Clients

Blue Chip Clients

Food Consultants Group members have worked with hundreds of food industry companies worldwide. Drawing on this experience from within the group gives our members an unprecedented ability to understand and work with key industry trends and concerns.

• RESTAURANT CHAINS

  • A Modo Mio Cucina
  • Acapulco
  • American Bandstand
  • AM/PM Mini Mkt.
  • Applebees
  • Aramark
  • Arby’s
  • Barone’s
  • Baskin-Robbins
  • Beach Grill at Padaro
  • Big 4 Restaurants
  • Black Eye Pea
  • Beckham Place/Grill
  • Bistro 45
  • Blues City B-B-Q
  • Bonanza
  • Border Grill
  • Boston Market
  • Bourbon Street Cafe
  • Brigham’s
  • Brinker Intl.
  • Brueggers Bagel Bakery
  • Buca Di Beppo
  • Burger King
  • Busch Gardens
  • California Pizza Kitchen
  • Captain D’s
  • Carl’s
  • Carvel Ice Cream
  • Chevy’s Fresh Mex
  • Chi Chi’s
  • Chowbaby.com
  • Chuck E. Cheese
  • Church’s Chicken
  • Circus Circus
  • Cobbler Cafe
  • Coco’s
  • Coffee Bean & Tea
  • Cohn Restaurant Group
  • Cracker Barrel
  • Creative Host Services
  • Crustacean Foods
  • Daka International
  • Delaware North
  • Del Taco/Naugles
  • Denny’s
  • Diedrich’s Coffee
  • Disneyland
  • East Coast Bagel
  • El Cholo
  • El Pollo Inka
  • El Pollo Loco
  • El Torito
  • Family Restaurants
  • Gladstone’s Malibu
  • Garden Center Cafe
  • Godfather Pizza
  • Golden Corral
  • Great Food Place
  • Haagen-Dazs Ice Cream
  • Hansen’s Juice Creations
  • Hard Rock USA
  • Hero’s Restaurant & Bar
  • Hof’s Hut
  • In-N-Out Burger
  • J&J Restaurants
  • Jack-in-Box
  • Johnny Rockets
  • KFC
  • Keystone Grill
  • King’s Hawaiian Restaurant+ Bakery
  • Lago’s
  • La Salsa
  • Lawry’s Restaurants
  • Les Freres Taix
  • Long John Silvers
  • Lucielle’s
  • Marie Callender’s
  • Marriott
  • McDonald’s
  • McNamara’s
  • Miami Subs Grille
  • Mimi’s Café
  • Orange Julius
  • Original Pantry
  • Outback Steakhouses
  • Panda Express
  • Pane Fresca Pizza
  • Papa John’s Pizza
  • Pelican Point
  • Peregrine Restaurants
  • Paragon Restaurants
  • Phillippe’s
  • Pizza Hut
  • PJ United
  • Ponderosa
  • Popeye’s Fried Chicken
  • Po Folks
  • Real Mex
  • Red Robin
  • Reggiano’s
  • Rest. Ent. Group
  • Ruby’s Restaurants
  • San Diego Yacht Club
  • Saddle Ranch Chop House
  • Sbarro
  • Scott’s Seafood Grill & Bar
  • Seafood Broiler
  • Shakey’s
  • Shoney’s
  • Shula’s Steak House
  • Sizzler
  • Sonic Foods
  • Specialty Restaurants
  • Starbucks
  • Stuart Andersons
  • Summit House
  • Swensen’s
  • Souplantation
  • Starwood
  • Stuft Pizza
  • Taco Bell
  • Taco Viva
  • The Lobster
  • 360 Degree Gourmet Burritos
  • Taste of Italy
  • Tony Roma’s
  • UCLA
  • USC
  • Weinerschnitzel
  • Wendy’s
  • Western Sizzlin’
  • Winchells
  • Wolfgang Puck

• EQUIPMENT MFGRS.

  • Blodgett
  • Culligan
  • Dacor Appliances
  • FMC
  • Froth Au Lait
  • General Electric
  • Huffman
  • Miele
  • SRC Vision
  • Thermador
  • Zojirushi America

• FOOD MANUFACTURERS

  • Alcoa
  • Adaptgen
  • Ajinomoto
  • Anheuser Busch
  • Armanino
  • Artic Island
  • Atkins Diet Products
  • Aunt Nellie’s Foods
  • Authentic Specialty Foods
  • Bavarian Bros. Gourmet
  • Basic American
  • Benchmark Foods
  • Beverage Concepts
  • Black Mountain Gold Coffee
  • Borden Foods
  • Brothers Intl. Desserts
  • Budget Gourmet
  • Cargill
  • Cadbury Schweppes
  • California Foods
  • Calypso Bay Juice
  • Callaway Winery
  • Campbell Soup
  • Canadian Clear Springs
  • Chateaux Cheese
  • Chef America
  • Chef Francisco
  • Chicken of the Sea
  • Chipper’s Nuts
  • Chilay Foods
  • Chiquita Brands
  • Citrus World
  • Clausen Mixers
  • Clorox
  • Coca Cola
  • Conagra
  • Conis SRL
  • Continental Baking
  • Cooper Farms
  • Coor’s Beer
  • Corbin
  • Crustacean Secret Kitchen Foods
  • Dakota Farms
  • Danone
  • Deli Delight
  • Del Monte
  • Delyse
  • Diversified Avocado Products
  • Dole Foods
  • DP Private Co.
  • Dryer’s
  • El Molino Farms
  • Farm Stores Ice Cream & Dairy
  • Fish House Foods
  • Fishking/Mrs. Friday’s
  • Florida Crystals Natural Sugar
  • Food Corp, RSA
  • Food for Life Baking
  • Foremost Dairies
  • Fresh Food Concepts
  • Frito Lay
  • Fuji Chemical Ind.
  • Gelsinger’s
  • General Mills
  • Gilbert H. Brockmeyer
  • Global Performance Technologies
  • Golden Dipt/DCA
  • Grande Foods
  • Great Western Sugar
  • Griffith Labs
  • Grimmway Farms
  • Haagen Daz
  • Heiden Foods
  • H.J.Heinz
  • Hoffy Meats
  • Homemade Baby
  • Hormel
  • Imagine Foods
  • Instore Nuitrition
  • International Chili Society
  • Irvings& Johnson, RSA
  • Ittella Foods
  • Jamba Juice
  • Jean’s Posh Pantry
  • Jenny Craig
  • Jerseymaid
  • J&J Snack Foods
  • Jo’s Candies
  • Jon-Lin Frozen Foods
  • Kellogg
  • Kemin Foods
  • King’s Hawaiian
  • Knott’s Foods
  • Knudsen Dairy
  • Kraft
  • Lamb Weston
  • LaMont Winery
  • La Perta
  • LA Smoking and Curing
  • Laura Scudder
  • LaVictoria
  • Lawry’s Foods
  • Lee’s Dragon Fire Thai Marinades
  • Lever Bros.
  • Ling’s
  • Lipton
  • Little Miss Muffin
  • Luna Rossa
  • Lupita’s
  • Mariani Packing
  • Marie Callender’s Croutons
  • Marketfare Foods
  • Mars
  • Mauna Loa Macadamia Nut
  • McCormick
  • McKesson Water
  • Melissa’s Produce
  • Mike’s LifeStyle Gourmet Dinners
  • Miller Brewing
  • Morehouse Foods
  • Mr. & Mrs. “T”
  • Mrs. Cubbisons
  • Mrs. Grace Cakes
  • Mrs. Rogers
  • Nabisco
  • Nallys Foods
  • Nash Finch/Alfa Trading
  • National Sea Products
  • Nestle
  • Nissin Foods
  • Niitakaya
  • Novamex
  • Ocean Spray Cranberries
  • Odwalla
  • Old Mother Hubbard
  • Olive Products
  • Okami
  • Overhill Farms
  • Owens County Sausage
  • Pasta 101
  • Pillsbury
  • Pleasant Farms
  • Precision
  • Presto Foods
  • Pritikin Bread
  • Procter & Gamble
  • Project LTD
  • Quaker Oats
  • Ralston Purina
  • RC Cola
  • Ready Pac Produce
  • Red 88
  • Renoir Water
  • Rubbermaid
  • Robert Mondavi Wines
  • Rodor
  • Rose & Shore
  • Saguaro Food Products
  • San Francisco French Bread
  • Santa Barbara Smoke House
  • Santee Dairies
  • Sara Lee
  • Schering Labs
  • Seawind Intl.
  • Senor Felix Mexican
  • Serv-A-Portion
  • Simplot
  • Snow Brand Milk
  • Sojitz
  • Solana Beach Baking Co.
  • Sonoma Salsa
  • Southland Brands
  • Soy Caviar
  • Sparkletts
  • Sweet Adelaide’s
  • Sundance Foods
  • Sunny D’s
  • Sun Maid
  • SunRoma Tomatoes
  • Sushico
  • Table Maid
  • Tastykake
  • Three Star
  • Tommy Lasorda Pasta Sauce
  • Tony Roberts
  • Traditional Baking
  • Tropical Preserves
  • Tropicana
  • Truco Enterprises
  • Tumaro’s Gourmet Tortillas
  • Tyson
  • Unilever
  • Union Carbide
  • Valley Fresh Foods
  • Valley Spuds and Produce
  • Village Green
  • Vita Fresh
  • Vimpex International
  • Welch’s
  • Wilson Foods
  • YoCream Intl.

• FUNCTIONAL FOOD/VITAMIN MFGR.

  • American-Qualex
  • Borba
  • Benson’s Coffee
  • Catalina Lifesciences
  • Green Foods
  • Hero Nutritional Products
  • Kramer Laboratories
  • Leiner Health Products
  • Natrol Inc.
  • Nestec
  • Nordic Naturals
  • Nova Pharmaceuticals
  • Nutrilite Supplements
  • Omni Nutraceuticals
  • Rainbow Light
  • RidgeCrest
  • Santa Cruz Nutritionals
  • SciVari

• SPECIALITY RETAILERS

  • Ann’s House of Nuts
  • Balducci’s
  • Castle Parks
  • Cheesecake and Dessert Factory Outlet
  • Good Karmal
  • Harry & David
  • House of Almonds
  • Morrrows
  • Plaza Deli
  • Quaker Coffee Co.
  • Sweet Factory

• DISTRIBUTORS

  • Amcon
  • Amerserve
  • Appa Fine Foods
  • Certified Grocers of Am.
  • Core-Mark International
  • Cuisine Solutions
  • Deep Ocean Lobsters
  • Golden State Foods
  • Illinois Range
  • IJ Company
  • McKesson
  • Merchants Refrigerating
  • Nature’s Best
  • P & O Cold Logistics
  • Proficient Foods
  • Prosource
  • Sage Ent.
  • Smart & Final Iris
  • Sysco/CFS
  • UNFI
  • US Foodservice
  • Victory Foodservice

• SUPERMARKETS/MASS MERCHANDISERS

  • Albertson’s
  • Farm Stores (Convenience Stores)
  • Costco
  • CVN/QVC
  • El Brillante Market
  • Gelson’s
  • Jensen’s
  • Kash’N Karry
  • Long’s Drug Stores
  • Malone & Hyde
  • Publix
  • Rite Aid
  • Safeway
  • Sedano’s
  • Smart & Final
  • Southland (7-11 Stores)
  • Super Rite Foods
  • The Garden Market
  • Trader Joe’s
  • Vallarta Supermarkets
  • Von’s
  • Whole Foods
  • Wild Oats

• ADVERTISING & MKT. RES. AGENCIES

  • Asian Markets Research
  • BBDO
  • Campbell-Mithun
  • DAIWA Institute of Research
  • Dentsu
  • DDB Needham
  • Design on Food
  • Evans Group
  • Fahlgreen & Ferris
  • Food Group
  • Ketchum
  • Kiner
  • Lee & Assoc
  • Leo Burnett
  • Londre
  • Marlin
  • NW Ayer
  • Publicis, Inc.
  • Scott
  • Saatchi & Saatchi
  • Siboney USA
  • Strahan
  • True North Communications

• ASSOCIATIONS/COMMISSIONS

  • AlaskanFisheries Development
  • Bord Bia–Irish Food Board
  • Cal. Avocado Comm.
  • Cal. Egg Commission
  • CA Manufacturing Technology Center
  • California Pistachio Comm.
  • California Restaurant Assn.
  • California Strawberry Commission
  • Canadian External Affairs
  • Cons. Assn. for Natural Products Ind.
  • Florida Citrus Commission
  • Idaho Onion Comm.
  • Inst. Of Food Technologists
  • Int’l. Fresh-Cut Produce Assn
  • Mushroom Council
  • National Food Brokers Assn
  • National Rest. Assn.
  • National Turkey Fed.
  • New England Fisheries Dev.
  • Organic Trade Association
  • Oregon Potatoes
  • Roundtable for Food Professionals
  • Rural Industries R & D Dev.
  • Salmon Marketers Intl.
  • South African Dept. of Fisheries
  • Specialty Coffee Assn.
  • Texas Sweet Onions
  • U.S. Department of Commerce

• COOKBOOK PUBLISHERS

  • Barnes & Noble Pub.
  • Better Homes & Gardens
  • Golden Books
  • Kraft Foods
  • Putnam Pub.
  • Mouseworks (Disney)

• ON SITE FOOD SERVICE

  • Carilion Health System
  • Catholic Healthcare West
  • City of Banning, CA
  • Earl Warren Show Grounds
  • Juneau School District
  • Loma Linda Medical Center
  • NASA–Florida
  • Stanford University
  • Sutter Health
  • UCSB Manzanita Village
  • UCSF Medical Center
  • University of Michigan Health System
  • VA Medical Centers
  • West Covina USD

• FOOD BROKERS

  • Brokers Informational Network
  • Food Sales West
  • Pacific Specialty
  • Source Promotions
  • Superior Foods

• HOTELS

  • Colonial Inn
  • Dahn Corp.
  • Forte Hotels
  • Holiday Inns
  • Hyatt Hotels
  • Il Pianaccio
  • Marriott Hotels
  • Morongo Casino and Resort
  • James Northcutt Design
  • Navmar Corp.
  • Regent Beverly Wilshire
  • The Peninsula Group
  • The Real Estate Group

• ENTERTAINMENT

  • Disney Resort
  • Kennedy Space Center
  • Knotts Berry Farm

• BAKERIES

  • Bender Baking
  • Bon Appetit Gourmet
  • D’Angelo Bread
  • Debbie’s Delights
  • Éclair Bakery
  • Jeannie’s Bakeries
  • Jovi’s Delights
  • Kindred Cooking
  • Kohnen Country Bakery
  • Mani’s Bakery
  • Marcie’s Fine Foods
  • New Age Havana Bakery Café
  • Oliver’s Bakery
  • Olson’s Danish Bakery
  • Patisserie Swiss Bakery
  • Santa Barbara Baking
  • Victor Benes Bakeries

• CATERERS

  • Custom Catering
  • Michael’s On East
  • Patti George’s

• OTHER

  • BodyPure Now
  • Ernst & Young
  • DP Insurance
  • Kagan Life and Health Insurance
  • Millennium Risk Management and Ins.