Iowa Products 2021

E & J Gallo Winery
Modesto, California
Since 1933, E & J Gallo Winery has kept its focus firmly planted on
producing world class wines and providing outstanding customer
service. In addition, E & J Gallo Winery’s commitment to the
environment, to Iowa retailers and the grocery industry has led
it to be known and respected as leaders in the industry.
From humble beginnings, E & J Gallo Winery has grown into the
largest family-owned winery in the world today, with 15 family
members, spanning three generations of the Gallo family, actively
working in the business. Headquartered in Modesto, California,
E & J Gallo Winery remains a privately-held and ever-growing
company that employs more than 7,000 people worldwide. With
products available in more than 110 countries, E & J Gallo Winery
is the largest exporter of California wine and imports wines from
Argentina, France, Italy, New Zealand and Spain. The company
owns wineries strategically located in wine regions throughout
California and Washington with over 23,000 acres of vineyards
across the state of California.
As part of PepsiCo, our mission is to create more smiles with every
sip and every bite by Winning with Purpose. That is, winning in the
marketplace, accelerating growth and keeping our commitment to the
planet and our communities. A clear set of strategies that will make us
Faster, Stronger, and Better, define this vision.
What’s more, we believe every consumer should have access to their
favorite snack, everywhere. We own the manufacturing process from
seed to shelf and actively invest in technology to automate key steps
of the process. This helps us be more agile in what we need to make,
who we need to make it for, and how we can best deliver it to snack
lovers from coast to coast.
Frontier Co-op
Norway, Iowa
Hiland Dairy
Springfield, Missouri
Locally made, naturally delicious Hiland Dairy, based in Springfield,
Missouri, is a leading farmer-owned dairy foods company.
Consumers love our products including Hiland Dairy ice cream,
milk, butter, cheese, and eggnog. Hiland Dairy has expanded
beyond dairy and has a wide variety of other beverages, such as
Red Diamond Tea, iced coffees, lemonade, and fresh juices.
As a farmer-owned company, Hiland employs more than 2,500
people across Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and
Texas. Hiland’s farmer-owners are just miles from the Hiland
processing plants where our fresh milk goes from the farm to
the shelves within 48 hours. This speedy process is environmentfriendly
and gives the signature fresh taste to all Hiland products!
Hiland strongly believes in community and is committed to our
environment. Using eco-friendly processes, Hiland continues to
provide wholesome dairy to a healthy world. Learn more at
www.HilandDairy.com.
The Iowa Lottery
Clive, Iowa
At the Iowa Lottery, we extend our sincere thanks and appreciation
to our retailers in all 99 counties for helping us to achieve record
results for Iowa. Together, we are continuing a significant history of
responsibly generating revenues for important state causes. But it’s
so much more than that.
For 36 years in Iowa, retailers’ work in selling lottery tickets has
not only meant dependable help for state initiatives, but we have
created prize winners while driving local economies across the
state. In fiscal year 2021, that added up to record results in all
categories: lottery sales, proceeds to state causes, prizes to players,
and commissions paid to Iowa businesses.
We’re proud of all we’ve accomplished together and look forward to
ongoing work with you in delivering a local entertainment option for
the Iowans we serve.
Fareway Stores, Inc.
Boone, Iowa
Fareway Stores, Inc. is a growing Midwest grocery company based
in Boone, Iowa, which currently operates 129 store locations in
Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, South Dakota and
coming soon to Kansas.
Fareway holds family values in the highest regard, demonstrating
integrity, fairness, and honesty in relationships with customers,
employees, vendors, and suppliers. We are committed to a
foundation of personalized service and quality food distribution,
including an unmatched, full-service meat department; farmfresh
produce; low, competitive prices; and to-your-car carryout
service. Our mission is to provide the highest quality, freshest
product available, while treating customers like family and valuing
employees beyond measure.
Fareway is a family-owned business, and a top 10 employer in Iowa,
with over 12,000 employees in a six-state region.
Frito-Lay
Plano, Texas
Frito-Lay is comprised of 29 snack brands, over 55,000 dedicated
Frito-Lay employees and enough potatoes per year to reach to the
moon and back (if they were stacked end to end). We aren’t kidding
when we say we go the extra mile to bring you your favorite snacks.
Founded in 1976 and based in Norway, Iowa, Frontier Co-op offers
a full line of natural and organic products under the Frontier Co-op,
Simply Organic ® , Plant Boss ® and Aura Cacia ® brands. Products
include culinary herbs, spices and baking flavors; bulk herbs and
spices; and aromatherapy products. Frontier Co-op’s goal is to provide
consumers with the highest-quality products while supporting and
promoting social and environmental responsibility.
For more information, visit Frontier Co-op’s website at
www.frontiercoop.com
Graziano Brothers
Des Moines, Iowa
Graziano Brothers, Inc. began as a neighborhood grocery store in
1912, fulfilling the dream of two Italian immigrant brothers, Francesco
and Luigi Graziano. Over a century later and still family owned,
Graziano Brothers proudly continues to produce the same fresh
Italian sausage reminiscent of the Calabrian flavors the brothers
remembered as children.
Today, not only can consumers enjoy our Traditional style, we also
offer Extra-Hot, Sweet, Garlic, and Andouille-Style Cajun sausages.
We also specialize in Italian imported and domestic food items most
customary in traditional Italian cuisine. Consumers enjoy the personal
family approach to service when visiting our retail store, still located at
the original site. We also provide services to foodservice and grocery
establishments. Learn more at www.grazianobrothers.com.
Hormel
Austin, Minnesota
Hormel Foods Corporation, based in Austin, Minnesota, is a
multinational manufacturer and marketer of consumer-branded
food and meat products, many of which are among the best known
and trusted in the food industry.
The company leverages its extensive expertise, innovation and high
competencies in pork and turkey processing and marketing to bring
branded, value-added products to the global marketplace. At five
manufacturing locations throughout Iowa, the company produces
Hormel ® Cure 81 ® hams, Hormel ® Natural Choice ® products,
Hormel ® pepperoni, Hormel ® Compleats ® and Hormel ® canned
meat products. The company enjoys a strong reputation among
consumers, retail grocers, food service and industrial customers for
products highly regarded for quality, taste, nutrition, convenience
and value. For more information, visit www.hormelfoods.com.
Hy-Vee, Inc.
West Des Moines, Iowa
Hy-Vee, Inc. is an employee-owned corporation operating more
than 285 retail stores across eight Midwestern states with sales
of more than $12 billion annually. The supermarket chain is
synonymous with quality, variety, convenience, healthy lifestyles,
culinary expertise and superior customer service. Hy-Vee ranks
in the Top 10 Most Trusted Brands and has been named one of
America’s Top 5 favorite grocery stores. The company’s more
than 91,000 employees provide “A Helpful Smile in Every Aisle” to
customers every day. For additional information, visit www.hy-vee.com.
Kemps
St. Paul, Minnesota
Kemps is a subsidiary of Dairy Farmers of America and as such has
8,000 dairy farmer owners located throughout the U.S. The St. Paul,
Minnesota-based company also has a proud tradition of supplying
families throughout the Midwest not only ice cream but an entire
array of wholesome dairy products. It manufactures fresh milk,
frozen yogurt, frozen novelties, sour cream, cottage cheese, yogurt
and dips, and is unique in that all of its profits go back to the dairy
farmers and their families.
Kemps roots date back to 1914 when it began as a small creamery
located in Southeastern Minnesota. Today, Kemps has grown
to include six manufacturing facilities – an ice cream plant in
Rochester, Minn., a cultured-products plant in Farmington,
Minnesota, and milk plants in LeMars, Iowa, Minneapolis, Fargo,
North Dakota and Cedarburg, Wisconsin.
“Our mission at Kemps is to ‘nourish families’ by providing dairy
products that will help grow healthy minds and bodies, to support
families through involvement in our communities and to sustain
one another as a family of employees,” says Greg Kurr, CEO of
Kemps. “Our commitment to taste and quality has remained high
since our company began more than 100 years ago.”
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