Holiday

Holiday Stationstores is one of the leading chains of full-service convenience stores. The company operates more than 300 stores and over 100 franchise retail outlets in various U.S. states, including Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Iowa, Nebraska and Montana. Holiday Stationstores provides petroleum products, gasoline and diesel, as well as packaged food, general merchandise items and grocery products. The company offers products from various brands, such as Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Kraft, Nestle's, Kellogg's, Campbells, Tropicana, Gatorade and General Mills. It provides a range of dairy and bakery products that includes salads, sandwiches, burgers, muffins, cheese, butter and milk. The company also offers product distribution and training and development services. Holiday Stationstores is headquartered in Bloomington and maintains a location in New Ulm, Minn.

Captain Ken's Foods, founded in 1967, is a manufacturer of canned specialties. The company specializes in producing baked bean recipes, and follows the process of soaking beans overnight, and then slowly oven-baking them in commercial-sized ovens. Its line of products includes various chili recipes, Sloppy Joe, au gratin potatoes, taco meat, meatloaves, macaronis and beef. The company s products are fully cooked and packed frozen that preserves their homemade flavor and nutritional contents. Its distributors include broadliners, such as SYSCO, United States Foodservice, Reinhart, McLane Foodservice, Franchise Foodservice, and SORCE. The firm s end-users include institutional operators, local and regional restaurants, and fast-food chains. Captain Ken's Foods is located in St. Paul, Minn.