The group's principal activities are to produce and market refrigerated gourmet pastas, soups, gnocchi, pasta sauces, stuffed pizzas and other foods. It offers over 200 varieties of contemporary gourmet food products as well as soups and gnocchi that are produced using the its proprietary recipes. The production facility and distribution centers of the group are located in monterey county and California. At 28-Dec-2003, the group had 9,000 grocery and club stores. The group markets its products throughout the United States, selected regions in Canada and part of Latin America. The group acquired 84.5% of cibo naturals llc in 2004.