Richard Scott McCreary

Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc. produces ice cream using dairy products from a Vermont dairy cooperative. Its products include ice cream, frozen yoghurt and novelties. The company was founded by Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield in 1978 and is headquartered in South Burlington, VT.

Keurig Green Mountain, Inc. provides specialty coffee and single serve brewing systems. It also produces and sells hot cocoa and teas. Its brands include Keurig, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, The Original Donut Shop Coffee, Laughing Man, Tully's Coffee, Revv, Diedrich Coffee, barista Prima Coffeehouse, Café Escapes, Green Mountain, Timothy's World Coffee, Van Houtte, and Donut House Collection. The company was founded by Robert P. Stiller on July 1, 1981 and is headquartered in Waterbury, VT.

Diedrich Coffee, Inc. was founded in 1972, specializes in sourcing, roasting and selling the finest coffee and produces K-Cups for selling to Keurig brewing system. The company markets its three leading brands of specialty coffees, Diedrich Coffee, Coffee People and Gloria Jean's Coffees, through retailers, office coffee service distributors and restaurants across the United States and Canada. In addition, they sell coffee, tea and coffee related merchandise via their three web stores www.diedrich.com, www.coffeepeople.com and www.coffeeteastore.com

The Specialty Coffee Association of America operates as a coffee trade association. The non-profit company is based in Long Beach, CA and has subsidiaries in United Kingdom. The company was founded by Paul Katzeff.