Del Monte Foods Company. The Group's principal activity is to manufacture and distribute food products. The Group primarily produces and distributes processed vegetables, fruit and tomato products. The products are sold under Del Monte, Contadina, S&W and other brand names. These products are sold through grocery chains, club stores, supercenters and mass merchandisers to the food service industry, food processors, the U.S. military and also to certain export markets. The Group also operates a food processing plant in South America and has subsidiaries in Venezuela, Columbia, Ecuador and Peru. The production facilities are operated in California, the Midwest, Washington and Texas, as well as 7 distribution centers. The Group owns a number of registered and unregistered trademarks that it uses in conjunction with its business such as Del Monte, Contadina, S&W, SunFresh, Fruit Cup, Orchard Select, Tropical Select and Fruit Naturals.