What Food & Beverage Companies Are in the Top 100 ?
The recession that our country now faces started in 2008. However, looking at the sales records of the top food and beverage companies in the United States and Canada, you will surprise you. Every year, Food Processing puts out its annual Food Processing Top 100 list- a report of the top 100 food and beverage companies in the US and Canada based on their sales. On the 2009 list, only 1 of the top 27 companies reported a decrease in sales from 2007 to 2008. 16 of those same top 27 companies showed not just an increase in gross revenue, but also in net income, leaving just 11 companies that fell flat in 2008.
At the top of the list is Nestle, who saw an incredible 14 percent increase in sales in the United States and Canada. This came out to over $200 BILLION (that’s a “B”!) in sales. Do you think that’s a lot of chocolate? Well, in recent years, Nestle has branched out from it’s candy business it’s so well known for and has been producing healthy food choices as well.
Although, some companies on the top 100 did very well for themselves in 2008, others, such as Pilgrim’s Pride (the number 12 company) had sales that plummeted. Despite reporting a nearly $1Billion increase in sales, the company filled a Chapter 11 when they announced a $999 Million loss due to high feed-ingredient cost, an over supply of chicken, weak market pricing and a softening demand for their products.
Here is a complete 2009 Food Processing Top 100 Food and Beverage Company listing:
1. Nestle
2. Tyson Foods Inc.
3. Pepsico Inc.
4. Kraft Foods Inc.
5. Anheuser-Busch InBev
6. Dean Foods Co.
7. General Mills Inc.
8. Smithfield Foods Inc.
9. Kellogg Co.
10. Coca-Cola Co.
11. ConAgra Foods Inc.
12. Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.
13. JBS USA (former Swift)
14. Dole Food Co. Inc.
15. Mars Inc.
16. Sara Lee Corp.
17. Hormel Foods Corp.
18. Unilever North America
19. Saputo Inc.
20. Dr Pepper Snapple Group
21. Cargill Inc.
22. Campbell Soup Co.
23. Maple Leaf Foods
24. Hershey Co.
25. Procter & Gamble Co.
26. H.J. Heinz Co.
27. Miller Coors
28. Land O’Lakes Inc
29. Grupo Bimbo
30. J.M. Smucker Co.
31. Del Monte Foods
32. Chiquita
33. Perdue Farms
34. Brown-Forman Corp.
35. Agropur Cooperative
36. Ralcorp Holdings
37. Interstate Bakeries Corp.
38. Fortune Brands Inc.
39. Flowers Foods Inc.
40. Rich Products Corp.
41. H.P. Hood Inc.
42. Constellation Brands
43. Great Lakes Cheese Co.
44. National Dairy Holdings LP
45. Colgate-Palmolive Co.
46. California Dairies Inc.
47. Molson Coors Co.
48. Parmalat Canada
49. Dairy Farmers of America
50. McCain Foods
51. Michael Foods
52. George Weston Ltd.
53. Schreiber Foods Inc.
54. Sanderson Farms
55. Canada Bread Co.
56. Associated Mik Producers
57. Schwan Foods Co.
58. Foremost Farms USA
59. Pinnacle Foods
60. Darigold
61. Keystone Foods
62. Butterball LLC
63. Seneca Foods Inc.
64. McCormick & Co. Inc.
65. Seaboard Corp.
66. Leprino Foods Co.
67. Riceland Foods Inc.
68. American Crystal Sugar Co.
69. Prairie Farms Dairy Inc.
70. Tree House Foods Inc.
71. American Foods Group LLC
72. Cott Corp.
73. Dannon Co. Inc.
74. McKee Foods Corp.
75. J.R. Simplot Co.
76. Well’s Dairy
77. Hllmar Cheese
78. OSI Group
79. Hain Celestial Group
80. Birds Eye Foods
81. Sunkist Growers
82. Goya Foods Inc.
83. Lace Inc.
84. Lancaster Colony Corp.
85. Gilster-Mary Lee
86. Lactalis USA/Sorrento
87. Sargento Foods Inc.
88. National Grape Cooperative
89. J&J Snack Foods
90. Coleman Natural Meats
91. Pierre Foods Inc.
92. Reser’s Fine Foods
93. Imperial Sugar Co.
94. American Sea Foods Group LLC
95. Gorton’s
96. Golden State Foods
97. High Liner Foods Inc.
98. B&G Foods Inc.
99. John B. San filippo & Son Inc.
100. Ruiz Foods
