Success Stories
Each year, hundreds of U.S. suppliers participate in Food Export-Midwest and Food Export-Northeast’s programs. As a result, companies are successful at generating new export sales, establishing new distributorships, expanding their production facilities, and hiring additional employees. Read these success stories to learn more.
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Dec 11, 2019
Kronos Foods Corp. a Glendale Heights, Illinois company partners with distributors, brokers, operators and retailers to deliver consistently high-quality products and service combined with culinary and business solutions.
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Dec 11, 2019
The Stone Group from Green Bay, Wisconsin, has participated in Food Export – Midwest programs since 2008. They have participated in Buyers Missions, Focused Trade Missions, the Food Export Helpline™, Food Show PLUS!™, webinars and the Market Access Program (MAP) funded Branded Program.
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Dec 06, 2019
In June of 2010, CEO and Owner, Brian Slater successfully established Mill Haven Foods in the New Lisbon community where it has thrived ever since. With a wealth of industry experience and knowledge, the Wisconsin based company has grown over the last decade and now boasts a 77,000 square foot facility with over 50 full-time employees all dedicated to providing excellence in the dairy food ingredients sector.
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Dec 05, 2019
Established in 2009, Ying Stoller’s mission of bringing wholesome Asian recipes and ingredients to the world came to fruition when she began bottling her own sauces for consumers.
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Dec 03, 2019
Otamot Foods, located in Brooklyn, New York, is an organic tomato sauce company. Their signature sauce contains ten organic vegetables, including red bell peppers, sweet potatoes and red beets. This “innovative tomato sauce is formulated to deliver maximum nutrition from whole, plant-based foods.”
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Nov 25, 2019
In 2018, Good Noodles Inc. dba Sfoglini Pasta, located in West Coxsackie, New York, in the 19th Congressional District, participated in Food Export – Northeast’s Market Access Program (MAP) funded Branded Program.
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Nov 21, 2019
In August of 2018, Premium Gold Flax Products, Inc., from Denhoff, North Dakota participated in Food Export - Midwest’s Midwest Buyers Mission. At the Mission they chose to meet with International Buyers from Antigua, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Philippines, Taiwan, and the United Arab Emirates.
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Nov 21, 2019
In February of 2019, Brandon, Vermont based Olivia’s Croutons utilized Food Export – Northeast’s Food Show PLUS!™ services at the CHFA West Show in Vancouver, Canada.
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Nov 21, 2019
In March of 2018, Kay’s Naturals, from Clara City, Minnesota attended Food Export - Midwest’s Natural Products Expo West Buyers Mission where they had meetings with seventeen different international buyers.
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Oct 25, 2019
Organic Valley Family of Farms, a Cooperative owned by over 2,000 Farmers around the U.S., has participated Food Export – Midwest’s Market Access Program (MAP) funded Branded Program since 2000.
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Oct 02, 2019
In 2018, Blackwood Pet Food, LLC located in Lisbon, Ohio, in the 6th Congressional District, participated in Food Export - Midwest’s Branded Program where they utilized $130,000 of the Market Access Program funding to help them create export sales over $1M in Germany, Indonesia, Israel, Malaysia, Singapore, and South Korea.
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Oct 02, 2019
Utilizing Food Export’s Market Access Program (MAP) funded Branded Program in 2018 helped New York based, United Growth Int'l Inc. increase their market share in China. Knowing that China is one of the largest economic and consumption countries they focused their effort to the market to expand their export of dairy, snack and nut products.
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Sep 24, 2019
MCT Dairies, Inc. aka Bella Pac LLC is a full-line dairy distributor and trading house established in 1983. They are headquartered in Chatham, New Jersey, with a manufacturing facility in Appleton, Wisconsin, and sales offices in Appleton, Onalaska, and Green Bay, Wisconsin.
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Sep 24, 2019
During 2018, GLK Foods, LLC located in Appleton, Wisconsin utilized funds from Food Export – Midwest’s Branded Program to market their products in Canada. They did this by using their allocated funds to attend the SIAL Canada show in Montreal and the Carwacs Show in Toronto last year.
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Sep 19, 2019
E Formella & Sons Inc, located in Countryside, Illinois in the 3rd Congressional District, utilized Food Export – Midwest’s Branded Program from 2003 until 2014. During this time period, the Market Access Program (MAP) funded Branded Program helped them enter multiple markets such as Canada, Mexico and Norway. By 2012, E Formella & Sons Inc graduated from the Canadian market in the Branded Program due to the 5-year graduation policy.
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Sep 10, 2019
In 2018, Real Kosher Ice Cream DBA Klein's Kosher Ice Cream from Brooklyn, New York, participated in Food Export - Northeast’s Market Access Program (MAP) funded Branded Program where they were able to gain new export sales to Canada.
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Sep 10, 2019
In 2019, Sociable Cider Werks, located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in the 5th Congressional District, participated in Food Export – Midwest’s Branded Program. They are utilizing their Branded Program funds in to help offset the costs of exhibiting at trade shows and other international marketing efforts in the U.S. and Mexico.
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Sep 06, 2019
Wellesley, Massachusetts based Farmwise LLC DBA Healthy Life Brands was founded in 2013 by a family who was searching for healthy and delicious food for their daughters. They experimented with over 300 recipes to create a healthier version of french fries, tater tots and rings blending them with their favorite vegetables making a tasty nutrition treat.
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Aug 29, 2019
In March of 2018, East-West International Group, from Moreland Hills, Ohio, participated in Food Export - Northeast’s Focused Trade Mission to the UK and Ireland for Healthy and Natural Products. The mission started with an educational portion with market briefing and a retail tour before companies participated in day long one-on-one meetings with buyers.
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Aug 29, 2019
Cherry Central Cooperative, Inc. based in Traverse City, Michigan is the industry leader in red tart cherries, apples, and blueberries and is also a major supplier of cranberries, strawberries, pomegranate arils, and asparagus grown on farms across the United States. They are a veteran exporter who sends their products all around the world including to countries in Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
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