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Knoxville-Area Food & Beverage Companies Ranked by Number of Local Employees

Rank '13	'12	Company	Phone Website Sq. Ft. of Plant	Local employees FT/PT	Products	Parent company	Top local executive Year founded
1	NR	Koch Foods1 123 S. Fairmont Ave. Morristown, TN 37815	423-586-5722 kochfoods.com NA	1,087 NA/NA	Poultry processors	Koch Foods Inc. Park Ridge, IL	Joe Grendys Owner NA
2	1	Green Mountain Coffee Roasters 3109 Water Plant Road Knoxville, TN 37914	865-824-4600 gmcr.com 334,000	950 NA/NA	Manufacture and distribution of coffee products	Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Waterbury, VT	Mike Brennan Director of operations 1981
3	2	Monterey Mushrooms 19748 Highway 72 North Loudon, TN 37774	865-458-4611 montereymushrooms.com 350,000	585 NA/NA	Production and distribution of fresh mushroom products	Monterey Mushrooms Watsonville, CA	Dirk Cox General manager 1977
4	3	Coca-Cola Bottling Co.2 807 N. 21st St. Knoxville, TN 37921	865-546-6020 cokecce.com NA	540 NA/NA	Manufacture and distribution of Coca-Cola products	Coca-Cola Enterprises Atlanta, GA	John Jiga Vice president, sales operations 1902
5	4	Bush Brothers & Co.3 1016 E. Weisgarber Road Knoxville, TN 37909	865-588-7685 bushbeans.com NA	500 NA/NA	Manufacture and distribution of canned beans and hominy products	NA NA	Jim Ethier Tom Ferriter Chairman CEO, President 1908

1 Source declined to participate. Information from Morristown Industrial Guide; 2 Source declined to participate. Information from 2012 survey; 3 Source declined to participate. Information from Knoxville Chamber. Includes Knox & Jefferson Co. employees
Source: Individual company representatives, company websites. Knoxville-area includes Anderson, Blount, Knox, Loudon, Roane, Sevier and Union counties. NA=not applicable or not available. This list and other Knoxville-area market data are available as Excel spreadsheets at www.knoxvillebiz.com. If you notice an error or omission, please contact Angela Akers at 865-342-6424 or lists@knoxvillebiz.com.