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Snack Food Producers

GEORGIA - ILLINOIS
equipment: cookers, fryers. Meat snacks: pork rinds.
Pellet-based: oil-expanded.
Personnel: Vice-president, plant manager - Laddie
Fulcher; General manager, sales manager - Tony
Berryhill.

HAWAII

QUALITY SNACK FOODS, INC.
4040 S. Normal Ave., Chicago, IL 60609-2722
Phone (773) 285-2120 * Fax (773) 285-8662
Sales: $30,000,000. Employees: 100. Transport
trucks: 1. Type: branded, resale, private label. Type of
heat processing equipment: cookers, poppers, fryers.
Meat snacks: pork rinds. Pellet-based: pellets, oilexpanded. Pellet-based brands: Prairieland.
Personnel: President - Victor L. Sharp.

RUBSCHLAGER BAKING CORP.
3220 W. Grand Ave., Chicago, IL 60651
Phone (773) 826-1245
Type: branded. Other grain-based brands:
Rubschlager, Natural Preferences.
Personnel: President - Paul A. Rubschlager;
Secretary, treasurer - Joan Rubschlager.

HILO
ATEBARA POTATO CHIPS CO., INC.
717 Manono St., Hilo, HI 96720
Phone (808) 969-9600 * Fax (808) 961-0885
Type: branded. Type of heat processing equipment:
fryers. Corn-based: corn chips. Potato-based: potato
chips.
Personnel: Plant manager - Darryl Tsue.

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CHESTER
*GILSTER MARY LEE CORP.
1037 State St., P.O. Box 227, Chester, IL 62233
Phone (618) 826-2361 * Fax (618) 826-2973
Transport trucks: 200. Rail: yes. Type: branded,
private label. Type of heat processing equipment:
poppers. Corn-based: popcorn.
Personnel: President, general manager - Donald E.
Welge; Plant superintendent - Joe Choate.

CHICAGO
AZTECA FOODS, INC.
5005 S. Nagle Ave., Chicago, IL 60638
Phone (708) 563-6600; (800) 475-7997
Fax (708) 563-0331
Internet: www.aztecafoods.com
Type: branded. Type of heat processing equipment:
band ovens, cookers, fryers. Corn-based: corn chips.
Personnel: President - Art Velasquez; Executive vicepresident - Joanne Velasquez; Sales and marketing
manager - Renee Togher; Regional manager - Fred
Zeilner; Regional manager - Rick Trotman; Purchasing
manager, packaging - Jim Togher.
*BRIDGFORD FOODS CORP.
170 N. Green St., Chicago, IL 60607
Phone (312) 733-0300 * Fax (312) 733-0320
Type: branded. Type of heat processing equipment:
cookers. Meat snacks: beef jerky, sausage sticks.
Personnel: Plant manager - Baron Bridgford.
EVANS FOOD PRODUCTS CO.
4118 S. Halsted St., Chicago, IL 60609
Phone (773) 254-7400; (866) 254-7400
Fax (773) 254-7791
E-mail: sales@evansfood.com
Internet: www.evansfood.com
Sales: $90,000,000. Employees: 278. Transport
trucks: 3. Rail: yes. Type: branded, private label. Type
of heat processing equipment: cookers, fryers. Meat
snacks: pork rinds. Pellet-based: oil-expanded.
Personnel: Chairman - Alejandro Silva; President,
chief executive officer - Alan Sussna; Controller -
Steven Pavicich; Vice-president, production - Hector
Guerra; Sales, marketing - James Speake; Marketing
manager - Kim Turner.

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