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                              EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT

         This EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT (the "Agreement") is made and entered into as
of February 22, 2001 (the "Effective Date"), by and between Glacier Distribution
Company, Inc., a Colorado corporation (the "Company"), and Jeff Woodruff, (the
"Employee").

                                    Recitals

         A. Prior to the date of this Agreement, Employee has not held any
positions with the Company.

         B. The Company desires to employ the Employee from the date set forth
above (the "Effective Date") until expiration of the term of this Agreement, and
Employee is willing to be employed by Company during that period, on the terms
and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.

         NOW, THEREFORE, In consideration of the mutual covenants and promises
of the parties, the Company and Employee covenant and agree as follows:

         1. Duties. During the term of this Agreement, Employee will be employed
by the Company to serve as Chief Information Officer. The Employee will devote
such amount of business time to the conduct of the business of the Company as
may be reasonably required to effectively discharge Employee's duties under this
Agreement and, subject to the supervision and direction of the Company's Board
of Directors (the "Board"), will perform those duties and have such authority
and powers as are customarily associated with the offices of a Chief Information
Officer of a company engaged in a business that is similar to the business of
the Company, including (without limitation) (a) the authority to direct and
manage the day-to-day operations and affairs of the Company, and (b) the
authority to hire and discharge employees of the Company. Unless the parties
agree otherwise in writing, during the term of this Agreement, Employee will not
be required to perform services under this Agreement other than at Company's
principal place of business in Denver, Colorado; provided, however, that Company
may, from time to time, require Employee to travel temporarily to other
locations on the Company's business. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in
this Agreement is to be construed as prohibiting Employee from continuing to
serve as a director or member of various professional, charitable and civic
organizations in the same manner as immediately prior to the execution of this
Agreement.

         2. Term of Employment

         2.1 Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement the following terms
have the following meanings:

                  (a) "Termination for Cause" means termination by Company of
         Employee's employment (i) by reason of Employee's willful dishonesty
         towards,

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         fraud upon, or deliberate injury or attempted injury to, the Company,
         (ii) by reason of Employee's material breach of this Agreement or
         (iii) by reason of Employee's gross negligence or intentional
         misconduct with respect to the performance of Employee's duties under
         this Agreement; provided, however, that no such termination will be
         deemed to be a Termination for Cause unless the Company has provided
         Employee with written notice of what it reasonably believes are the
         grounds for any Termination for Cause and Employee fails to take
         appropriate remedial actions during the 30th day period following
         receipt of such written notice.

                  (b) "Termination Other than For Cause" means termination by
         the Company of Employee's employment by the Company for reasons other
         than those which constitute Termination for Cause.

                  (c) "Voluntary Termination" means termination by the Employee
         of the Employee's employment with the Company, excluding termination by
         reason of Employee's death or disability as described in Sections 2.5
         and 2.6.

         2.2 Basic Term. The term of employment of Employee by the Company will
commence on the Effective Date and will extend through the period ending no
later than thirty-six (36) months after the Effective Date, (the "Termination
Date")

         2.3 Termination for Cause. Termination for Cause may be effected by
Company at any time during the term of this Agreement and may be effected by
written notification to Employee; provided, however, that no Termination for
Cause will be effective unless Employee has been provided with the prior written
notice and opportunity for remedial action described in Section 2.1. Upon
Termination for Cause, Employee is to be immediately paid all accrued salary,
incentive compensation to the extent earned, vested deferred compensation (other
than pension plan or profit sharing plan benefits, which will be paid in
accordance with the applicable plan), and accrued vacation pay, all to the date
of termination, but Employee will not be paid any severance compensation.

         2.4 Termination Other Than for Cause. Notwithstanding anything else in
this Agreement, Company may effect a Termination Other Than for Cause at any
time upon giving notice to Employee of such Termination Other Than for Cause.
Upon any Termination Other Than for Cause, Employee will immediately be paid all
accrued salary, all incentive compensation to the extent earned, severance
compensation as provided in Section 4, vested deferred compensation (other than
pension plan or profit sharing plan benefits, which will be paid in accordance
with the applicable plan), and accrued vacation pay, all to the date of
termination.

         2.5 Termination Due to Disability. In the event that, during the term
of this Agreement, Employee should, in the reasonable judgment of the Board,
fail to perform Employee's duties under this Agreement because of illness or
physical or mental incapacity ("Disability"), and such Disability continues for
a period of more than three

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(3) consecutive months, Company will have the right to terminate Employee's
employment under this Agreement by written notification to Employee and payment
to Employee of all accrued salary and incentive compensation to the extent
earned, severance compensation as provided in Section 4, vested deferred
compensation (other than pension plan or profit sharing plan benefits, which
will be paid in accordance with the applicable plan), and all accrued vacation
pay, all to the date of termination. Any determination by the Board with respect
to Employee's Disability must be based on a determination of competent medical
authority or authorities, a copy of which determination must be delivered to the
Employee at the time it is delivered to the Board. In the event the Employee
disagrees with the determination described in the previous sentence, Employee
will have the right to submit to the Board a determination by a competent
medical authority or authorities of Employee's own choosing to the effect that
the aforesaid determination is incorrect and that Employee is capable of
performing Employee's duties under this Agreement. If, upon receipt of such
determination, the Board wishes to continue to seek to terminate this Agreement
under the provisions of this section, the parties will submit the issue of
Employee's Disability to arbitration in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement.

         2.6 Death. In the event of Employee's death during the term of this
Agreement, Employee's employment is to be deemed to have terminated as of the
last day of the month during which Employee's death occurred, and Company will
pay to Employee's estate accrued salary, incentive compensation to the extent
earned, vested deferred compensation (other than pension plan or profit sharing
plan benefits, which will be paid in accordance with the applicable plan), and
accrued vacation pay, all to the date of termination.

         2.7 Voluntary Termination. In the event of a Voluntary Termination,
Company will immediately pay to Employee all accrued salary, all incentive
compensation to the extent earned, vested deferred compensation (other than
pension plan or profit sharing plan benefits, which will be paid in accordance
with the applicable plan), and accrued vacation pay, all to the date of
termination, but Employee will not be paid any severance compensation.

         2.8 Effect of Termination on Option Agreement. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained in this Agreement, any termination of Employee's
employment by the Company will have no effect on Employee's rights under that
certain Stock Option Agreement granted to Employee pursuant to the Company's
Employee-Shareholder Performance Stock Option Plan, which agreement was entered
into between the Employee and the Company as of the Effective Date.

         3. Salary, Benefits and Other Compensation.

         3.1 Base Salary. As payment for the services to be rendered by Employee
as provided in Section 1 and subject to the terms and conditions of Section 2,
Company agrees to pay to Employee a "Base Salary," payable in equal installments
consistent with

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Company payroll policies. The Base Salary payable to Employee under this Section
will be $85,000.00.

         3.2 Incentive Bonus Plans. During the term of his employment under this
Agreement, the Employee will be eligible to participate in all bonus and
incentive plans established by the Board including, without limitation, the
Company's 2001 Management Bonus Plan.

         3.3 Incentive Options Plan. During the term of employment under this
Agreement, Employee will participate in incentive option plan established by the
Board including, without limitation, the Company's 2001 Option Plan. Employee
will receive 100,000 common stock options exercisable at $1.00 per share to be
vested on the following schedule: 30% immediately, 30% in Year 1, 30% in Year 2
and 10% in Year 3.

         3.4 Benefit Plans. During the term of Employee's employment under this
Agreement, the Employee is to be eligible to participate in all employee benefit
plans to the extent maintained by the Company, including (without limitation)
complete coverage for Employee and family for medical and dental programs, paid
vacations, and similar plans or programs, subject in each case to the generally
applicable terms and conditions of the plan or program in question and to the
determinations of any committee administering such plan or program. On
termination of the Employee for any reason, the Employee will retain all of
Employee's rights to benefits that have vested under such plan, but the
Employee's rights to participate in those plans will cease on the Employee's
termination unless the termination is a Termination Other Than for Cause, in
which case Employee's rights of participation will continue for a period of
three (3) months following Employee's termination.

         3.5 Withholding of Taxes. The Employee understands that the services to
be rendered by Employee under this Agreement will cause the Employee to
recognize taxable income, which is considered under the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, and applicable regulations thereunder as compensation income
subject to the withholding of income tax (and Social Security or other
employment taxes). The Employee hereby consents to the withholding of such taxes
as are required by the Company.

         3.6 Vacation. During the term of this Agreement, Employee will be
entitled to two (2) weeks paid vacation time per year.

         3.7 Expenses. During the term of this Agreement, Company will reimburse
Employee for Employee's reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection
with Company's business, including travel expenses, food, and lodging while away
from home, subject to such policies as Company may from time to time reasonably
establish for its employees.

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         4. Severance Compensation

         4.1 Termination Other Than for Cause; Payment in Lieu of Notice. In the
event Employee's employment is terminated in a Termination Other Than for Cause,
Employee will be paid as severance pay Employee's Base Salary for the period
commencing on the date that Employee's employment is terminated and ending on
the date which is six (6) months thereafter, on the dates specified in Section
3.1 for payment of Employee's Base Salary.

         4.2 Termination for Disability. In the event Employee's employment is
terminated because of Employee's disability pursuant to Section 2.5, Employee
will be paid as severance pay Employee's Base Salary for the period commencing
on the date that Employee's employment is terminated and ending on the date
which is three (3) months thereafter, on the dates specified in Section 3.1 for
payment of Employee's Base Salary.

         4.3 Other Termination. In the event of a Voluntary Termination,
Termination for Cause or Death, Employee or Employee's estate will not be
entitled to any severance pay.

         5. Confidentiality and Noncompetition

         5.1 Confidentiality. Because of Employee's employment by Company,
Employee will have access to trade secrets and confidential information about
Company, its products, its customers, and its methods of doing business (the
"Confidential Information"). During and after the termination of Employee's
employment by the Company, Employee may not directly or indirectly disclose or
use any such Confidential Information; provided, that Employee will not incur
any liability for disclosure of information which (a) is required in the course
of Employee's employment by the Company, (b) was permitted in writing by the
Board or (c) is within the public domain or comes within the public domain
without any breach of this Agreement.

         5.2 Noncompetition. In consideration of Employee's access to the
Confidential Information, Employee agrees that for a period of one (1) years
after termination of Employee's employment, Employee will not, directly or
indirectly, use such Confidential Information to compete with the business of
the Company, as the business of the Company may then be constituted, within any
state, region or locality in which the Company is then doing business or
marketing its products. Employee understands and agrees that direct competition
means development, production, promotion, or sale of products or services
competitive with those of Company. Indirect competition means employment by any
competitor or third party providing products competing with Company's products,
for whom Employee will perform the same or similar function as he performs for
Company. In addition, for a period of (1) years after termination of Employee's
employment, Employee will not induce or attempt to induce any employee of the
Company to discontinue his or her employment with the Company for the purpose of
becoming employed by any competitor of Company, nor will

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Employee initiate discussions, negotiations or contacts with persons known by
Employee to be a customer or supplier of the Company at the time of Employee's
termination of employment for the purpose of competing with the Company.

         6. Assignment of Inventions. All processes, inventions, patents,
copyrights, trademarks, and other intangible rights (collectively the
"Inventions") that may be conceived or developed by Employee, either alone or
with others, during the term of Employee's employment, whether or not conceived
or developed during Employee's working hours, and with respect to which the
equipment, supplies, facilities, or trade secret information of Company was
used, or that relate at the time of conception or reduction to practice of the
Invention to the business of the Company or to Company's actual or demonstrably
anticipated research and development, or that result from any work performed by
Employee for Company, will be the sole property of Company, and Employee hereby
assigns to the Company all of Employee's right, title and interest in and to
such Inventions. Employee must disclose to Company all inventions conceived
during the term of employment, whether or not the invention constitutes property
of Company under the terms of the preceding sentence, but such disclosure will
be received by Company in confidence. Employee must execute all documents,
including patent applications and assignments, required by Company to establish
Company's rights under this Section.

         7. Miscellaneous.

         7.1 Waiver. The waiver of any breach of any provision of this Agreement
will not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach of the
same or other provision of this Agreement.

         7.2 Entire Agreement; Modification. Except as otherwise provided in the
Agreement and in the Option Agreement, this Agreement represents the entire
understanding among the parties with respect to the subject matter of this
Agreement, and this Agreement supersedes any and all prior understandings,
agreements, plans, and negotiations, whether written or oral, with respect to
the subject matter hereof, including without limitation, any understandings,
agreements, or obligations respecting any past or future compensation,
bonuses, reimbursements, or other payments to Employee from Company. All
modifications to the Agreement must be in writing and signed by the party
against whom enforcement of such modification is sought.

         7.3 Notice. All notices and other communications under this Agreement
must be in writing and must be given by personal delivery, telecopier or
telegram, or first class mail, certified or registered with return receipt
requested, and will be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt if personally
delivered, five (5) days after mailing, if mailed, or eight (8) hours after
transmission, if delivered by telecopies or telegram, to the respective persons
named below:

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         If to Company:      Glacier Distribution Company, Inc.
                             1050 17th Street
                             Suite 195
                             Denver, Colorado 8265

         If to Employee:     Jeff Woodruff

Any party may change such party's address for notices by notice duly given
pursuant to this Section.

         7.4 Headings. The Section headings of this Agreement are intended for
reference and may not by themselves determine the construction or interpretation
of this Agreement.

         7.5 Governing Law. This Agreement is to be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of Colorado applicable to contracts
entered into and wholly to be performed within the State of Colorado by Colorado
residents. Any controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this
Agreement, or breach of this Agreement (except any controversy or claim with
respect to Section 5 or 6), is to be settled by arbitration in Denver, Colorado
in accordance with the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration
Association, and judgment on the award rendered by the arbitrators may be
entered in any court having jurisdiction. There must be three arbitrators, one
to be chosen directly by each party at will, and the third arbitrator to be
selected by the two arbitrators so chosen. Each party will pay the fees of the
arbitrator he or she selects and his or her own attorneys, and the expenses of
his or her witnesses and all other expenses connected with presenting his or her
case. Other costs of the arbitration, including the cost of any record or
transcripts of the arbitration, administrative fees, the fee of the third
arbitrator, and all other fees and costs, will be borne equally by the parties.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if any controversy
or claim arises between the parties under Section 5 or 6 of this Agreement, the
Company will not be required to arbitrate that controversy or claim but the
Company will have the right to institute judicial proceedings in any court of
competent jurisdiction with respect to such controversy or claim. If such
judicial proceedings are instituted, the parties agree that such proceedings
will not be stayed or delayed pending the outcome of any arbitration proceeding
under this Agreement.

         7.6 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement will be binding on, and
inure to the benefit of, the executors, administrators, heirs, successors, and
assigns of the parties; provided, however, that except as expressly provided in
this Agreement, this Agreement may not be assigned either by Company or by
Employee.

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         7.7 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, all of which taken together will constitute one and the same
Agreement.

         7.8 Withholdings. All sums payable to Employee under this Agreement
will be reduced by all federal, state, local, and other withholdings and similar
taxes and payments required by applicable law.

         7.9 Enforcement. If any portion of this Agreement is determined to be
invalid or unenforceable, that portion of this Agreement will be adjusted,
rather than voided, to achieve the intent of the parties under this Agreement.

         7.10 Indemnification. The Company agrees that it will indemnify and
hold the Employee harmless to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law
from and against any loss, cost, expense or liability resulting from or by
reason of the fact of the Employee's employment hereunder, whether as an
officer, employee, agent, fiduciary, director or other official of the Company,
except to the extent of any expenses, costs, judgments, fines or settlement
amounts which result from conduct which is determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction to be knowingly fraudulent or deliberately dishonest or to
constitute some other type of willful misconduct.

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         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as
of the day and year first above written.

                                       COMPANY:

                                       GLACIER DISTRIBUTION COMPANY

                                       /s/ MARK R. LARAMIE
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                                       MARK R. LARAMIE
                                       PRESIDENT & CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

                                       EMPLOYEE:

                                       /s/ JEFF WOODRUFF
                                       -----------------------------------------
                                       JEFF WOODRUFF

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                [RIDGEWOOD GROUP INTERNATIONAL, LTD. LETTERHEAD]

                                  May 3, 2001

Mr. Mark Laramie
CrossPoint Foods Corporation
1050 17th Street, Suite B195
Denver, CO 80265

Dear Mr. Laramie:

This letter sets forth the Agreement and Understanding between CrossPoint Foods
Corporation (the "Company"), Ridgewood Group International Ltd. ("Ridgewood")
and Ridgewood Capital Funding Inc. (Ridgewood Capital) relating to the
engagement of Ridgewood by the Company to advise and assist in raising private
financing up to $25 million. Such financing may include senior debt,
subordinated debt, convertible debt, convertible preferred stock or a
combination with equity equivalents such as warrants to purchase common stock
and would be raised through a best efforts private placement offering of one
class or a combination of such securities, any of which may include a warrant
feature (the "Offering").

The size of the Offering will depend, among other things, on the amount of
common stock actually to be issued and sold in the Company's initial public
offering ("IPO") as further discussed herein, but is likely to range between
$18 million and $25 million.

We understand that the Company is preparing and intends to file on or about May
15, 2001 a Registration Statement covering the sale of common stock in the IPO.
The targeted size of the IPO is approximately $14 million to be completed in
2001. The lead manager will be Schneider Securities, Inc. ("Schneider"). The
net proceeds of the IPO will be used to pay a portion of the $19 million cash
(purchase prices for the acquisitions of Southwest Traders, Inc. ("SWT") and
Damon Industries, Inc. ("Damon").

The principal use of proceeds of the Offering will be to finance the balance of
the acquisition costs and additional companies operating in the specialty food
distribution industry. As soon as practicable after the completion of the IPO,
the Company and Ridgewood will agree upon the specific size and securities to
be included in the Offering (the "Determination Date"), and the Offering will
commence as described in Paragraph 8 herein.

Upon execution of this letter agreement, the Company agrees to wire to
Ridgewood an initial retainer fee of $20,000 for our services hereunder, and
Ridgewood will commence due diligence. Such initial retainer shall be deducted
from the success fees set forth below. Wire instructions for Ridgewood are as
follows:

                       Ridgewood Group International Ltd.
                                 c/o Chase Bank
                              60 East 42nd Street
                               New York, NY 10017
                                 ABA #021000021
                             Account #1128076200465
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CrossPoint Foods Corporation
May 3, 2001
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Ridgewood Capital's fee, payable at the closing of the Offering, shall be
determined according to the following scale:

<TABLE>
<CAPTION>
Type of Security                                              Fee As % of Amount Raised
----------------                                              -------------------------
<S>                                                           <C>
Senior Bank Debt                                                         2.50%
Senior Notes                                                             4.00%
Subordinated Notes                                                       5.00%
Convertible Subordinated Notes                                           6.00%
Convertible Preferred Stock                                              7.00%
</TABLE>

In addition, the Company agrees to issue to Ridgewood or Ridgewood Capital, at
our discretion, at the closing of the Offering five-year warrants to purchase
between 160,000 shares and 220,000 shares of common stock, to be determined on a
pro rata basis between $18 million and $25 million Offering sizes. The warrants
shall be exercisable at a price equal to the IPO price.

In connection with our services hereunder, the Company also agrees to promptly
reimburse us for our reasonable expenses, including our expenses of counsel.

As soon as practicable after the Determination Date, the Company and Ridgewood
Capital will executive a formal private placement agency agreement (the "Agency
Agreement"). The Agency Agreement shall set forth in Schedule A thereto the
definitive agreement between the Company and Ridgewood Capital with respect to
amounts, classes and terms of the securities to be offered. The Offering will
commence on the date of execution of the Agency Agreement and will continue for
a period of 120 days from such date unless extended by mutual agreement (the
"Termination Date").

The Company shall have the right to reject the terms of any indications of
interest of financing commitments obtained by Ridgewood. However, if Ridgewood
obtains financing commitments for at least 90% of the aggregate amount set forth
in the Agency Agreement on terms which reasonably approximate those set forth in
the Agency Agreement and the Company rejects such commitments, the Company will
pay Ridgewood a termination fee of $125,000 to $175,000 to be determined on a
pro rata basis between $18 million and $25 million Offering sizes (or financing
commitments ranging between $16.2 million and $22.5 million). Further, if the
Company terminates the Offering because it elects to accept financing from or
through a party other than Ridgewood, the Company will pay Ridgewood a
termination fee between $125,000 and $175,000 to be determined on the same pro
rata basis set forth above. In addition, if during the one year period following
the Termination Date the Company accepts financing from a party which was
introduced by Ridgewood or with whom Ridgewood held discussions or negotiations
during the term of this engagement, whose financing terms the Company elected to
reject (and with respect to which Ridgewood did not receive a termination fee
pursuant to this Paragraph), the Company will pay Ridgewood a fee to be
determined in accordance with the fee scale set forth in Paragraph 6 herein.

As is customary with respect to engagements of this type, the Company agrees to
indemnify Ridgewood and Ridgewood Capital in accordance with the Indemnification
Provisions set forth in Schedule A hereto.

Ridgewood Capital's execution of the Agency Agreement and commencement of the
Offering shall be conditioned upon (i) satisfactory completion of our due
diligence; (ii) negotiation of mutually satisfactory definitive terms of the
Offering; (iii) no occurrence of any material adverse change, on a pro forma
basis including any potential acquisitions, in the operations, financial
condition or operating outlook of the Company; (iv) no occurrence of any
material adverse change in financial markets which, in Ridgewood Capital's
judgment, would materially decrease the likelihood that the Offering could be
completed; and (v) completion of the Company's IPO in an amount sufficient to
complete the acquisitions of SWT and Damon.
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CrossPoint Foods Corporation
May 3, 2001
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The validity and interpretation of this agreement be governed by the laws of
the State of New York applicable to agreements made and to be fully performed
therein. Any dispute regarding the interpretation of this agreement shall be
submitted to arbitration in New York, NY under the procedures of the American
Arbitration Association or the National Association of Security Dealers. The
awarded party shall be entitled to be awarded costs and expenses including
expenses of counsel, if the award is appealed and upheld, not subject to
further appeal.

If the foregoing correctly sets forth our agreement, please sign the enclosed
copies of this letter in the space provided below and return one copy to us.

Very truly yours,

Ridgewood Group International Ltd.            Confirmed and Agreed to this
                                              3rd day of May, 2001
                                              CrossPoint Foods Corporation

By: /s/ WILLIAM J. POTTER                     By: /s/ MARK LARAMIE
    ------------------------------                ------------------------------
        William J. Potter                             Mark Laramie
        President                                     President &
                                                      Chief Executive Officer

Ridgewood Capital Funding, Inc.

By: /s/ WILLIAM J. POTTER
    ------------------------------
        William J. Potter
        Managing Director
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                                   SCHEDULE A

                           INDEMNIFICATION PROVISIONS

The Company (as such term is defined in the Agreement) agrees to indemnify and
hold harmless Ridgewood and Ridgewood Capital (as such term is defined in the
Agreement) against any all losses, claims, damages, obligations, penalties,
judgments, awards, liabilities, costs, expenses and disbursements (and any and
all legal and other costs, expenses and disbursements in giving testimony or
furnishing documents in response to a subpoena or otherwise) including, without
limitation, the costs, expenses and disbursements as and when incurred, of
investigating, preparing or defending any such action, suit, proceeding or
investigation (whether or not in connection with litigation in which Ridgewood's
acting for the Company including, without limitation, any act or omission by
Ridgewood in connection with its acceptance of or the performance or
non-performance to it obligations under the letter agreement dated May 3, 2001
between the Company and Ridgewood as it may be amended from time to time (the
"Agreement"); provided, however, such indemnity agreement shall not apply to any
costs, expenses or disbursements to the extent it is found in a final judgment,
by a court of competent jurisdiction (not subject to further appeal) to have
resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Ridgewood. The
Company also agrees that Ridgewood shall not have any liability (whether direct
or indirect, in contract or tort or otherwise) to the Company for or in
connection with the engagement of Ridgewood except to the extent that such
liability is found in a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction (not
subject to further appeal) to have resulted primarily and directly from
Ridgewood's gross negligence or willful misconduct.

If the Company becomes aware of any action, suit, proceeding or investigation
(at any level) which may concern or involve Ridgewood for which Ridgewood may be
entitled to indemnification by the Company, it shall immediately give written
notice to Ridgewood of such action, suit, proceeding or investigation.

These indemnification Provisions shall be in addition to any liability which the
Company may otherwise have to Ridgewood or the persons indemnified below in this
sentence and shall extend to the following: Ridgewood or the persons indemnified
below in this sentence and shall extend to the following: Ridgewood and its
respective affiliated entities, members, directors, officers, employees, legal
counsel, agents and controlling persons (within the meaning of the federal
securities laws). All references to Ridgewood in these indemnification
Provisions shall be understood to include any and all of the foregoing.

If any action, suit, proceeding or investigation is commenced, as to which
Ridgewood proposes to demand indemnification, it shall notify the Company with
reasonable promptness; provided, however, that any failure by Ridgewood to
notify the Company shall not relieve the Company from its obligations hereunder,
Ridgewood shall have the right to retain counsel of its own choice to represent
it, and the Company shall pay the fees, expenses and disbursements of such
counsel; and such counsel shall, to the extent consistent with its professional
responsibilities, cooperate with the Company and any counsel designated by the
Company. The Company shall be liable for any settlement of any claim against
Ridgewood made with the Company's written consent, which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld. The Company shall not, without prior written consent of
Ridgewood, settle or compromise a claim, or permit a default or consent to the
entry of any judgment in respect thereof, unless such settlement, compromise or
consent includes, as an unconditional term thereof, the giving by the claimant
to Ridgewood of an unconditional release from all liability in respect of such
claim.
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Schedule A -- CrossPoint Foods Corporation
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In order to provide for just and equitable contribution, if a claim for
indemnification pursuant to these Indemnification Provisions is made but it is
found in a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction (not subject to
further appeal) that such indemnification may not be enforced in such case,
even though the express provisions hereof provide for indemnification in such
case, then the Company, on the one hand, and Ridgewood, on the other hand,
shall contribute to the losses, claims, damages, obligations, penalties,
awards, liabilities, costs, expenses and disbursements to which the indemnified
persons may be subject in accordance with the relative benefits received by the
Company, on the one hand, and Ridgewood, on the other hand, in connection with
the statements, acts, omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages,
obligations, penalties, judgments, awards, liabilities, costs, expenses or
disbursements and the relevant equitable considerations shall also be
considered. No person found liable for a fraudulent misrepresentation shall be
entitled to contribution from any person who is not also found liable for such
fraudulent misrepresentation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Ridgewood shall
not be obligated to contribute any amount hereunder that exceeds the amount of
fees previously received by Ridgewood pursuant to the Agreement.

Neither termination nor completion of the engagement of Ridgewood referred to
above shall affect these Indemnification Provisions which shall then remain
operative and in full force and effect.

Dated: May 3rd, 2001

Ridgewood Group International Ltd.           CrossPoint Foods Corporation

/s/ ILLEGIBLE                                /s/ ILLEGIBLE
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Ridgewood Capital Funding, Inc.

/s/ ILLEGIBLE
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