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Gourmet Award Foods Northwest Inc company history timeline

1998

In March 1998 BolsWessanen announced that it would sell its alcoholic beverage operations in order to focus fully on food.

Similarly, a specialty food distributor in the Pacific Northwest was gained in early 1998 when Ray's Food Service, Inc. was acquired.

Tree of Life introduced a new proprietary-branded vitamin and supplement line in 1998.

1999

In early 1999 BolsWessanen renamed itself Koninklijke Wessanen nv.

1999 - “Processor” membership opened to companies processing nearly all food products.

Tree of Life, Inc. is the world's leading marketer and distributor of natural and specialty foods, serving, in 1999, more than 10,000 retailers in the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean.

By 1999 it had raised its market share in natural foods to 35 percent.

2000

In October 2000 Wessanen announced another change of direction.

The company took a major step toward that goal in mid-2000 by acquiring the France-based Distriborg Group, the leading marketer of natural and specialty foods in Europe, with operations in France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Spain.

Next came the purchase of Boas BV, a distributor of specialty products in the Netherlands bought in late 2000.

2007

2007 - Northwest Food Processors Education and Research Institute incorporated with purpose of enhancing overall economic health of the northwest food processing cluster and the communities it supports.

2014

2014 - Northwest Food Processors Association celebrates its Centennial!

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