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Hoover's Company Records - In-depth Records February 13, 2013 McIlhenny Company Hwy 329 Avery Island, LA 70130-6037 United States * * * * * * * * * * COMMUNICATIONS * * * * * * * * * * TELEPHONE: 337-365-8173 URL: http://www.tabasco.com * * * * * * * * * * COMPANY IDENTIFIERS * * * * * * * * * * HOOVER ID: 55649 * * * * * * * * * * COMPANY INFORMATION * * * * * * * * * * LEGAL STATUS: Private * * * * * * * * * * EXECUTIVES * * * * * * * * * * OFFICER Paul C.P. McIlhenny William Dunn Jason R. Gronlund TITLE President and CEO VP, Retail and Food Service Sales Director, Ingredients Sales and Culinary Services and Corporate Executive Chef Historian and Curator AGE SALARY BONUSTOTAL_COMP ENSATION -

Shane K. Bernard

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Tabasco is hot. Created in 1868 by Edmund McIlhenny, the popular pepper sauce is still made at the original site by McIlhenny Company on Avery Island, Louisiana. Tabasco created the pepper-sauce industry and it remains a leader in its production and sale to this day. The sauce is distributed to foodservice clients (bars and restaurants) and food retailers in more than 160 countries. With a 600,000 bottle-a-day capacity, Tabasco is labeled in more than 20 languages and dialects. McIlhenny also co-brands with other companies to make such items as SPAM, steak sauces, Cheez-Its, peanuts, chips, and, not for the faint of heart, Tabasco lollipops. The McIlhenny family still owns and runs the company. The company also sells dried pepper seeds to extraction companies, who extract oil of capsicum from the seeds, which is, in turn, used by manufacturers of products such as analgesic balms. Besides food items, McIlhenny keeps its name in front of consumers who like things spicy by lending its name to other companies that produce apparel, accessories, collectibles, luggage, and home and kitchen items. Extending its reach into the spirits niche, the firm has a licensing agreement with Heaven Hill Distilleries to make and distribute Tabasco-flavored Spicy Tequila in the US. HOOVER INDUSTRIES: Food Manufacturing SEASONING & DRESSING MANUFACTURING

* * * * * * * * * * MARKET AND INDUSTRY * * * * * * * * * * NAICS CODES: 311340 - Nonchocolate Confectionery Manufacturing 311352 - Description Unavailable 31191 - Snack Food Manufacturing 31194 - Seasoning and Dressing Manufacturing 311941 - Mayonnaise, Dressing, and Other Prepared Sauce Manufacturing SIC CODES: 2035 - Pickles, sauces, and salad dressings 2064 - Candy & other confectionery products 2066 - Chocolate and cocoa products 2096 - Potato chips and similar snacks MARKETS: Selected Products and Brands Condiments BBQ Sauce Coarse Mustard Honey Hot n Sweet Pickles Ketchup Nacho Slices Spice Chili Spicy Brown Mustard Sauces Caribbean-Style Steak Sauce Garlic Grilling & Marinating Sauce

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Pepper Sauce Garlic Pepper Sauce Habanero Pepper Sauce Sweet & Spicy Pepper Sauce Soy Sauce Steak Sauce Teriyaki Sauce Worcestershire Sauce Snacks Hot Cinnamon Candy Spicy Popcorn Tabasco Lollipops Tabasco Spicy Chocolate

COMPETITORS: B&G Foods Bruce Foods Heinz Bolner's Fiesta Products Campbell Soup ConAgra Dave's Gourmet, Inc. Del Monte Foods Frito-Lay Hain Celestial Huy Fong Foods Juanita's Foods Kellogg U.S. Snacks Kikkoman La Flor Lancaster Colony McCormick & Company Mondelez International Monterey Gourmet Foods Original Juan Specialty Foods Pinnacle Foods Reckitt Benckiser (US) San-J TreeHouse Uni-President Van Winkle & Associates Vita Food Products Goya Herdez MegaMex Foods

* * * * * * * * * * FINANCIALS * * * * * * * * * * (Millions U.S. Dollars) 2001 2000 1999

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Revenue Employees LOAD-DATE: February 13, 2013

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