Hetzler Brokerage
CompanyFounded 1905 in Chattanooga, TN
Serving Southeastern food manufacturers for more than one century
Hetzler Brokerage
Company
Founded 1905 in Chattanooga, TN
Serving Southeastern food manufacturers
for more than one century
Industrial Fruit, Nut, Vegetable Ingredients
Contact:
Sid Hetzler
597 West Cove Road Chickamauga, GA 30707
Office: 1/706-539-2485 Fax: 1/770-216-1596
Email: sid (at) hetzler.com
Our suppliers -- email sid (at) hetzler.com for product information, pricing, samples, etc.
Caruthers Raisins: raisins, currants, paste, concentrate
Simplot Co: frozen DHF potatoes, NW and California vegetables, roasted fruits
San Joaquin Fig Co: all forms figs and paste
Grower Direct Nut Co. (Farm Management Co.): English walnuts
Van Drunen Farms: specialty dried/freeze-dried fruit, vegetables, herbs
Norpac Vegetables: NW vegetables
Milne Fruit Products: NW berry concentrates/purees/fillings
Phildesco: Coconut products from the Philippines
GNN Werthein/Valley Evaporating: Argentine evaporated apple, pear, fruit products; concentrates
Jewel Apple, Ltd: Frozen, fresh diced/sliced NW apples
The Kargher Chocolate Co.: chocolate chips, nonpareils, coatings, specialty products
Algood Foods: peanut butter, paste
Snokist: NW
apple sauce, products
Sunland Peanut Products: Valencia and Organic New Mexico peanuts,
peanut butter and specialty products
Territory: Southeastern 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 Southeastern region. Offices are maintained in Atlanta and the Chattanooga area in NW Georgia at Split Tree Farm. Associate brokers: Richard Szyperski, Atlanta; Chuck Schmidt, Los Angeles.
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
Association of Sales and Marketing Companies (formerly National Food Brokers Association)
Selected Customers:
Schwan Home Foods (owner of Edwards and Mrs. Smiths bakeries)
Updated:
02/19/07
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