Stephen Pear

The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. operated supermarkets and grocery stores. Its brand names included A&P, Food Basics, The Food Emporium, Path Mark, and Super fresh Waldbaums. The company was founded by George Huntington Hartford and George Francis Gilman in 1850 and was headquartered in Ramsey, NJ.

The Quaker Oats Co. manufactures beverages and other food products. It also manufactures bottled and canned soft drinks, granola bars and clusters, flour and flour mixes from purchased flour, rice cakes, cereals and uncooked rice products. The company was founded in 1877 and is headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Beech-Nut Nutrition Corp. manufactures and markets baby food products. Its products include baby bakery foods, beverages, cereals, desserts, fruits, and fruit yogurts. The company was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, NY.

LiDestri Foods, Inc. manufactures sauces, dips, vinegars and salsas. The firm specializes in food and beverage manufacturing, fresh juice and spirits bottling. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Fairport, NY.

Philadelphia Coca-Cola Bottling Co. distributes Coca-Cola products nationwide. It distributes over 30,000,000 cases of soft drinks each year offering 280 brands. Its brands include Coca-Cola classic, diet Coke, Barq's root beer, Dr Pepper, Fruitopia, Minute Maid juices, Sprite, Surge and Evian water. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

The Masterson Co., Inc. manufactures sweet and savory food products. It offers premium fudge and caramel toppings, fruit toppings, shake bases, fountain syrups, marsmallow crème toppings, and ice cream cone dips and coatings. The company was founded in 1848 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, WI.

Part of IBS Partners Ltd., Shasta Beverages, Inc. produces soft drinks. The private company is based in Hayward, CA.

S.M. Jaleel & Co. Ltd. is a Trinidadian company that manufactures and distributes soft drinks, fruit juices, and energy drinks. The private company is based in Fyzabad, Trinidad and Tobago and has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, the United States, Jamaica, and Suriname.

GinnyBakes LLC makes a line of organic, gluten-free, and non-GMO cookies, bars, and bake mixes. Its products include gos, cookies, ginnybars, crumbles and minis. The firm’s products and ingredients exclude the protein, gluten. The gluten is found in grains such as wheat, barley, rye and tritcale. The company was founded by Ginny Simon in 2010 and is headquartered in Miami, FL.

Keen Growth Capital Advisors LLC (Keen Growth Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 by Jonathan Smiga and Jerry M. Bello. The firm is headquartered in Windermere, Florida.