The Middleby Corp. engages in the design, manufacture, marketing, and distribution of foodservice equipment. The company is headquartered in Elgin, Illinois and currently employs 4,309 full-time employees. The firm develops and manufactures a broad line of solutions used in commercial food service and food processing. Its segments include the Commercial Foodservice Equipment Group and the Food Processing Equipment Group. The Commercial Foodservice Equipment Group has a portfolio of foodservice equipment, which enables it to serve virtually any cooking, warming, holding, refrigeration, freezing and beverage applications within a commercial kitchen or foodservice operation. This equipment is used across all types of food service operations, including quick-service restaurants, full-service restaurants, ghost kitchens, supermarkets and others. The Food Processing Equipment Group offers a portfolio of processing solutions for customers producing protein products, such as bacon, salami and dry cure, sausage and hot dogs, egg bites, poultry, alternative protein, case ready, lunch meat and pet food and producers of bakery products.