Paradise

Type: Public
On the web: http://www.paradisefruitco.com
Employees: 207
Employee growth: 47.9%

Paradise proves there really is more than just one holiday fruitcake passed back and forth from year to year. The company is one of the largest US manufacturers of candied fruits -- a key ingredient in fruitcakes. It sells its sweets to commercial bakers, institutional users, and retail outlets. Its candied-fruit brand names include Paradise, Pennant, and White Swan. The company also makes molded-plastic containers for its own products and third parties through its Paradise Plastics division. Chairman and CEO Melvin Gordon owns 37% of the company.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending December, 2008:
Sales: $25.6M
One year growth: 0.5%
Net income: $0.8M
Income growth: (10.2%)

Officers:
Chairman, CEO, and Director: Melvin S. Gordon
President and Director: Randy S. Gordon
CFO and Treasurer: Jack M. Laskowitz

Competitors:
Consolidated Container
Dole Food
Seneca Foods

An earlier family of display adapters for PCs from the Paradise subsidiary of Western Digital Corporation, Irvine, CA.

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