Press Release

TW Garner Food Company Acquires Green Mountain Gringo® Salsa and Tortilla Strips

(November 30, 2004; Winston-Salem, NC) The TW Garner Food Company of Winston-Salem, NC, makers of Texas Pete® Sauces and Garners® Jams, Jellies, and Preserves, has today closed a deal with Hume Specialties, Inc. of Chester, VT, thereby adding the Green Mountain Gringo® brand of Salsas and Tortilla Strips to their strong family of products.

TW Garner Food Company, a family-owned and operated company for 75 years, is proud to maintain the same all-natural quality that has made the Green Mountain Gringo® products so popular in the natural foods marketplace.

“We are excited about the opportunity to build on the loyalty Green Mountain Gringo® Brand has developed with consumers over the past 11 years”, says Reg Garner, President of TW Garner Food Company. “It is a strong brand and an excellent product with an outstanding reputation. We appreciate all the hard work that Hume Specialties has put into developing the products and the brand.”

In 2003, the TW Garner Food Company was awarded the Mass Mutual Family Business of the Year Award in the mid-size category. The company, still located on the original Garner family home place in Winston-Salem, NC, has over 60 employees.

Contact:

Glenn Garner

Marketing Director

TW Garner Food Company

4045 Indiana Avenue

Winston-Salem, NC 27510

(336)661-1550