Del Monte Foods Company, with over $3 billion in expected sales, is one of the country’s largest and most prominent providers of high-quality, branded consumer products to the U.S. retail grocery market.  With a leading portfolio of top-name brands such as Del Monte, Contadina, StarKist, S&W, Nature’s Goodness, College Inn, 9Lives, Kibbles ’n Bits, Pup-Peroni, Snausages, and Naw Somes!, Del Monte products are sold nationwide and can be found in 8 out of 10 American households.  The Company is also the nation’s largest supplier of private label soup products.  Along with being an important partner to a full range of retail outlets –  from neighborhood markets to urban superstores – Del Monte is also a key supplier to the U.S. military, certain export markets, the foodservice industry and food processors.  Headquartered in San Francisco, the Company operates 17 production facilities and 18 distribution centers in North America and has operating facilities in American Samoa, Ecuador and Venezuela