John Elstrott

Whole Foods Market, Inc. engages in the retailing business of natural and organic foods. It operates a chain of natural and organic foods supermarkets in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. The Firm's products include beverages, body care, snacks, frozen, pantry staples, supplements and gift baskets and also eco-scaling cleaning products. The company was founded by John Mackey, Renee Lawson Hardy, Craig Weller and Mark Skiles in 1978 and is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Stewart Enterprises, Inc. provides funeral, cemetery products and services in the death care industry. It offers a complete line of funeral and cremation merchandise and services, along with cemetery property, merchandise and service. The company operates through three segments: Funeral, Cemetery and Corporate Trust Management. The Funeral Homes segment offers a complete range of funeral services and products, which includes family consultation, worship and funeral services, transportation services, removal and preparation of decedents, online remembrance registries and legacies, caskets, urns and flowers. The Cemetery segment involves the sale of cemetery property and related merchandise, including lots, lawn crypts, family and community mausoleums, monuments, markers and burial vaults. It also provides burial site openings and closings and inscriptions. The Corporate Trust Management segment consists of trust management fees and funeral merchandise and service trust earnings recognized with respect to preneed contracts delivered during the period. Stewart Enterprises was founded by Albert Stewart in 1910 and is headquartered in Jefferson, LA.

Laitram LLC manufactures automated shrimp processing, shellfish cooking, and chilling equipment. Its operating divisions include Intralox, Laitram Machinery, Lapeyre Stair, and Laitram Machine Shop. The firm’s corporate support group provides professional services to the operating divisions, including information technology services, human resources, legal counsel, accounting, safety, and facilities and maintenance. The company was founded by James Martial Lapeyre in 1946 and is headquartered in Harahan, LA.

Spectrum Organic Products LLC manufactures and markets organic and natural food products. Its products include culinary oils, salad dressings, condiments, and butter-substitutes. It sells its products to the retail and foodservice markets under the Spectrum Naturals, Essentials, and Ingredients brand names. The company was founded by Jethren P. Phillips in 1986 and is headquartered in Petaluma, CA.

Sambazon, Inc. produces and sells organic fruit juices. It produces a?ai based juices and a?ai based products, including smoothie packs, energy drinks, sorbets, and supplements. The company was founded by Ryan Black, Jeremy Christian Black and Ed Nichols in 2000 and is headquartered in San Clemente, CA.

Celestial Seasonings, Inc. manufactures and markets tea powder. It offers herb, green, white, black, red, and honeybush teas. The company was founded by Morris J. Siegel in 1969 and is headquartered in Lake Success, NY.

Traditional Medicinals, Inc. engages in the manufacture of tea blends and botanical products. Its product categories include detox, digestion, good mood, green tea, heart health, herbals, immunity, joint health, laxative, nausea, pre and postnatal, probiotics, relaxation, seasonal care, skin health, sleep, stress relief, water retention, and women’s cycle. The company was founded by Drake Sadler and Rosemary Gladstar in 1974 and is headquartered in Sebastopol, CA.

Source Capital LLC operates as a venture capital and private equity company. The firm specializes in lending investments in start-up businesses, mergers and acquisitions, leveraged management buyouts, business expansion, debt re-financing, equipment purchasing, and working capital for growth companies. The company was founded by Kevin H. Couhig and is headquartered in Baton Rouge, LA.