A 90-Year Old Company with the Spirit of a Startup What started 90 years ago in Seattle by an entrepreneurial woman named Rose Charters is today one of the most beloved baking mix brands in America, Krusteaz®. Family-owned and operated, we believe in prioritizing people, dreaming big, and always doing the right thing – for our customers and our team members. These are the values that have helped us earn a reputation as a people-first community of makers and innovators, known for integrity, purpose, and a 90-year history of inspiring joyful connections. The Krusteaz Company headquarters is located in Tukwila, WA, just outside of Seattle, and products are sold through retail, foodservice, and club store channels throughout the United States. The Krusteaz Company employs 800+ employees, and is committed to addressing food insecurity in partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs of America through the “Feeding Great Futures” initiative, as well as work with Food Lifeline, Feeding America and other local non-profit organizations.

About Oberto Snacks Inc: You could say Art Oberto was born to make jerky, but truth is, he didn’t actually take over the family business until he was sixteen. Every day before school, Art would ride his bike to deliver the finest cured meats anyone in the Seattle area had ever tasted. As a company, we’ve changed a lot since those humble beginnings, but the way we make our delicious all-natural jerky hasn’t. We still hand-select each ingredient and compose our rich, smoked flavor from a harmonious mixture of delicious hardwoods. And Art still won’t put his name on the outside of a single package, unless he approves of everything that went into it. Today Oberto Snacks Inc. provides innovative, delicious, healthy and convenient protein-packed snacks. Employing more than 500 food professionals, Oberto’s mission is to empower people to make better choices for a healthier and happier life. Like Oberto on Facebook (facebook.com/ObertoBeefJerky), follow us on Twitter (@ObertoBeefJerky) and YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/user/ObertoBrands) to see how we’re changing the game in beef jerky!

Global Harvest Foods was founded in 1982 by Fred Mills in a residential basement. He was joined by his brothers Ed and Eric within a few years. The company has now become a leading producer of wild and domestic bird food and small pet products in the USA with a National footprint and a broad and diversified market base in multiple channels including pet stores and grocery chains, mass merchants, farm feed supply stores and hardware/club resalers. Global Harvest Foods offers an extensive product line consisting of both "Audubon"​ company and private label brands. It has achieved this market leadership position by delivering best value, high quality products to our retail partners.

Wilcox Family Farms was founded in 1909, and today is a fourth generation, family-run business headquartered in Roy, WA that serves customers with incredibly fresh, local eggs across the Western United State with operations in Washington, Oregon, and Montana. Wilcox Farms is the first company to earn Food Alliance certification for egg production and processing, and was recently recognized by the Seattle Business Magazine with the Seattle Green Washington Award for Agriculture for being innovators and working hard on continuing improvement in sustainable green business practices.

Smith Brothers Farms is a privately held family business located in Kent, WA. We have been committed to producing and delivering milk to homes, schools and businesses in the Puget Sound area for more than 90 years. We take great pride in our company—our products, our people, our customers and our heritage. We are committed to providing Washington families with the freshest milk and other fine products with an element of personalized service that’s hard to come by in our hurry-up, high-tech world.

National Frozen Foods Corporation is a global supplier of high-quality Northwest fruits and vegetables. With over a century of experience, mostly family-owned, National Frozen Foods produces $200M+ in sales annually, employing up to 2,500 people during peak processing season. As Accounting Manager, I supervise seven direct reports, and work closely with other departments to ensure sound financial management. Clear verbal and written communication is key to my job, both in presenting formal financial reporting on a weekly and monthly basis, and in interacting with my team and other colleagues. My skill set involves being able to communicate effectively with everyone, whether I’m explaining financial issues to our CEO, presenting an idea to senior management, coordinating with the Sales Department to analyze client profitability and offer advice on customer retention, or working with the Controller to plan and maintain our budget. My areas of expertise include cash management, bank reporting and compliance, 1099 filing, census, and workers’ comp. I am the go-to expert in the company for interim and annual audits, and assist with yearly insurance renewals. Key Achievements: • Change Management: I lead my staff through two buy-outs, gathering due diligence, and keeping them informed and motivated during the transition. • Staff Development: In addition to cross-training my staff, my motivational leadership style improved morale, and resulted in a staff eager to grow their own skills. • Systems Improvement: I transitioned accounts payable to a paperless system, shaving 3-5 days off the vouchering process. • Innovative Solutions: I worked with the Sales Team to develop a margin analysis allowing us to immediately assess the impact of a bid on live bidding and contract negotiations, resulting in the most profitable year in company history: $17.5M net income. • Cost Reduction: I cut annual property taxes by $150K by researching and identifying tax exemption programs.

E&E Foods was established in 1932. And since then we have been sourcing and processing only the finest fin fish to bring to market. We are a wholesale packer producer, located strategically through out Alaska and Washington, with 7 shore plants and 1 processing vessel, we are sure to have what your looking for. Give our office a call and talk to one of our knowledgeable sales representatives today! We love to talk fish!

Fran's Chocolates is a Seattle-based, family-owned company founded by Fran Bigelow in 1982. Fran's passion for chocolates began with her first taste of French confections in 1969. The rich and delicate flavors captivated her senses unlike anything she had experienced. Her pursuit of perfection led to intense, exquisite confections and earned Fran's a following that has never stopped growing. Each confection is made in small batches with meticulous care in Fran's Seattle facility. In addition to production, Fran's Chocolates has three retail locations in the Greater Seattle area - Downtown, University Village and Bellevue. Fran's also wholesales to specialty food stores across the country and has an e-commerce website, franschocolates.com. Fran Bigelow is currently the president of Fran's Chocolates. Her daughter, Cornell MBA Andrina Bigelow, is CEO and her son, Dylan Bigelow, a graduate of the CIA Greystone, is the Director of Chocolate.

Northwest Baking Limited Partnership started as a joint venture between two local, multigenerational, family owned wholesale baking competitors; United States Bakeries, dba Franz Family Bakeries, and Gai’s Seattle Baking Company. Both companies had great success in independently serving QSR and retail customers in the region for several decades prior to coming together as Northwest Baking Limited Partnership Dba Pacific Northwest Baking Co. The driving force behind the formation of their partnership was a common customer served by both companies, McDonald’s. In 1987, McDonald’s wanted a single dedicated bakery to manufacture buns and soft rolls to serve their restaurants in the Pacific Northwest. Members of the McDonald’s Bakery Council and Supply Chain teams helped facilitate discussions between the two competitors, and construction of a dedicated McDonald’s bun bakery was started in 1988. Pacific Northwest Baking Co. started serving McDonald’s restaurants as a company in 1989. Our company has grown quite a bit through our nearly 30 years of service to the McDonald’s system. While we continue to serve more than 580 McDonald’s restaurants in six Western States with high quality buns and rolls, we have expanded our customer base to include some additional retail and restaurant businesses in the region.

RJ Reliance is the leading client-focused Human Capital Management solution and service partner. We combine decades of Human Capital Management (HCM) specialization and expertise with tailored, white-glove technology offerings to deliver transformative client outcomes. Our team is focused on driving results for our clients whether you have a large initiative, short-term engagement, modernization, or a unique need anywhere in-between. We enable our clients ability to: - Automate Anything - Gain Insights to Everything - Deliver Solutions Right, the First Time RJ Reliance’s expert advisors have worked with all major HCM providers and consistently deliver unrivaled ingenuity that aligns HCM technology with transformative automation. As an organization that champions operational excellence, RJ Reliance effectively deploys progressive innovation for organizations of all sizes, in every industry vertical worldwide for optimal agility and adaptability that consistently expedites a multifaceted ROI for our clients. RJ Reliance fosters a client-centric services model - ensuring a truly customizable experience and an overall optimization of the systems, services, people and processes that make up your business. No two organizations are exactly alike; therefore no client solution is either. Whether services or innovative technology, we tailor best-in-class, proven solutions to your firm.

Fonte Coffee Roaster is one of the original Seattle coffee roasters located in Seattle, Washington, United States. A pioneer of the third wave coffee scene operating both Fonte Coffee bars and Uptown Espresso bars throughout the seattle area.

M2H, located in the the Netherlands, was officially founded in 2009. We're a highly efficient game studio and one of the only studios to fully design, create, produce and self publish our own games. As we have no dependencies on external parties we have the unique position to create games we'd like to play. Multiplayer games, for all platforms, are our field of expertise.