Karen Kartes Piatt

San Francisco, CA (January 19, 2020) – PARTNERS®, A Tasteful Choice Company, is thrilled to introduce four new classic All-American snack cracker flavors: Crispy Cornbread, Sweet Butter, Crispy Cheese, and Lightly Salted, as well as a retro packaging refresh of its All-American brand. The company is receiving widespread, unprecedented enthusiasm from its buyers and is looking forward to engaging new business partners with these richly flavorful and wholesome crackers. Visit PARTNERS at booth 702

The company opened the facility in 2017, moving from its longtime space in Kent because production had reached capacity. The new facility can produce 36,000 pounds of crackers daily, or roughly 11 million crackers per day. It is LEED-certified with state-of-the-art controls, and 100% of the company’s purchased energy comes from green power sources.


The plant has allowed Partners to ramp up its private-label business, with more growth projected for next year. The company employs 70.


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Partners, a Tasteful Choice company, was founded in 1992 by Seattle restaurateur and recipe innovator Marian Harris. Still family owned, the maker of gourmet crackers and cookies slow-bakes its non-GMO, kosher products at a 150,000-square-foot plant in Des Moines, having moved there in 2017 from Kent to upgrade equipment and boost capacity. Harris’ daughter, Cara F