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Snack Food Producers

OHIO - PENNSYLVANIA

MARION
WYANDOT, INC.
135 Wyandot Ave., Marion, OH 43302
Phone (740) 383-4031; (800) 992-6368
Fax (740) 382-2348
Internet: www.wyandotsnacks.com
Sales: $60,000,000. Employees: 350. Type: private
label. Type of heat processing equipment: band
ovens, cookers, tunnel ovens, extruders, poppers, fryers.
Corn-based: corn chips, corn curls, caramel corn,
cheese balls, curls, puffs, toasted corn. Other grain
based: extruded snacks. Corn-based brands: Munch
Mates. Potato-based brands: Munch Mates.
Personnel: Executive vice-president, operations - Rex
Parrott.

NORTH RIDGEVILLE
*POPPEE'S POPCORN CO.
(Shearer's Foods, Inc.)
38727 Taylor Parkway, North Ridgeville, OH 44039
Phone (440) 327-0775 * Fax (440) 327-9349
Type: branded, private label. Type of heat processing
equipment: poppers. Corn-based: popcorn, corn curls,
caramel corn, cheese balls, curls, puffs. Corn-based
brands: Jenny's Old Fashioned.

PORTSMOUTH
SAVORY FOODS, INC.
2240 Sixth St., P.O. Box 1604,
Portsmouth, OH 45662-4787
Phone (614) 796-4881
E-mail: savoryfoods@adelphia.net
Sales: $5,000,000. Employees: 55. Type: branded,
private label. Type of heat processing equipment:
poppers, fryers. Meat snacks: pork rinds. Other
product brands: Savory, Porkies, Southern Style. All
product brands: Porkies, Savory, Southern Style,
private label.
Personnel: Vice-president - Marcia L. Sanderlin;
General manager - Les Jannings.

YOUNGSTOWN

PENNSYLVANIA

PESCE BAKERY PRODUCTS
45 N. Hine St., Youngstown, OH 44506-1203
Phone (330) 746-6537 * Fax (330) 746-6672
Sales: $1,000,000. Employees: 12. Route trucks:
5. Transport trucks: 7. Pizza: dough, shells. Wheatbased brands: Pesce. All product brands: Pesce.
Personnel: General route supervisor - Al Cubellis;
Plant manager - Greg Jones.

ALTOONA

ZANESVILLE
*CONN POTATO CHIP CO., INC.
1805 Kemper Ct., Zanesville, OH 43701
Phone (740) 452-4615; (866) 486-4615
Route trucks: 30. Potato-based: potato chips. Potatobased brands: Conn's.
Personnel: General manager - Mose Mesre.

OKLAHOMA
ALVA
VALUED ADDED PRODUCTS COOPERATIVE
2101 College Blvd., Alva, OK 73717
Phone (580) 327-0400 * Fax (580) 327-0314
Pizza: dough.
Personnel: Chief executive officer - Mike Dunker;
Plant manager - Harry Dunker.

TULSA

WELLSTON
*GENERAL MILLS, INC.
2403 S. Pennsylvania Ave., Wellston, OH 45692
Phone (740) 286-2170
Internet: www.generalmills.com
Other grain based: breadsticks. Pretzels: twists, sticks.
Snack/Party/Other: party snack mixes.
Personnel: Plant manager - John Komer

WOOSTER
*FRITO-LAY, INC.
1626 Old Mansfield, Wooster, OH 44691-9056
Phone (330) 262-1070 * Fax (330) 264-4881
Corn-based: corn chips. Potato-based: potato chips.

HERMISTON
*SNACK ALLIANCE, INC.
78035 Hwy. 207, Hermiston, OR 97838
Phone (541) 564-8120 * Fax (541) 564-9261
Internet: www.snackalliance.com
Type: branded, private label. Type of heat processing
equipment: extruders, poppers, fryers. Corn-based:
corn chips, popcorn, caramel corn, cheese twists. Other
grain based: extruded snacks, rice cakes, snacks.
Pellet-based: pellets. Potato-based: potato chips. All
product brands: Granny Goose, Clover Club, Laura
Scudder, Thin and Crispy, Country Crisps, Riceworks.

SALEM

*BIRDS EYE FOODS
(Snyder of Berlin)
1313 Stadium Dr., Berlin, PA 15530
Phone (814) 267-4641 * Fax (814) 267-5648
E-mail: rkereston@birdseyefoods.com
Internet: www.birdseyefoods.com
Sales: $60,800,000. Employees: 340. Route trucks:
125. Type: branded, private label. Type of heat
processing equipment: cookers, tunnel ovens,
extruders, poppers, fryers. Corn-based: corn chips,
popcorn, corn curls, cheese balls, curls, puffs. Pelletbased: air-expanded. Potato-based: potato chips.
Personnel: Sales and marketing - Mike Gaffney.

*WISE FOODS, INC.
228 Raseley St., Berwick, PA 18603
Phone (570) 759-4000 * Fax (570) 759-4165
E-mail: corporate@wisesnacks.com
Internet: www.wisesnacks.com
Sales: $200,000,000. Employees: 840. Transport
trucks: 50. Rail: yes. Type: branded, private label.
Type of heat processing equipment: cookers,
extruders, poppers. Corn-based: corn chips, popcorn,
corn curls, cheese balls, curls, puffs, toasted corn.
Potato-based: potato chips. Other grain-based
brands: Cheez Doodles.
Personnel: Plant manager - Ron Young.

OREGON

*KETTLE FOODS, INC.
(Mailing address: P.O. Box 664, Salem, OR 97308),
3125 Kettle Ct., S.E., Salem, OR 97301-5572
Phone (503) 364-0399 * Fax (503) 371-0882
Internet: www.kettlefoods.com
Type: private label. Corn-based: corn chips. Potatobased: potato chips. Snack/Party/Other: snack
nutmeats.
Personnel: President - Tim Fallon.

BERLIN

BERWICK

*BAMA FROZEN DOUGH LLC
(Bama Pie, Ltd.)
2435 N. Lewis Ave., Tulsa, OK 74104
Phone (918) 732-2606; (800) 756-2262
Fax (918) 732-2950
Internet: www.bama.com
Pizza: dough.
Personnel: Controller - Rocky Moore.

SIDNEY
MAMA ROSA'S, LLC
1910 Fair Rd., Sidney, OH 45365
Phone (937) 492-9155
E-mail: info@mama-rosas.com
Internet: www.mama-rosas.com
Employees: 250. Pizza: dough.
Personnel: Chairman, chief executive officer - John T.
Stout Jr.; President - Bill Mackin; Chief operating officer
- Tim Cranor.

BENZEL'S PRETZEL BAKERY, INC.
5200 Sixth Ave., Altoona, PA 16602
Phone (814) 942-5062 * Fax (814) 942-4133
E-mail: pretzels@benzels.com
Internet: www.benzels.com
Employees: 102. Type: branded, private label. Type
of heat processing equipment: band ovens, cookers,
tunnel ovens, extruders. Pretzels: twists, sticks, nuggets,
hard. All product brands: Pennysticks, Benzel's.
Personnel: President - Ann M. Benzel;
Vice-president - William Benzel.

BRISTOL
Toad-Ally Pretzels, Inc.
(Signature Snacks)
(Brynwood Partners)
1410 Farragut Ave., Bristol, PA 19007
Phone (215) 788-3395
Corn-based: caramel corn. Pretzels: sticks.

CANONSBURG
*TROYER FARMS
(Troyer Potato Products)
42 Swihart Rd., Canonsburg, PA 15317-6021
Phone (724) 746-1162 * Fax (724) 746-1167
Internet: www.troyerfarms.com
Sales: $5,000,000. Type: branded. Potato-based:
potato chips. Pretzels: hard. All product brands: DanDee, Troyer Farms.
Personnel: Manager - Craig Troyer.

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