Hetzler Brokerage
Company Hetzler Brokerage
Company
Founded 1905 in Chattanooga, TN
Serving food manufacturers and suppliers
for more than one century
Industrial Fruit, Nut, Vegetable Ingredients
Contact:
Sid Hetzler
597 West Cove Road Chickamauga, GA 30707 (& Atlanta, GA)
Office: 423-618-6651 Fax: 770-216-1596 Skype: sidhetzler
Email: sid (at) hetzler.com
Primary suppliers -- email sid (at) hetzler.com for product information, pricing, samples, etc.
Caruthers Raisins: raisins, currants, paste, concentrate
San Joaquin Fig Co: all forms figs and paste
Grower Direct Nut Co. English walnuts in all forms
Van Drunen Farms: specialty dried/freeze-dried fruit, vegetables, herbs
Norpac Vegetables: NW vegetables
Phildesco: Coconut products from the Philippines
Werthein/Valley Evaporating: Argentine evaporated apple, pear, dried fruit products; concentrates
Jewel Apple, Ltd: Frozen, fresh diced/sliced NW apples
Fruitsmart: Specialty pack NW U.S.puree/concentrate/specialty fruits, fibers, seeds
Snokist (PCP): NW apple sauce, canned apple products
South Georgia Pecan: all forms pecans
Sunland Peanut Products: Valencia and Organic New Mexico peanuts,
peanut butter and specialty products
Oxford Frozen Foods: IQF wild blueberries from Nova Scotia and Maine, IQF cranberries, carrots, infused fruits
Wawona Frozen Foods: Peaches both IQF and syrup, other fruits from California's San Joaquin Valley
Townsend Farms: IQF berries, all varieties, NW U.S.
Territory: Eastern United States, selected national accounts.
Customers: Bakeries, candy and snack manufacturers, dairies, beverage processors, bulk food distributors, etc.
Special Services: Video photography and editing of plant/production processes and equipment for sales and management information programs.
History: The firm was founded in 1905 in Chattanooga as E. L. Cook Brokerage. It was purchased in 1948 by S. N. Hetzler Sr. and operated as Cook-Hetzler Brokerage Co. Inc. until 1984, when the retail and food service divisions were sold, and the late Neal Hetzler retired. Previous retail and food service principals included Clorox, Coca Cola Foods, Shasta, Coldwater Seafood, A&W Root Beer, Starkist, and Georgia Pacific. The ingredient division was retained and expanded to the Eastern U.S. region. Offices are maintained in Atlanta and the Chattanooga area in NW Georgia at Split Tree Farm.
The company is owned by Sid Hetzler, who joined the firm in 1976.
Prior to joining the food industry at that time, he was active in the mass
communications field and was accredited by the Public Relations Society of
America. In addition to 30 years in all phases of food brokerage work, his
earlier 15-year communications career includes service as a U. S. Air Force
information officer in New York and Korea, reporting for the Chattanooga Times,
teaching mass communications and journalism at Boston University and the
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, public relations work for Exxon and the
mayor of Chattanooga, and as an originator of a variety of cultural projects in
Chattanooga and Atlanta. His education includes: B.A. 1962, Vanderbilt
University; M.S. 1973, Boston University; Ph.D. 1990, Emory University.
Links to Customers, Suppliers, and Other Food Industry Sources
General Useful Business and Media Links
Institute of Food Technologists
USDA Weather Reports:
http://www.usda.gov/oce/waob/jawf/poplinks.htm#CURRENT%20IMPACTS
U.S. Department of Agriculture
U. S. Food and Drug Administration
Updated:
02/26/12
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