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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 2009 References:

• 3,055 Company names; 5,118 Brand Names
• 1,529 Companies that pack to customer specifications (Custom Pack)
• 1,773 Companies that will pack for Private Label or the “Buyer’s Label”
• 2,361 Operating Company Headquarters
• 4,248 Factories that produce 4,276 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	3,115		1,917 Ship Refrigerated Foods
Presidents (Includes SVP and higher)	2,963		1,924 Freeze Foods
Technical/Quality	1,549		474 Pack Canned Foods
Sales or Marketing	1,585		424 Pack Foods in Glass
General Manager	1,523		126 Pack Aseptically
Financial	607		563 Pack Dry/Dehydrated
Admin. or Distrib.	581		426 Pack Food in Plastics.
Production	439		496 Factories process or pack mostly bulk, shelf stable foods in bulk, pouches, single serve, and other containers.
Engineering	285
Personnel	289
Raw Product	68
Miscellaneous	511
TOTAL:	13,545
			Factory Locations:
			Canada	518
			Mexico	39
			USA	3,691
			TOTAL:	4,248

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