John Soules Foods is a producer of several value-added meat products. Located in Tyler, Texas, the company s facility occupies an area of more than 100,000 square feet and is approved by the Department of Agriculture. Its products include fajitas, patties, meatballs, beef crumbles, marinated steaks and breaded products. The company distributes its products to food service distributors, multiunit restaurant groups and retail markets. It employs food microbiologists and scientists who conduct regular microbiological testing. The company s in-house quality laboratories are equipped with product-tracking systems and metal detection equipment. Additionally, John Soules Foods offers a range of employee benefits that include health insurance and on-job training.
Frito-Lay is the convenient food division of PepsiCo. It is an international company that markets and sells corn and potato chips and other snack food items. It was formed in 1961 as a result of the merger between the Fritos Company and Atlanta-based H.W. Lay & Company. Frito-Lay has a staff of more than 44,000 employees and over 30 manufacturing facilities throughout the United States. The company markets and sells its products under the brand names of Lay's, Fritos, Cheetos, Baken-ETS, Ruffles, Doritos, Funyuns, Tostitos, Baked Lay's, Sunchips, Munchies, Oberto and Rold Gold. It offers a variety of products, such as cheese flavored snacks, tortilla chips, onion flavored rings, natural and organic snacks, cookies and meat snacks.
