Golden Hill Foods is a full-service blending, flavors, and food ingredients company that sources ingredients directly from national and global suppliers to provide cost-competitive solutions. They operate blending facilities in Illinois and have capabilities in custom blending, food safety certifications, research and development, and supply chain management. The company aims to offer large flavor house capabilities more transparently and cost-effectively than distributors.

1. B r i n g i n g y o u a w o r l d o f
Ingredients, Flavors, and Custom Blending

2. Overview of the Company
WHO WE ARE:
• Full-service blending, flavors and food ingredients company
• Supplier of innovative specialty food ingredients
• Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) certified by the
Chicago Minority Supplier Development Council (CMSDC)
• Veteran Owned Business Enterprise
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3. Overview of the Company
Create/match seasoning blends and custom flavors at our
Illinois blending facilities
Source ingredients direct from our national and global supplier
partners- eliminating layers of distribution and expense
Provide up-to-date market and industry information to ensure
the best buying decisions possible
Provide innovative ingredient solutions for food products
What We Do:Key Competitive Advantages:
Cost Competitiveness
Supply Chain Transparency
National and Global
expertise and outreach
Certified under the
Global Food Safety Initiative
In-House R&D Capability
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4. We offer the capabilities and the product development quality
of large flavor houses- transparently and cost effectively
Distributors Large Flavor Houses
Supply Chain
Transparency
Do not source directly
Food Safety Program Highly Variable
R&D No R&D
Customer Service
Focus is mostly on large
customers
Product Quality Not always consistent
Cost Effectiveness
Higher cost due to added
layers of distribution
Premium pricing strategy
Overview of the Company
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5. Golden Hill Foods offers a full a range of the leading spice products:
Globally Sourced Spices and Products
• Dill
• Fennel
• Fenugreek
• Ginger
• Mace
• Mustard
• Nutmeg
• Paprika
• Sesame Seed
• Turmeric
• Parsley
• Black Pepper
• Red Pepper
• White Pepper
• Celery
• Clove
• Coriander
• Cumin
• Oregano
• Dehydrated Garlic
• Dehydrated Onion
• Dehydrated Bell
Peppers
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6. Natural and Organically Grown Chiles
Our Natural and Organic Chile Products from New Mexico & Mexico:
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• Dried
• Frozen or Brined

7. We Create or Match Custom Seasoning BlendsCustom Blending
Our blending facility offers an array of dry food processing and packaging solutions-
including blending, custom packaging, milling, and re-packing.
With our vertically integrated supply line, you save.
Food Safety & Quality Program:
Facility Certifications:
Plant Security Sanitation Program
Raw Material ControlAllergen Program
Hazard Analysis Critical
Control Point (HACCP)
Product Consistency
Evaluation
USDA
American Institute of Baking
(AIB) Certified: “Superior”
Steritech Brand
Protection Services Audit
Oregon Tilth Certified
Organic
ASI Food Safety Audit:
“Excellent” Rating
SQF Certification
Completed 2016
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8. Our Custom Developed Seasonings & Ingredient SolutionsCustom Flavors
We have expertise in developing Gluten Free, Low Sodium, Organic, Non-GMO and Kosher Certified products and Ingredients:
Our Inventory of Basic Flavorings and Improvement Solutions:
Application Capabilities:
HVP Acidity Control Preservatives
Soups Gravies Marinades/ DressingsSeasoning Blends
Seafood
Sauces/ Dips
Fermented Meats & Sauces
Brines Coatings
Texture/ Yield
Improvements
PhosphatesFlavor Enhancers/ Boosters
Meat
Prepared
Vegetables
Frozen Ready-To-Eat Pet Food
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Meat BindersProbiotics
Dairy Bakery
Canned Restructured Meat
Beverages

9. Golden Hill Foods offers a variety of blending innovation and
technology to suit your needs:
Clean Label Solutions
Steam Sterilization
Offers a sustainable, clean label alternative to
conventional processing methods like irradiation
and chlorine for spices and vegetables.
Phosphate Replacers
Extended shelf-life/ Product stability
Sodium Reduction
No Residual Nitrites
Reduced Purge
Chemical Replacers
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Golden Hill Foods Offers R&D Optimization and On-Site Support

10. Certifications
Golden Hill Foods is a certified Minority Business and Veteran-Owned Business and with its supplier
partners, fully certified from the farm field to your warehouse by the most recognized government
bodies and certification associations.
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11. Exceptional Quality Assurance & Food Safety
Supply Chain Transparency
All of our products are traceable back to the
fields where they were grown.
SGS, Intertek and other 3rd party audits
available on all partner facilities.
Golden Hill Foods encourages all of our
customers to visit each production facility.
All of our supplier-partners are certified under
the Global Food Safety Initiative.
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12. Supply Chain Transparency
Packing
Steam
Sterilization
Container
Loading
Quality
Certification
Ingredient
Distribution
Seed Selection Harvest Cleaning Grading Milling/Sifting Metal Detection
Value Added Blends
Our processing provides traceable safe ingredients:
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13. We are prepared to address your shipping needs:
Truckload BrokerageLogistics
Logistics
Intermodal
- Warehousing
- Transloading & Dist.
- Port Drayage
- Supply Chain
- Transportation Mgmt.
- Long-haul
- Regional
- Team Expedited
- Dedicated
- Bulk
- Border Crossing
- Transcontinental
- Regional
- Border Crossing
- Express Service
- Truckload
- Intermodal
- Reefer
- Flatbed
- LTL
Our In-house Logistics Support
With real-time visibility, tracking updates, and access
to load details on every shipment, we are dedicated
to the success of each delivery –
on time, at cost.
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14. Supply Chain Partners:
Our growing customer base reflects our reputation to deliver.
Snapshot of our client ’s products:
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15. Summary: Our Advantage
COMPETITIVE PRICING
Eliminating layers of distribution
FULL LOGISTIC SUPPORT
Sourced to your warehouse: we optimize deliveries
according to your schedule
UP-TO DATE MARKET INFORMATION
Making sure you make the best buying decisions
possible
AROUND THE CLOCK CUSTOMER SERVICE
100% product quality guarantee and traceability
INTEGRATED FOOD SAFETY PROGRAMS
We oversee your product from the seedling, through
processing and on to your warehouse
100% SUPPLIER-PARTNER
PARTICIPATION
Global Food Safety Initiative
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16. Management Team & Advisors
Dan Alvarez
CEO and Co-Founder
Dan is an investor entrepreneur and visionary who has helped start and develop several companies over
many years. In the 1980s he started his own equipment leasing company called TKX Leasing. In 1990
through 1995, Dan owned and operated Alvarez Cold Storage, which had over 40 employees. From 1992
to 1995, Dan also owned and operated Alvarez Distribution Systems to sell and deliver products stored at
the Alvarez cold storage facility. From 1995 through the present, Dan has owned and operated two
industrial container facilities in and around the Chicago area. One named Stratford Leasing Company,
operates a 10 acre site for the storage of containers and the second, Land Development Concepts,
developed and operates a 60 acre site for the storage of containers, and is one of the largest such
facilities in the Midwest. Dan is a Vietnam War Veteran.
Sergio Fernandez
Director of Research and Development
Sergio's career in R&D began in 1981 at the University of Havana as a researcher. He became head of the
Food Science & Technology department in 1988 and remained in that position until he relocated to
Finland in 1992. Sergio launched his career in the private sector as a product developer at "Six LTD" an 80
year old Finnish Company specializing in the development and commercialization of seasoning blends to
the food industry throughout Europe, Middle East and Latin America. In 2005 Sergio was promoted to the
Director of Research and Development. In 2011 Sergio moved to the USA continuing his career as head of
R&D at Golden Hill Foods. The Company is fortunate to have Sergio leveraging his global experience in
developing innovative products for the seasoning and ingredients industry.
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17. Management Team & Advisors
Director of Business Development and Supplier Diversity
Demetrio ‘D’ Garcia has extensive national and international business and government relations
experience in Latin America, Europe and Asia, including China. He spent most of his career at United
Airlines where he was in charge of facilities planning and development for International Airports. After
United he focused on Business Development, Marketing and Sales for various Aviation related consulting
firms around the country. An Engineer by training, he is a Chicago native and remains active in both local
and national civic, non for profit and business organizations.
Demetrio Garcia
John Bartosek
Director of Sales
John’s customers include meat companies, spice blenders, food processors and re-distributors. Before
joining GHF John spent 10 years at Hewlett Packard where he managed a sales team focusing on capital
equipment. John has been in sales his entire career spanning over 30 years. His “customer comes first”
attitude has helped him increase GHF’s customer base significantly since joining the Company in
September of 2010.
Director of Marketing and Operations
Roger brings over two decades of consumer goods experience to his role as Director of Marketing and
Operations for Golden Hill Foods. Roger maximizes benefits to customers by managing all points of the
supply chain, while maintaining not only product safety but also product quality. Roger’s strength is the
ability to create business solutions that benefit Golden Hill Foods’ customers and operations. Roger’s
technology and web skills further Golden Hill Foods efforts to bring the best customer service to its
growing client base
Roger Guerrero
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18. Management Team & Advisors
Ingredients Specialist Advisor
John is a Food Scientist with over 25 years in the business and started his career with Griffith Laboratories
in their Meat Laboratory. He then moved into a technical sales position and later joined Kraft General
Foods in international sales at their Oscar Mayer Ingredient division. He joined Saratoga Specialties (a
division of Smithfield Foods) as the General Manager of their spice and seasoning manufacturing plant.
He managed the division for many years and then moved on to start his own sales & marketing consulting
company- focusing on natural ingredients and agricultural industries. John is well known in the food
spices and ingredients industry and also brings a wealth of technical, market and innovative expertise to
the Golden Hill Foods team.
John Nykaza
J.C. Gonzalez Mendez
Global Business Development
J.C. is 31 year veteran of the food industry. He retired from McDonald’s Corporation in 2015 as President
and CEO Ronald McDonald House Charities. He was previously President of McDonald’s Latin America,
overseeing 2,000 restaurants in 29 countries with sales in excess of $5 billion. J.C. also served as SVP, Chief
Supply Chain Officer for North America, where he coordinated food, paper and toy purchases worth more
than $10 billion, as well as logistics and distribution for over 15,000 McDonald’s restaurants in the United
J.C.’s operational experience expands the US borders. He served as VP/General Manager of the Greater
Chicago as well as President for McDonald’s Mexico. J.C. has a B.S. in Biochemical Engineering with minors
in Food Technology and Marine Sciences from the Monterrey Institute of Technology, in Mexico; and an
MBA from the University of Southern California.
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19. Management Team & Advisors
Company Advisor
Lou brings a wealth of experience and know-how as a well respected veteran of the consumer products
industry. He retired in June 2009 as president of ConAgra Foods’ $8.0B Consumer Foods business. He
was previously President/CEO of the Federated Group, a private label supplier to the retail grocery and
foodservice industries from 2002 to 2005. He was also a Group President and a Corporate Officer of Dean
Foods Company from 2000 to 2002. Prior to Dean Foods he spent 10 years with Kraft Foods in various
brand management and strategic planning assignments. Lou serves on the board of Eddy Packing, a Texas
based meat products company as well as Ryder Transportation Systems in Miami and the Board of Auto
Zone. Lou has an MBA from Harvard University.
Lou Nieto
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20. B r i n g i n g y o u a w o r l d o f
Ingredients, Flavors, and Custom Blending
451 N Racine Ave, 2nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60642
Phone +1 312 226 5900 Fax +1 312 226 5959
info@goldenhillfoods.com
goldenhillfoods.com