101 Best North Carolina Food Processing Companies and Startups

February 8, 2023
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This article showcases our top picks for the best North Carolina based Food Processing companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Food Processing industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

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Top North Carolina Food Processing Startups

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5Metis

5Metis

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5Metis is a new pure-play discovery company for crop health.

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Seal the Seasons is a premium national local frozen food brand that makes locally grown and produced food available 365 days a year.

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The Mushroom Meat Co.

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B2B food tech company that transforms gourmet mushrooms and upcycled plant proteins into mushroom-based meats.

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Kepley BioSystems

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Kepley BioSystems offers ocean restorative technology to help stem the continued depletion of wild fish.

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Good Kitchen

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Delivers clean, sustainable, chef-driven meals to the doorsteps of active individuals with hectic schedules.

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Integra Foods

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Integra Foods is part of the Poultry Product Manufacturing Industry.

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Trinity Frozen Foods

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Trinity Frozen Foods grows over 50% of the sweet potatoes and is the acknowledged lead supplier of the type of sweet potato.

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Tribucha

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Tribucha is the largest kombucha brewery in the triangle of NC.

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Devil’s Foot Beverage

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Devil’s Foot Beverage is a new craft beverage company.

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Simple Kneads

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Simple Kneads makes artisan, gluten-free bread, made with whole food ingredients a clean label, no GMOs, and no eggs or dairy.

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Alrgn Bio

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Alrgn Bio is a Food Bioprocessing company providing hypoallergenic peanuts.

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Milkful

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Milkful lactation bars help support breast milk production for breastfeeding moms.

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BearWaters Brewing

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BearWaters Brewing Company was born from the passion of home brewing.

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Clean Eatz

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Clean Eatz is a restaurant.

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Watauga Butchery

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Watauga Butchery is a custom meat processor that offers ground beef packaging.

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RiceWrap Foods

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RiceWrap Foods is a food manufacturer that provides sushi rice.

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Epiphany Craft Malt

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Epiphany Craft Malt is converts raw barley and other cereals into malt for local brewers and distillers.

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Foodbuy

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Foodbuy is a largest foodservice procurement organization in North America.

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Verdesian Life Sciences

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Nutritional Catalysts, Seed Inoculants/Treatments and Plant Health Technologies

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Alamance Foods

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Alamance Foods manufactures private label water, flavored drinks, freeze pops, and aerosol whipped cream.

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Hissho Sushi

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Hissho Sushi’s mission is to provide the highest quality sushi and unparalleled customer service to consumers.

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Elior North America

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Elior North America enhances the lives of the people we serve through culinary innovation and a commitment to providing exemplary service.

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Atlantic Natural Foods

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Atlantic Natural Foods manufacture and distribute sustainable vegetarian foods and beverages with a focus on taste, nutrition, convenience.

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TriEst Ag Group

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Triest Ag Group offers unsurpassed service, innovative products, and expertise to distributors and applicators of soil fumigation products.

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House of Raeford Farms

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House of Raeford Farms is a poultry company.

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Villari

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Villari offers products such as fresh pork, sausages, smoked meat, and seasoning meat and provides food delivery and export services.

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TW Garner Food Company

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TW Garner Food Company manufactures a wide variety of gluten-free sauces, jams, salsa, and chips.

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Bone Suckin’ Sauce

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Bone Suckin’ Sauce is an online store that supplies sauces, food products, mustards, and seasonings.

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American Sprinkle

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American Sprinkle is a manufacturing company that produces and delivers sprinkles, confetti, colored sugar, and nonpareils products.

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The Ingredient House

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The Ingredient House is a quality-focused supplier of ingredients to the global food and beverage industry.

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Buchi

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Buchi is manufacturing nutrient-dense drinks.

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Nitta Gelatin USA

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Nitta Gelatin is a food and beverage company located in Morrisville.

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La Farm Bakery

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La Farm Bakery is an e-commerce platform and training company for baking industry.

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Royal Cake Company

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Royal Cake Company produces cookies, cereal bars and creme-filled cakes.

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Macro Snacks

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Macro Snacks is a snack company that provides protein snacks that are also balanced with other key macronutrients.

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3 Fish

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3 Fish is a seafood company that provides fresh, frozen, and made-to-order seafood meals.

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Harmony House Foods

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Harmony House Foods is a dehydrated and freeze-dried foods company.

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UniFresh

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UniFresh is a grocer and product merchant wholesale industry, supplying discriminating restaurants with a line of produce that is unique.

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Air Control

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Air Control, is a leading manufacturer of polypropylene casework and equipment for laboratories.

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Atlantic Fish Company

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Atlantic Fish Company focuses on developing cultivated seafood via cellular agriculture.

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Sycamore Brewing

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Sycamore Brewing is a manufacturer and seller of beers.

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White Street Brewing

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White Street Brewing is a beverage manufacturing company that offers a wide range of craft beers and taproom services.

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Delight Soy

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Delight Soy is a food and beverage company that offers a variety of meat substitutes with the option of soy.

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Ruth’s Salads

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Ruth’s Salads produces and distributes salads and spreads.

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Lance

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Lance is a food and beverage company.

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Old School Brand

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Old School Brand extends an online store offering a wide array of food products focusing on baking mixes, jar goods, and cornmeal.

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Memore

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Memore offers whole Mediterranean Diet inspired functional beverages.

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Brookwood Farms

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Brookwood Farms is a manufacturer of smoked meats and barbeque food products.

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Bass Farm Sausage

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Bass Farm Sausage is a food processing company that offers sausages, patties, souse, and meat products.

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Roots Hummus

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Roots Hummus is a supplier of food products.

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Showmars

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Showmars is a food manufacturing company.

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Kay Chemical Company

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Kay Chemical is a specializes in delivering customized programs to meet the unique food safety & sanitation of the QSR/Food Retail markets.

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Big Spoon Roasters

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Big Spoon Roasters is a food processing company that specialises in producing handcrafted nut butters and wholesome snack bars.

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Stockton Graham & Co

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Stockton Graham & Co is a specialty coffee roaster and wholesale beverage, equipment and accessory distributor located in Raleigh.

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Southern Pines Brewing Company

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Southern Pines Brewing Company is a beverage manufacturing company that specializes in the production of crafted beers and refreshments.

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Vanguard Culinary Group

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Vanguard Culinary Group markets protein products for the retail and foodservice marketplace.

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Milkco

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Milkco processes and co-packs fluid milk, dairy product, buttermilk, fruit juice, drinks and water bottles.

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MicroThermics

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MicroThermics is an information technology and biotechnology company.

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Quality Restaurant Group

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Quality Restaurant Group is a restaurant group that supplies food.

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The Peanut Roaster

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The Peanut Roaster has been providing gourmet roasted happiness and gourmet roasted nuts.

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Case Farms Chicken

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Case Farms is now a fully integrated poultry farming and processing group and one of the nation’s leading poultry producers.

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Renwood Mills

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Renwood Mills is a consumer goods company that sells flour and other baking products.

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Purple Crow

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Purple Crow is a food product manufacturer that provides flour tortilla, cheese dip, and rice pudding.

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So Good Pupusas

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So Good Pupusas is a food and beverage manufacturing company that offers pupusas, bebidas, drinks, and tortillas.

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Videri Chocolate Factory

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Videri Chocolate Factory provides an online store offering a variety of factory-processed chocolate food and drink products and gift items.

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Fuji Foods

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Fuji Foods is a manufacturer of flavors and flavor enhancers.

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Gilbert Foodservice

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Gilbert Foodservice is an outsource sales and marketing agency that represents top manufacturers in the foodservice industry.

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Union Street Bistro

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Union Street Bistro is a restaurant that offers catering and event services.

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Hickory Nut Gap

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Hickory Nut Gap is a producer of grass-fed and pasture-raised meats in the Southeast.

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Panaderia Artesanal

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Panaderia Artesanal is a bakery that provides cakes and baked foods.

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The 5th Quarter

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The mission of the company known as “Chalmers&Company LLC” is to provide prime southern hospitality accompanied

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Coker Feed Mill

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Coker Feed Mill is a food manufacturing company that produces livestock feed and essential minerals.

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Boston Gear

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Boston Gear is a supplier of power transmission products.

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Carolina Packers

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Carolina Packers produces sausages, bologna, chili, red hots, and bright leaf red hot dogs.

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K&W Cafeterias

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K&W Cafeteria provides online food ordering and delivery services.

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James Foods

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James Foods is a manufacturer of frozen gourmet starters and desserts.

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Carroll’s Foods

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Carroll’s Foods Inc was founded in 1939 with totally integrated pork and poultry agribusinesses in the world.

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Tropical Foods

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Tropical Foods provides dry fruits, snack mixes, nuts, and seeds in large commercial quantities.

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Farm Further

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Making better food for a better future. High quality food and sustainable growing practices is the bedrock of a healthy planet and society.

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Stefano’s

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Stefano’s specializes in producing cook-and-eat products that include appetizers, snacks, calzones, rip-and-dip sauces.

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Don Pancho Authentic Mexican Foods

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Don Pancho Authentic Mexican Foods provides food services.

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Piedmont Candy Company

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Piedmont Candy Company manufactures red bird peppermint and assorted candy puffs.

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Lusty Monk

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Lusty Monk manufactures mustards.

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Dressler’s Restaurant

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Dressler’s Restaurant provides appetizers, soups, salads, and wines.

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Your Perfect Cake

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Your Perfect Cake is a cake manufacturer that offers wedding cakes and cup cakes.

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Texas Pete

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Texas Pete manufactures wide range of sauces.

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Perkins Management Services

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Perkins Management Service engaged in catering, contract foodservice, cleaning and facility management services to its clients.

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Signature Seasonings

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Signature Seasonings produces gravy mixes, flavors, custom spice blends, and seasoning blends.

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Napasol

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Napasol is a machinery manufacturing company for food processing.

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Custom Confections

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Custom Confections is a bakery and cake shop.

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Bean Traders Coffee

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Bean Traders Coffee is a coffee shop that sells cold-brew coffee and roasted beans.

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Shipley Farms Beef

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Shipley Farms Beef is involved in the livestock business that provides beef meat.

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Beach Bagels

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Beach Bagels is a restaurant that provides baked bagels, espresso drinks, and breakfast.

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The Good Dog Company

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The Good Dog Company creates and sells a line of long-lasting, eco-friendly pet products to the general public.

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Vivo Ristorante

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Vivo Ristorante is a restaurant.

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Granite Falls Brewing Company

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Granite Falls Brewing Company is a brewery that provides handcrafted food and beverages.

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Cardinal Foods

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Cardinal Foods is a food processing company that supplies fruits and vegetables purees.

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Green Planet Catering

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Green Planet Catering is a locally owned and operated business that is unique not only to the Triangle area but the entire country.

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Barber Foods

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Barber Foods manufactures and distributes chicken products & also offers frozen products including stuffed chicken breasts, nuggets, etc.

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Dillsboro Chocolate Factory

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Dillsboro Chocolate Factory produces and sells chocolate, candy, coffee beans, and gifts.

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Freirich Foods

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Freirich Foods provides corned beef and meat products.

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