Hearthside Food Solutions LLC

One of every three toaster pastries consumed in the United States was produced by Schulze & Birch. The company creates a line of fruit-based baked snacks marketed under the Toast em Pop-ups and Snackin Fruits brands. Schulze & Birch has also been selected by a group of Fortune 500 companies to manufacture their proprietary and branded products. The products it manufactures include fruit filled snacks, multi-cereal bars, granola bars crackers, cereal and ingredients. Along with its corporate headquarters, the company has a research and development pilot plant and repackaging facility in Chicago. Paul Schulze Sr. established the company in 1896 as a major commercial bread bakery.

Founded in 1901, Quaker Oats Company manufactures and markets a range of breakfast cereals, oatmeal products, grits, pancake mixes, snacks, bars, in the United States and Canada. The company offers products under the brand names of Cap n Crunch, Life, Quisp, Mother s Natural Foods, Quaker 100% Natural Granola, Quaker Oatmeal Squares, Kretschmer Wheat Germ, Quaker Chewy Granola Bars and Quaker Toasted Oatmeal. In is a subsidiary of PepsiCo.