Company 2014 Total Revenue Chief Packaging Offi cer, Rank Headquarters (in $ Billions) Title Key Brands Nestlé SA 52.83 Christian Saclier, Hot Pockets, Purina, Dreyer’s, 1 Vevey, Switzerland Global Head of Industrial Design, Stouffer’s, Nestlé, Lean Cuisine, Herta (Packaging, Product, Systems & Digital Innovations) Tyson Foods Inc. 37.60 Morrie Milldrum, Tyson, Wright, Jimmy Dean, Hillshire Farm 2 Springdale, AR Sr. Director of Packaging
PepsiCo Inc. 35.35 Robert Lewis, Lay's, Quaker, Doritos, Ruffl es, Tostitos, Fritos 3 Purchase, NY Senior Vice President Global Packaging & Engineering Technology
JBS USA (including Pilgrim's Pride) 34.04 Tim Thomas, Swift, Cedar River Farms, Pilgrim's 4 Greeley, CO Head of Procurement
Mars Inc. 30.00 Troy Wilhelm, M&M's, MilkyWay, Dove, Combos, Maltesers, 5 McLean, VA Sr Packaging Engineer - Innovation Seeds of Change, Uncle Ben's, Pedigree at Mars Inc - Petcare, Wrigley and Chocolate Segments
Mondeléz International 28.72 Rob Hargrove, Belvita, Honey Maid, Cadbury, Ritz, Prince, Wheat Thins 6 Northfi eld, IL Executive Vice President of Research, Development & Quality General Mills Inc. 17.91 Elizabeth Nientimp, Fiber One, Pillsbury, Cascadian Farm, 7 Minneapolis, MN Director of Creative Content, Design + Production Häagen-Dazs, Annie's, Chex, Lärabar Lactalis Laval, 17.90 John Neureuter, Sorrento, President, Rondele 8 Mayenne, France Senior Manager - Demand Planning at Lactalis American Group ConAgra Foods Inc. 17.70 Robert Weick, Act II, Bertolli, Hunt's, Hebrew National, Healthy Choice 9 Omaha, NE Vice President Packaging Systems Optimization Fonterra 16.31 Henry Martin, Anchor, Anlene 10 Auckland, New Zealand Director of Supply Chain Smithfi eld Foods Inc. 15.03 Henry Morris, Smithfi eld, John Morrell, Armour, Eckrich, Farmland, Margherita 11 Smithfi eld, VA Senior Corporate Vice President, Operations and Engineering Kraft Foods Group 14.76 Tom Corley Kraft, Oscar Mayer, Jell-O, Cool Whip, Cracker Barrel 12 Northfi eld, IL EVP and President, U.S. Retail Sales and Foodservice Kellogg Co. 14.58 Brent Rouget, Special K, Froot Loops, Eggo, Pop-Tarts, Nutri-Grain 13 Battle Creek, MI Manager, Packaging Procurement Unilever 13.78 Sebastian Rigada Hellmann's, Knorr, Ragu, Cup a Soup, 14 London, U.K. Global Procurement Manager - Packaging Marmite, Magnum, Ben & Jerry's Cargil 13.50 Jonathan Paul Sterling Silver, Rumba, Diamond Crystal, Truvia 15 Minneapolis, MN Global COE Lead, Packaging Design Engineering at Cargill Groupe Danone 12.38 Jean-Philippe Paré, Activia, Actimel/DanActive, Dannon, Danone 16 Paris, France General Director, Research & Development
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Company 2014 Total Revenue Chief Packaging Officer, Rank Headquarters (in $ Billions) Title Key Brands
Grupo Bimbo SA 12.22 David Hernandez, Mrs Baird's, Sara Lee, Bimbo, 17 Mexico City, Mexico Chief Procurement Officer Home Maid Bread, Thomas', Boboli
H.J. Heinz Co. 10.90 Gary Neff Heinz, Ore-Ida, Smart Ones, TGI Fridays, Classico 18 Pittsburgh, PA Associate Director Packaging R&D, Heinz North America Dean Foods Co. 9.50 Gregg Tanner, Dean's, Meadow Gold, Country Fresh, 19 Dallas, TX Executive Vice President, Supply Chain Swiss Premium, Garelick Farms
Ferrero Pino Torinese, 9.48 Vincenzo Bracciale, Ferrero, tic tac, Nutella, Kinder 20 Turin, Italy Vice President Business Strategy, Ferrero International
Hormel Foods Corp. 9.31 Dan Miller, Hormel, Jennie-O, Dinty Moore, SPAM, REV, Wholly Guacamole 21 Austin, MN GM - Applied Research & Package Development
Meiji Holdings 8.47 Meiji 22 Tokyo, Japan
Campbell Soup Co. 7.55 George Dowdie, Campbell's, Plum Organics, Pepperidge Farm, Prego 23 Camden, NJ Senior Vice President, Global Research & Development
Hershey Co. 7.42 Mike Payne , Hershey's, Kit Kat, Twizzlers, York, Lancaster 24 Hershey, PA Senior Director, Global Packaging Innovation
Associated British Foods, 6.46 George Pastrana, Mazola, Tone's, Durkee, Spice Islands, Karo 25 ACH Food Companies Chief Marketing Officer, London, U.K. Vice President Marketing & Innovation Parmalat S.p.A. 6.31 Parmalat, Beatrice, Lactantia, Black Diamond, Precious 26 Collecchio, Italy
Perdue Farms 6.00* Parker Hall, Perdue 27 Salisbury, MD Vice President of Research and Design
McCain Foods Ltd. 6.00* Neeraj Sharma, McCain 28 Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada Director-Global Packaging Science and Technology at McCain Foods Land O'Lakes Inc. 5.10 Sue Murray Land O'Lakes, Alpine Lace, Kozy Shack 29 Arden Hills, MN Packaging Design Manager
Dole Food Co. 4.50 Dave Spare, Dole 30 Westlake Village, CA Vice President, Marketing & Business Development, Dole Packaged Foods McCormick & Co. Inc. 4.24 Lisa Feustle, McCormick, Lawry's, Kitchen Basics, Old Bay, Zatarain's 31 Sparks, MD Director Package Development
Fresh Del Monte Produce Inc. 3.93 Joseph D’Ottavio, Del Monte 32 Coral Gables, FL Regional Vice President of Operations
Flowers Foods Inc. 3.73 Greg Jenkins, Nature's Own, Home Pride, Cobblestone 33 Thomasville, GA Vice President of Purchasing- Bread Co, Blue Bird, Sunbeam Packaging at Flowers Foods
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Company 2014 Total Revenue Chief Packaging Officer, Rank Headquarters (in $ Billions) Title Key Brands
Lindt & Sprungli AG 3.64 Dieter Weisskopf, Ghirardelli, Lindt, Caffarel, Hofbauer, Kufferle 34 Kilchberg, Switzerland CFO, Head of Operations
Schreiber Foods Inc. 3.50* Sara Benes, American Heritage, Cooper 35 Green Bay, WI Supply Chain Business Manager - Packaging Sourcing
The J.M. Smucker Co. 3.48 Gregory Dalea, Jif, Smucker's, Pillsbury, Hungry Jack, Knott's 36 Orrville, OH Senior Manager, Package Development
Barilla Group 3.34 Giacomo Canali Barilla, Wasa 37 Parma, Italy Packaging Research & Innovation Manager at Barilla G. e R. Fratelli spa Rich Products Corp. 3.30 Mike Rudney SeaPak, Rich's, Farm Rich 38 Buffalo, NY Vice President, Global Procurement Optimization
Gruma, S.A.B. de C.V. 3.25 Leonel Garza Ramírez, Mission, Guerrero, La Cima 39 Monterrey, Mexico Chief Procurement Officer
The Schwan Food Co. 3.20 Jim McGillivray, Freschetta, Red Baron, Tony's, 40 Marshall, MN Director, Product Marketing National Accounts Mrs. Smith's, Pagoda, Edwards, Larry’s
Chiquita Brands International 3.06** Mike Burness, Chiquita, Fresh Express 41 Charlotte, NC Vice President - Global Quality & Food Safety
Sanderson Farms Inc. 2.77 James Manning, Sanderson Farms 42 Laurel, MS Manager of Central Purchasing
Oetker Group Bielefeld, 2.73 Oetker, Dr. Oetker 43 Germany
Maple Leaf Foods Inc. 2.61 Parbinder Cheema Maple Leaf, Swift, Larsen, Schneiders 44 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Director, Packaging and Sustainability
Post Holdings, Inc. 2.41 Joe Meehan, Power Bar, Honey Bunches of Oats, 45 St. Louis, MO Vice President of Corporate Planning Raisin Bran, Simply Potatoes
Hill's Pet Nutrition 2.25 Jennifer Giannotti-Genes, Hill's, Science Diet, Prescription Diet 46 (subsidiary of Colgate-Palmolive) Global Senior Design Manager Colgate- Topeka, KS Palmolive Global Packaging & Pet Care Big Heart Pet Brands 2.19 Dave McLain, 9Lives, Meow Mix, Nature's Recipe, Milk Bone 47 San Francisco, CA Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer & Chief Procurement Officer Borden Dairy 2.00* Richard Thomas, Borden 48 Dallas, TX Vice President, Commodity Procurement
HP Hood 2.00* Bobby Lam, Hood, Lactaid 49 Lynnfield, MA Corporate Procurement Manager
NISSUI 1.77 Naoya Kakizoe, Gorton's, Nissui, Sealord 50 (Nippon Suisan Kaisha Ltd.) President/CEO Tokyo, Japan
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