Top 50 Food Packaging Companies
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CoverStory: Top 50 Food Packaging Companies Rankings: Top 50 Food Packaging Companies 2015 TOTAL COMPANY CHIEF PACKAGING OFFICER REVENUE RANK Headquarters Title KEY BRANDS (in $ Billions) 1 NESTLÉ SA Christian Saclier Hot Pockets, Purina, 49.06 Vevey, Switzerland Global Head of Industrial Design Dreyer’s, Stouffer’s, Nestlé, (Packaging, Product, Systems & Digital Lean Cuisine, Herta Innovations) 2 TYSON FOODS INC. Jeff Czarny Tyson, Wright, Jimmy Dean, 40.60 Springdale, AR Director Hillshire Farm, Sara Lee, Packaging R&D Ball Park 3 JBS USA (including Pilgrim's Pride) Ricardo Barajas Swift, Cedar River Farms, 39.52 Greeley, CO Packaging Inventory Manager Pilgrim's 4 PEPSICO INC. Robert Lewis Lay’s, Quaker, Doritos, 33.42 Purchase, NY Senior Vice President Global Packaging & Ruffles, Tostitos, Fritos Engineering Technology 5 MARS INC. Kimberly Harvey M&M’s, MilkyWay, Dove, 33.00 McLean, VA Director of Packaging R&D Skittles, Whiskas, Uncle Mars Petcare Ben’s, Pedigree 6 MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL Rob Hargrove Belvita, Honey Maid, 29.60 Northfield, IL Executive Vice President of Research, Cadbury, Ritz, Trident, Development & Quality Oreo, Wheat Thins 7 THE KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY Gary Neff Kraft, Oscar Mayer, Heinz, 24.43* co-headquartered in Associate Director Packaging R&D Ore-Ida, Jell-O, Velveeta, Pittsburgh, PA and Chicago, IL Planters 8 UNILEVER Sebastian Rigada Hellmann’s, Knorr, Ragu, 23.00 London, U.K. Global Procurement Manager - Packaging Cup-a-Soup, Marmite, Magnum, Ben & Jerry’s 9 GENERAL MILLS INC. Elizabeth Nientimp Fiber One, Pillsbury, 17.63 Minneapolis, MN Director of Creative Content, Design + Cascadian Farm, Production Häagen-Dazs, Annie’s, Chex, Lärabar 10 LACTALIS John Neureuter Bridel, President, Celia 17.60 Laval, Mayenne, France Senior Manager - Supply Chain Optimization 11 CONAGRA FOODS INC. Troy Wilhelm Act II, Bertolli, Hunt’s, 15.83 Omaha, NE Project Engineer/ Project Manager Hebrew National, Healthy Choice, PAM, Reddi-wip 12 KELLOGG CO. Brent Rouget Special K, Kashi, Eggo, 13.53 Battle Creek, MI Manager, Packaging Procurement Pop-Tarts, Nutri-Grain 13 CARGILL Jonathan Paul Sterling Silver, Rumba, 13.50 Minneapolis, MN Global COE Lead, Packaging Design Engineering Diamond Crystal, Truvia 14 SMITHFIELD FOODS INC. Henry Morris Smithfield, John Morrell, 13.00 Smithfield, VA Senior Corporate Vice President, Operations Armour, Eckrich, Farmland, Margherita 15 DANONE Jean-Philippe Paré Activia, Actimel/DanActive, 12.52* Paris, France General Director, Research & Development Dannon, Danone 16 GRUPO BIMBO SA Victor Hugo Ortiz Belio Mrs Baird’s, Bimbo, 12.06 Mexico City, Mexico R&D Packaging Home Maid Bread, Thomas’, Boboli CoverStory: Top 50 Food Packaging Companies 2015 TOTAL COMPANY CHIEF PACKAGING OFFICER REVENUE RANK Headquarters Title KEY BRANDS (in $ Billions) 17 FERRERO Vincenzo Bracciale Ferrero, tic tac, Nutella, 10.75 Pino Torinese, Turin, Italy Vice President Business Strategy Kinder 18 MEIJI HOLDINGS Jeff Patzer Meiji 9.40 Tokyo, Japan VP of Operations and Engineering at Meiji America Inc. D.F Stauffer Biscuit Co. Inc. 19 HORMEL FOODS CORP. Dan Miller Hormel, Jennie-O, 9.26 Austin, MN GM, Applied Research & Package Development Dinty Moore, SPAM, REV, Wholly Guacamole 20 ASSOCIATED BRITISH FOODS, Tim Davies Mazola, Tone’s, Durkee, 8.84 ACH FOOD COMPANIES Head of Procurement Development Spice Islands, Karo London, U.K. 21 CAMPBELL SOUP CO. Robert Weick Campbell’s, Plum Organics, 7.97 Camden, NJ Vice President Packaging R&D- Americas Pepperidge Farm, Prego, Garden Fresh 22 HERSHEY CO. Eric Zampedri Hershey’s, Kit Kat, 7.38 Hershey, PA Manager, Packaging Innovation R&D Twizzlers, York, Lancaster 23 PARMALAT S.P.A. Marco Trezzi Parmalat, Beatrice, 7.24 Collecchio, Italy R&D Director Lactantia, Black Diamond, Precious 24 PERDUE FARMS Parker Hall Perdue, Harvestland, 6.00 Salisbury, MD Vice President of Research and Design Coleman Natural Foods 25 MCCAIN FOODS LTD. David Klante McCain 5.42 Florenceville, New Brunswick, Canada Global Operations and Engineering Executive Food, Beverage and Packaging 26 DOLE FOOD CO. Dave Spare Dole 4.80* Westlake Village, CA Vice President Marketing & Business Development 27 POST HOLDINGS INC. Jen Crosby Monton Power Bar, 4.65 St. Louis, MO Contract Packaging Manager Honey Bunches of Oats, Simply Potatoes, MOM Brands 28 FONTERRA Henry Martin Anchor, Anlene 4.54 Auckland, New Zealand Director of Supply Chain 29 MCCORMICK & CO. INC. Lisa Feustle McCormick, Lawry’s, 4.30 Sparks, MD Director Package Development Kitchen Basics, Old Bay, Zatarain’s 30 FRESH DEL MONTE PRODUCE INC. Christian Salnars Del Monte 4.05 Coral Gables, FL Director of Retail Packaging 31 LAND O'LAKES INC. Sue Murray Land O’Lakes, Alpine Lace, 4.04 Arden Hills, MN Director, Corporate Marketing Brand & Kozy Shack Packaging Design 32 FLOWERS FOODS INC. Greg Jenkins Nature’s Own, Home Pride, 3.80 Thomasville, GA Vice President of Purchasing-Packaging Cobblestone Bread Co, Blue Bird, Sunbeam CoverStory: Top 50 Food Packaging Companies 2015 TOTAL COMPANY CHIEF PACKAGING OFFICER REVENUE RANK Headquarters Title KEY BRANDS (in $ Billions) 33 LINDT & SPRUNGLI AG Dieter Weisskopf Ghirardelli, Lindt, Caffarel, 3.75 Kilchberg, Switzerland CFO, Head of Operations Russell Stover, Kufferle 34 BARILLA GROUP Michele Amigoni Barilla, Wasa 3.68* Parma, Italy Group Packaging Design and Standard Director 35 SCHREIBER FOODS INC. Sara Benes American Heritage, Cooper 3.50 Green Bay, WI Supply Chain Business Manager Packaging Sourcing 36 RICH PRODUCTS CORP. Mike Rudney SeaPak, Rich’s, Farm Rich 3.50 Buffalo, NY Vice President, Global Procurement Optimization 37 GRUMA Ali Alfonso Alvarez Mission, Guerrero, La Cima 3.25* San Pedro, Mexico Manager, Plastics/Packaging Engineering 38 THE J.M. SMUCKER CO. Gregory Dalea Jif, Smucker’s, Pillsbury, 3.18 Orrville, OH Senior Manager, Package Development Hungry Jack, Knott's 39 THE SCHWAN FOOD CO. Jane Chase Freschetta, Red Baron, 3.00* Marshall, MN Senior Director Packaging Engineering Tony’s, Mrs. Smith’s, Pagoda, Edwards, Larry’s 40 CHIQUITA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL Martin Fallas Chiquita, Fresh Express 3.00 (part of the Cutrale-Safra Group) Senior Procurement Consultant Charlotte, NC 41 OETKER GROUP Jenny Stockton Oetker, Dr. Oetker 2.96 Bielefeld, Germany Executive Head of Category Development at Dr. Oetker 42 SANDERSON FARMS INC. Richard Watkins Sanderson Farms 2.80 Laurel, MS Corporate Product Applications Manager 43 FOSTER FARMS Colleen Murray Foster Farms 2.70 Livingston, CA Senior Packaging Engineer/ Manager 44 MAPLE LEAF FOODS INC. Parbinder Cheema Maple Leaf, Swift, Larsen, 2.58 Toronto, Ontario, Canada Director, Packaging and Sustainability Schneiders 45 HILL'S (subsidiary of Colgate-Palmolive) Jennifer Giannotti-Genes Hill’s, Science Diet, 2.56 Topeka, KS Global Senior Design Manager Prescription Diet 46 BIG HEART PET BRANDS Gary Chisholm 9Lives, Meow Mix, 2.20 San Francisco, CA Sr. Group Manager, Packaging R&D Nature's Recipe, Milk Bone 47 DEAN FOODS CO. Gregg Tanner Dean’s, Meadow Gold, 2.02 Dallas, TX Executive Vice President, Supply Chain Country Fresh, Swiss Premium, Garelick Farms 48 BORDEN DAIRY Richard Thomas Borden 2.00* Dallas, TX Vice President, Commodity Procurement 49 HP HOOD Mike J. Suever Hood, Lactaid 2.00 Lynnfield, MA Senior Vice President R&D, Engineering and Procurement 50 CHOBANI Andreas Sokollek Chobani 1.50 Norwich, NY Senior Vice President of Supply Chain and Operations.