Who owns the Food Companies Now? Only 10 companies control almost every large food and beverage brand in the world.
These Food Companies are Coca-Cola, Pepsico, Mars, Unilever, Danone, Nestle, General Mills, Kellogg’s, Associated British Foods, and Mondelez. Each has thousands of employees and makes billions of dollars every year.
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Froot Loops and Frosted Flakes are well-known cereals of Kellogg’s. They also own non-cereal brands including Eggo, Cheez-Its, and Pringles
This British company owns brands such as Dorset Cereals and Twinings tea, as well as the retailer Primark
Chex and Cheerios are best known by General Mills. But General Mills also owns brands like Hamburger Helper, Haagen Dazs, Yoplait, and Betty Crocker. Also best-known yogurts like Yoplait, Danone, Oikos, medical nutrition products, and bottled water.
Mars is best known for its chocolate brands like M&M, but it also owns Orbit Gum, Uncle Ben’s Rice, and Starburst.
Coca-Cola is moving beyond soda, with beverage brands including Dasani, Fuze, and Honest Tea.
Unilever’s diverse list of brands includes Axe body spray, Lipton tea, Magnum ice cream, and Hellmann’s mayonnaise.
In addition to Pepsi and other sodas, PepsiCo also owns brands such as Quaker Oatmeal, Cheetos, and Tropicana.
Brands you may not have known that Nestlé owns include Gerber Baby Food, Perrier, DiGiorno, and Hot Pockets plus, of course, candy brands including Butterfingers and KitKat.
Philip Morris was primarily known for its presence in the tobacco industry but over the years. Its parent company and associated entities have also had a presence in the food and beverage industry, largely through acquisitions and divestments. The increased development and distribution of UPFs (Ultra-processed Foods) happened after Kraft Foods and General Foods were acquired by Phillip Morris. Encouraged companies to make positive changes and for customers to realize who controls the brands they’re buying.
After Philip Morris acquired Kraft Foods in 1988, Kraft Foods included brands like Oreo, Jell-o, Philadelphia Cream Cheese, and Oscar Myers. Philip Morris’s parent company Altria in 2007, spun off Kraft as an independent entity, and Later Kraft split into two companies in 2012, They were Kraft Foods Group and Mondelez International.
Philip Morris acquired General Foods in 1985, which brought in brands such as Maxwell House Coffee, Jell-O, and Kool-Aid. General Foods eventually merged with Kraft.
Philip Morris acquired Miller Brewing Company in 1970, diversifying its portfolio into the beer industry. It sold Miller to South African Breweries (now SABMiller) in 2002.
Since the divestiture of Kraft and the spin-off of its food assets, Philip Morris and Altria have primarily focused on tobacco and nicotine products. Therefore, as of recent years, they no longer own any major food companies.
Popular brands like Oreos and Ritz Crackers, in 1985 R.J. Reynolds merged with Nabisco. This created RJR Nabisco, combining tobacco and snack foods in one company. However, after a major buyout in 1989, the company started to change direction and sold off its food side.
By the late 1990s, R.J. Reynolds had completely left the food industry, spinning off Nabisco, which later merged with Kraft. Today, R.J. Reynolds decided to focus only on tobacco and nicotine products and no longer owns any food brands.
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