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The main qualification for a company to be included in Judge’s FOOD PROCESSORS NORTH AMERICA is that it must operate (own or lease) a food processing plant in USA, Canada or Mexico. Owning or marketing of a label or line of products does not qualify one as a food processor. Some industry segments are excluded such as carbonated and alcoholic beverages, salty snacks, and commercial and retail fresh bakeries.

Judge FOOD PROCESSORS NORTH AMERICA 2008 References:

• 3,070 Company names; 5,164 Brand Names
• 1,493 Companies that pack to customer specifications (Custom Pack)
• 1,796 Companies that will pack for Private Label or the “Buyer’s Label”
• 2,387 Operating Company Headquarters
• 4,254 Factories that produce 4,372 different products classified as follows:
  

Management Personnel included in Judge’s Food Processor Information Database have employer assigned job titles and appear in company records in the following categories:
Personnel Category	# of records		Judge Database Factories Process or package Foods as follows:
Plant Managers	3,208		1,911 Ship Refrigerated Foods
Presidents (Includes SVP and higher)	2,951		1,950 Freeze Foods
Technical/Quality	1,610		493 Pack Canned Foods
Sales or Marketing	1,542		443 Pack Foods in Glass
General Manager	1,471		123 Pack Aseptically
Financial	601		534 Pack Dry/Dehydrated
Admin. or Distrib.	561		429 Pack Food in Plastics.
Production	438		526 Factories process or pack mostly bulk, shelf stable foods in bulk, pouches, single serve, and other containers.
Engineering	286
Personnel	238
Raw Product	73
Miscellaneous	501
TOTAL:	13,480
			Factory Locations:
			Canada	529
			Mexico	42
			USA	3,683
			TOTAL:	4,254

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