Cole's Quality Foods was founded as a Grand Rapids, Mich., neighborhood bakery in 1943 by L. Caroll Cole. Wesley S. Devon joined Cole's in the early 1970s and introduced the first frozen garlic bread which ultimately created Cole s frozen garlic bread category of products. Wes' son, Scott Devon took over the business in 1990 and expanded the company's offerings into a variety of distinct, innovative products, including Texas Toast, Breadsticks and Cheese sticks. Most of the company s products are frozen and sold in freezer aisles of grocery stores throughout the United States. The company s products can be found in nearly all Wal-Mart Supercenters. The company provides original garlic bread, garlic mini-loaf, garlic toast, garlic mini-toast, Texas toast, breadsticks, cheese sticks, Mozz/Cheddar bread and variety packs. The company is headquartered in Grand Rapids.
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Founded in 1977, Pearson Foods Corporation is one of the largest fresh-cut food processing companies in the Midwest. It specializes in value-added fruits and vegetables for retail and food service distribution. The company employs approximately 200 people and operates a state-of-the-art 80,000-square foot facility with an in-house quality assurance laboratory. It offers over 200 fresh-cut fruits, vegetables and wholesale products to leading retail and food service customers across the Midwest under a variety of well-known names, such as Cooking Classics, Fresh Fiesta, Fresh Snax, Onion Ease and more. Pearson Foods Corporation also packages and distributes nationally branded products, including Brassica Protection Products, Green Giant Fresh, Lifeforce, Shoreline Fruit and Sun Yun Foods.
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