| Armanino Foods of Distinction, Inc. engages in the production and marketing of frozen and refrigerated food products, including pesto and other Italian-style sauces, stuffed and flat pasta products, focaccia, cooked meat and poultry products, and garlic spread/dip products. These products are marketed through a network of food brokers and sold to retail and foodservice distributors, club type stores, and industrial accounts. Many of these products are sold under two separate labels, namely the Italian Holiday label, which services government type institutional customers, as well as foodservice customers; and the Bay City brand label, which serves retail meat and deli customers, as well as foodservice customers in the western region of the U.S. The company's line of refrigerated products includes the Garlic Zing product line, which is sold only under the Garlic Zing label to retail customers in the western region of the U.S. The company markets a line of pesto sauces, which are available in six varieties: basil, classic ligurian basil, cilantro, dried tomato-garlic, roasted red bell pepper, artichoke, and chipotle, as well as a white sauce and a mushroom sauce. Its line of frozen stuffed pastas, both cooked and uncooked, includes meat, chicken, lobster shrimp, butternut squash and cheese ravioli and jumbo cheese ravioli; cheese raviolini; meat filled or plain dough and cheese filled or tri-color, green or white dough tortellini; and tri-color and white dough capelletti, manicotti, and stuffed shells. Its frozen cooked meat and poultry product line consists of cooked meatballs, beef, pork and veal patties, chicken nuggets, chicken strips, chicken patties, and uncooked beef liver and beef fritter for chicken fry. Its new line of Garlic Zing refrigerated products, which may be used as a sandwich spread, dip, or topping, includes five flavors, namely original, tomato basil, roasted red bell pepper, jalapeno, and dill. Armanino Foods of Distinction, Inc. was incorporated in 1986. The company has its Principal Executive Offices in Hayward, California. |
