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NPO Foods is the manufacturer and exclusive distributor of Cache Lake Quality Camping Foods. We are a small company that offers great products and service to its customers. It began when Sharon and I (Billie), co-owners of an international mail-order optical business, became acquainted with the Secret Garden, a local company that produced gourmet food mixes. We brought the soup mixes home to our husbands and families. After tasting them, everyone was impressed with the taste and quality of the products. It was hard to believe that the vegetables actually reconstituted into flavorful, real vegetables. We were so delighted with the product that the question became, how could we, an optical supply business, share this great find with our customers. We picked our favorites, obtained the necessary licenses from the USDA, and began sharing them with our customers, first as gifts. The response was overwhelming. They wanted the opportunity to have them for themselves and to also give as gifts. Thus, NPO Foods was born and became a mini-division of National P. Optical. It didn't stop there. My husband Bob, an Eagle Scout and avid outdoorsman, wondered how these great gourmet food mixes could be adapted to take along in the backpack. So with assistance from the friendly folks at the Secret Garden, Bob and I began the research and development of Cache Lake Quality Camping Foods. All of the products have been trail tested in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area (BWCA), this gives Bob the...