commitment to quality and service. Over the years we’ve gone from the nostalgic horse and milk cart to the Model T to the milk trucks of the 50’s and on to more modern home delivery trucks you see us use today.

We’ve built a bigger, better facility, expanded our product line and opened retail stores where folks can come in for our award- winning milk in glass bottles and our super-premium ice cream. Whether we deliver right to your door, or you visit one of our dairy stores, you can be confident that our quality and service will always be “Simply the Best”. That’s the way Peter Oberweis wanted it, and we’re chips off the old block. Food Institute Group 5 Tour Locations

Griffith Laboratories Alsip, Illinois | www.griffithlaboratories.com As a privately held company, Griffith Laboratories™ has always taken a long-term view and focused on doing what’s right for customers, employees and the food industry. Since 1919, we’ve built a reputation for premier quality and dependability with our customer partners. We are proud of our history of pioneering food science to the industry, and energetically pursue that same vision today. Using innovation as a foundation for differentiation and with a global curiosity for new opportunities, our company has always been inspired to drive change and provide limitless possibilities. At Griffith Laboratories™, we partner with food companies to take their brands and products beyond the expected: to new destinations in flavor, healthfulness, performance and cost efficiency. Leverage our food science expertise, creative innovators and differentiating ingredient systems to create customized food products that delight consumers across the globe.

Ferrara Candy Company Forest Park, Illinois | www.ferrarausa.com Although Ferrara Candy Company now consists of countless beloved brands, it all started with candy- coated almonds called Confetti. The year was 1900, and Salvatore Ferrara had just come to America from Nola, Italy. Selling candy was to be his trade in his new home of Chicago. Now, the company’s delicious list of brands is longer than ever. Ferrara Pan classics include ATOMIC FIREBALLS®, BLACK FOREST® Gummies, BOSTON BAKED BEANS, JAWBUSTERS®, LEMONHEAD® and RED HOTS®. Ferrara Candy Company is also now the proud producers of BOBS® Sweet Stripes, BRACH’S®, CHUCKLES®, FRUIT STRIPE® Gum, JUJYFRUITS®, NOW AND LATER® , RAIN-BLO®, SATHERS®, SUPER BUBBLE® and TROLLI® Gummies.

Dairy Management Inc. Rosemont, Illinois | www.dairy.org Dairy Management Inc.™ (DMI) is funded by America’s nearly 49,000 dairy farmers, as well as dairy importers. Created to help increase sales and demand for dairy products, DMI and its related organizations work to increase demand for dairy through research, education and innovation, and to maintain confidence in dairy foods, farms and businesses. DMI manages National Dairy Council and the American Dairy Association, and founded the U.S. Dairy Export Council and the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy. DMI works with state and regional promotion organizations to implement these programs across the country.