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101 Best North Carolina Food and Beverage Companies and Startups - Best Startup US

101 Best North Carolina Food and Beverage Companies and Startups

February 6, 2023
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This article showcases our top picks for the best North Carolina based Food and Beverage companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Food and Beverage industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.

We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.

We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:

  • Innovation
    • Innovative ideas
    • Innovative route to market
    • Innovative product
  • Growth
    • Exceptional growth
    • Exceptional growth strategy
  • Management
  • Societal impact

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Top North Carolina Food and Beverage Startups

Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.

Pairwise Plants

Pairwise Plants

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Pairwise is a purpose-driven food+tech company dedicated to building a healthier world through better fruits and vegetables.

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Empowering craft beverage producers to make more through our cloud-based business management software.

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FoodLogiQ

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FoodLogiQ provides a food traceability, food safety, food sustainability, and supply chain transparency software.

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321 Coffee

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321 Coffee is a coffee shop and roaster that provides work opportunities to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

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Murphy’s Naturals

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Murphy’s Naturals is a celebrate nature and inspire good through natural products.

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Dewey’s Bakery

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Dewey’s Bakery has had the privilege of offering customers deliciously sweet and savory treats that reflect the local flavors we love.

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Tiamat Sciences

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Tiamat Sciences makes plant-based growth factors & proteins for cell-culture

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Precision Fermentation

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Precision Fermentation offers a real-time monitoring solution that enhances control over the fermentation process.

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Improved Nature

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Improved Nature is a plant-based company offering a delicious, sustainable, and high-quality meat substitute.

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Counter Culture Coffee

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Counter Culture Coffee is a food and beverage company offering coffee and coffee making services.

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Seal the Seasons

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Seal the Seasons is a premium national local frozen food brand that makes locally grown and produced food available 365 days a year.

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Jellatech

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Jellatech is a B2B biotech business that produces pure, animal-free collagen and gelatin.

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SinnovaTek

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SinnovaTek is a developer of processing technologies for foods and bio-materials.

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Imperial Frozen Foods

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Imperial Frozen Foods was formed in 1957 as an extension of the Fruitcrest Preserve Company

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The Mushroom Meat Co.

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B2B food tech company that transforms gourmet mushrooms and upcycled plant proteins into mushroom-based meats.

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Abbys Better

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Abby’s Better Nut Butter offers healthy sweet, whether on toast, fruit, or by the spoonful.

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TRU Colors

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TRU Colors is a large for-profit brewery with a tightly integrated social mission—stop street violence and unite communities across America.

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Sustainable Food Ventures

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SFV backs globally early-stage founders building leading Future of Food companies that are: #Cell-based #Plant-based #Recombinant

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Foraged

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Etsy for Specialty Foods

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BIOMILQ

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BIOMILQ leverages breakthrough mammary biotechnology to produce human milk outside of the body to nourish a world to its full potential.

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MATI Energy

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MATI Energy is redefining energy drinks for health and function-driven consumers.

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Barvecue

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Barvecue is a food company that offers barbecues for vegetarians.

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Tryon Distributing

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Tryon Distributing is a wholesaler, distributor, and manufacture of beer, wine, and spirits.

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No Evil Foods

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No Evil Foods produces environmentally sustainable, socially conscious, plant-based food.

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ChowCall

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ChowCall provides food delivery services to military and civilian customers on and near military bases.

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PlantPure

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PlantPure is a food company that produces affordable plant-based foods and meals for home delivery.

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Induction Food Systems

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Induction Food Systems is a solid-state heating solution that improves food and beverage manufacturing and product development.

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Bevana

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Bevana is a platform that connects artisan beverage makers with the eager consumers they would otherwise be unable to reach.

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Good Kitchen

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Delivers clean, sustainable, chef-driven meals to the doorsteps of active individuals with hectic schedules.

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Durham Distillery

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Durham Distillery is a gin, vodka, and liqueur distillery that creates spirits that are both classic and contemporary.

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Social Beverage

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Social Beverage Company specializes in the production of alcoholic beverages.

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International Agriculture Group

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International Agriculture Group produces innovative tropical ingredients for the natural products and food and beverage markets.

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Village Juice & Kitchen

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Village Juice & Kitchen retails a variety of juices such as pressed, squeezed, ground, pureed, mixed, chopped, and crafted in-house.

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Delta Beverages

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Hemp-derived THC Beverages

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Creek Water Whiskey

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Creek Water Whiskey is a beverage company that offers and crafts American whiskey.

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Slingshot Coffee Company

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Slingshot Coffee Company specializes in single-origin Cold Brew Coffee and Cascara Tea.

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CurEat App LLC

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Restaurant finding App using curated chefs and other influencers

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CZero Foods

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CZero Foods is a software company that makes food operations easy and carbon-neutral.

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Tribucha

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Tribucha is the largest kombucha brewery in the triangle of NC.

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Devil’s Foot Beverage

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Devil’s Foot Beverage is a new craft beverage company.

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Riverbend Malt House

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Riverbend Malt House provides quality, locally sourced craft malt to the craft brewing and craft distilling industries.

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Mosi

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Mosi is the portable, multi brew infuser with mess-free attachments to make the perfect cup of anything.

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Untappd

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Untappd is an app that enables users to socially share and explore the world of beer with others.

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Broadtree Partners

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Broadtree Partners is an operationally-focused lower middle-market private equity firm.

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Next Glass

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Next Glass is dedicated to advancing the global beverage industry through innovative technology.

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Drink Sarilla

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Drink Sarilla is a healthy and flavorful bubbly drink, providing a streamlined source of focus and natural energy.

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Sneaky Penguin Brewing

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Sneaky Penguin Brewing is a beverage company that produces brewery beers.

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Lazy Hiker Brewing

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Lazy Hiker Brewing provides a community gathering place and serves craft beers.

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Simple Kneads

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Simple Kneads makes artisan, gluten-free bread, made with whole food ingredients a clean label, no GMOs, and no eggs or dairy.

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Hotchkiss Pecan Foods, Inc

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Snack Food Manufacturing

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Lazy Gator’s Hemp Farm

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Lazy Gator’s Hemp Farm is produces hemp oil.

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ALLPUR Nutrition

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ALLPUR Nutrition develops nutritious, chemical-free and consumer favorite beverages.

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SPX FLOW

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SPX FLOW is a manufacturing company that helps customers lower costs, increase uptime, save energy, reduce waste, and improve quality.

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Glean

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Glean is a food and beverage company that delivers healthy and fresh foods to its consumers.

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Milkful

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Milkful lactation bars help support breast milk production for breastfeeding moms.

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BearWaters Brewing

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BearWaters Brewing Company was born from the passion of home brewing.

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Clean Eatz

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Clean Eatz is a restaurant.

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French Broad Chocolates

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Chocolate specialist using carefully sourced beans to create truffles, bars & other sweets.

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The Historic Magnolia House

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The Historic Magnolia House is a restaurant, event space, and guest housing for private gatherings, weddings, and intimate performances.

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RiceWrap Foods

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RiceWrap Foods is a food manufacturer that provides sushi rice.

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Dojo Fresh

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Dojo Fresh creates a plant-based food mix that allows users to easily create a protein-rich meat alternative.

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Coca-Cola Bottling Co.

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Coca-Cola Bottling Co. is independent Coca-Cola bottler.

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Kolé Life Foods

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With operations in Baltimore and Charlotte, the purpose of the group is developing and selling natural, healthier and “better for you”.

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Epiphany Craft Malt

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Epiphany Craft Malt is converts raw barley and other cereals into malt for local brewers and distillers.

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Foodbuy

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Foodbuy is a largest foodservice procurement organization in North America.

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Tom & Jenny’s

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Tom & Jenny’s is a food production company that offers nutritious, low carbohydrate sugar-free, and gluten-free caramels.

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S&D Coffee

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S&D Coffee is coffee and tea manufacturer and supplier to restaurants and convenience stores.

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cbdMD

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cbdMD is a consumer products brand offering a large selection of cbdMD branded CBD products primarily through its ecommerce.

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TABLE

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TABLE is a non-profit that delivers healthy food and nutrition education.

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Bojangles’

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Bojangles’ offers chicken, biscuits, fixin’s and tea.

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Jabin Beverage Co.

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Jabin Beverage Co. is a maker of drink apple cider vinegar beverage that balances great taste with incredible health properties.

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Well Seasoned Table

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Well Seasoned Table is a one-stop-shop for spices and herbs.

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Big Cheese Pizza

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Big Cheese Pizza engages in the franchising business of a pizza brand.

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NovaDine

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NovaDine provides enterprise-class POS integrated digital ordering solutions to multi-unit restaurant chains.

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Big Delicious Brand

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Big Delicious Brand is a food company that offers gourmet specialty food.

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Canine Harvest

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Canine Harvest is a pet service company that offers farm-fresh foods for dogs.

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Zaria’s Milk

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Zaria’s Milk is a food company that offers homemade lacctation cookies and baked goods for breastfeeding moms.

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Alamance Foods

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Alamance Foods manufactures private label water, flavored drinks, freeze pops, and aerosol whipped cream.

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Kind Cultures

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Kind Cultures good cheese is cruelty-free, cultured, accessible, and sustainable.

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Case Foods, Inc.

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Case Foods is a food production company specializing in poultry products.

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Clean Juice Bar

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Clean Juice Bar is a juice bar located in Concord, NC.

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Hissho Sushi

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Hissho Sushi’s mission is to provide the highest quality sushi and unparalleled customer service to consumers.

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ENTR

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Compliance Tech for Food and Beverage

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Resistor Brews

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Resistor Brews is a provider of unique flavors distributed in grocery stores, coffee shops, and restaurants.

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Lowes Foods

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Carolinas based grocery chain with 75x locations

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Speed Energy Drink

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Speed Energy Drink provides vitamin energy drink.

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Holman Distillery

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Holman Distillery is a Farm Distillery in the Brushy Mountains of NC.

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National Gypsum Company

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National Gypsum Company is an company which produces drywall gypsum boards

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Plantnrgy

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Plantnrgy is a health startup that offers plant-based protein and superfood mixes with simple ingredients.

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Genpak

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Genpak, LLC manufactures disposable, foam, plastic, and other food packaging products

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Sara Lee Frozen Bakery

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Sara Lee Frozen Bakery is a maker of frozen bakery and dessert products.

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Carolina Beverage Group

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Carolina Beverage Group is a world-class co-packing specialty-sized can producer for numerous national international beverage brands.

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Harris Teeter

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The dedication to our shoppers dates back to 1960 when our company was formed through the merger of two regional grocery stores committed

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Alex Lee

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Alex Lee is a holding company whose primary operations are in food distribution and retailing.

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Canteen, NA

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Canteen is a national vending machine operating company offering vending, office coffee service and dining services.

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Pepsi Bottling Ventures

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Pepsi Bottling Ventures is a brand of manufacturing, selling, and distributing some recognized consumer brands.

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Fresh Market

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Fresh Market is a restaurant specializing in chicken caesar, Cobb, and chef special salad.

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Biscuitville FRESH SOUTHERN

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Biscuitville FRESH SOUTHERN is a restaurant that provides southern local food and hand-made biscuits.

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House Autry Mills

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House-Autry Mills is a leading supplier to restaurant chain groups and independent operators in most states across the country.

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Cultures for Health Inc.

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We supply hundreds of products to support a real food lifestyle including starter cultures, cheese making supplies, soy cultures and more!

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YUMITOS

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