Virginia Health Food Companies

Katy Industries, Inc.
Katy Industries helps janitors clean up their act. About 55% of its sales come from its maintenance products (cleaning supplies, abrasives, stains). Katy also makes electric-corded products (extension cords, surge protectors, garden lighting), through its Woods Industries business. Its brands include Brillo, Kleenfast, and Yellow Jacket. The firm has sold most of its electric component subsidiaries (which made tools, metal strip, and foil, among others) to focus on its core maintenance businesses. It also has a 43% interest in a shrimp harvesting and farming operation in Nicaragua. Since its 1967 founding, Katy Industries has sold everything from shrimp to shoes. The Carroll family owns about 40% of the firm.
2461 S. Clark St., Ste. 630
Arlington, VA 22202
Phone: 703-236-4300
Fax: 703-236-3170

Mars, Incorporated
Mars knows chocolate sales are nothing to snicker at. The company makes such worldwide favorites as M&M's, Snickers, and the Mars bar. Its other products include 3 Musketeers, Dove, Milky Way, Skittles, Twix, and Starburst sweets; Combos and Kudos snacks; Uncle Ben's rice; and pet food under the names Pedigree, Sheba, and Whiskas. Mars also makes drink vending equipment and electronic automated payment systems. The Mars family (including siblings and retired company CEO Forrest Mars Jr., chairman John Franklyn Mars, and VP Jacqueline Badger Mars) owns the highly secretive firm, making the family one of the richest in the US.
6885 Elm St.
McLean, VA 22101
Phone: 703-821-4900
Fax: 703-448-9678

Shenandoah Growers, Inc.
Shenandoah Growers is a shepherd of fresh, potted, living, and organic herbs. The company has been growing and distributing Kateri's-brand culinary herbs -- including basil, arugula, dill, chives, parsley, oregano, sage, and mint -- since 1989. It sources its herbs from three farms in Florida and Virginia, as well as from hydroponic greenhouses. Shenandoah Growers also manufactures bottled salad dressings and markets Hispanic herbs under the Sabor Latino label. The company primarily sells its products to supermarkets. Shenandoah Growers acquired Florida's Herbonics in mid-2002.
3453 Koehn Dr.
Harrisonburg, VA 22802
Phone: 540-896-6939
Fax: 540-896-6615

Smithfield Foods, Inc.
When Smithfield Foods waddles up to the trough, all the other porkers stand back. Fat from acquisitions, the company is the world's largest hog producer and pork processor. Its products include fresh pork and processed meats sold under the Fleetwood, John Morrell, Lykes, Patrick Cudahy, and Smithfield Premium names. It distributes across the US and to about 40 other countries, and it has made major moves into France and Poland. In a steady effort to diversify, the company has built up its beef and prepared-foods operations through acquisitions. In 2007 Smithfield's board voted to merge with Premium Standard Farms. Premium's board agreed as well.
200 Commerce St.
Smithfield, VA 23430
Phone: 757-365-3000
Fax: 757-365-3017
Toll Free: 888-366-6767

Ukrop's Super Markets, Inc.
Central Virginia shoppers head to Ukrop's Super Markets for baked goods, prescriptions, to-go meals, and even banking services -- but they don't go for beer or wine, and they don't go on Sundays. Ukrop's is Richmond's #1 supermarket chain, operating nearly 30 Ukrop's Super Markets, Joe's Market, a central bakery and kitchen, and a distribution center. Most Ukrop's Super Markets have in-store pharmacies. Joe's Market, which debuted in 2001, is a newer store format featuring gourmet and specialty foods. Joe and Jacquelin Ukrop started the family-owned chain in 1937; their sons run it, adhering to Mom's wishes by not stocking alcohol and closing up shop on Sundays.
2001 Maywill St., Ste. 100
Richmond, VA 23236
Phone: 804-379-7300
Fax: 804-794-7557

Roanoke Natural Foods Co-op
Roanoke Natural Foods Co-op is the largest cooperatively owned natural foods store in Virginia, with about 2,000 members and an 11,000 square-foot store. Roanoke Natural Foods, or "The Co-op" as it is more commonly known, is celebrating its 30th anniversary of operating as a community source for natural foods.
Roanoke Natural Foods
1319 Grandin Rd SW
Roanoke, VA 24015
Phone: 540.343.5652
Fax: 540.343.5711