Top 100 Food & Beverage Companies

Rank Company Food Sales ($ millions) Year Ending Rank Company Food Sales ($ millions) Year Ending 1 Nestlé 99,733 Dec. 10 51 Grupo Modelo () 6,730 Dec. 10 2 PepsiCo, Inc. 57,838 Dec. 10 52 DMK Deutsches Milchkontor 6,670 Dec. 09 3 49,207 Dec. 10 53 CHS Inc. 6,575 Aug. 10 4 Anheuser-Busch InBev 36,297 Dec. 10 54 Morinaga Milk Industry 6,255 Mar. 10 5 The Coca-Cola Company 35,119 Dec. 10 55 Oetker Group 6,050 Dec. 09 6 JBS 31,285 Dec. 10 56 Parmalat 5,978 Dec. 10 7 Archer Daniels Midland Company 31,000 Jun. 10 57 Barilla 5,800 Dec. 09 8 Unilever 30,160 Dec. 10 58 McCain Foods Ltd 5,700 Jun. 09 9 Mars 30,000 Dec. 08 59 The Hershey Company 5,671 Dec. 10 10 Tyson Foods 28,430 Sep. 10 60 Dr Pepper Snapple Group 5,636 Dec. 10 11 SABMiller 28,311 Mar. 11 61 Tate & Lyle 5,470 Mar. 10 12 Cargill 26,000 May 10 62 Bacardi 5,336 Mar. 09 13 Danone 22,530 Dec. 10 63 Saputo 5,098 Mar. 10 14 Heineken 21,370 Dec. 10 64 Barry Callebaut 5,015 Aug. 10 15 Kirin Brewery Co. 19,545 Dec. 10 65 Red Bull 4,990 Dec. 10 16 Suntory 17,772 Dec. 10 66 Bongrain 4,962 Dec. 10 17 Asahi Breweries 15,880 Dec. 10 67 Nippon Suisan Kaisha 4,922 Mar. 10 18 Diageo 15,258 Jun. 10 68 Itoham Foods 4,835 Mar. 10 19 General Mills Inc. 14,797 May 10 69 Maple Leaf Foods 4,630 Dec. 10 20 Vion 12,565 Dec. 09 70 The JM Smucker Company 4,605 Apr. 10 21 Royal FrieslandCampina 12,470 Dec. 10 71 LVMH 4,533 Dec. 10 22 Kellogg Company 12,397 Dec. 10 72 China Mengniu Dairy Company 4,470 Dec. 10 23 Dean Foods Company 12,123 Dec. 10 73 Tchibo 4,390 Dec. 09 24 ConAgra Foods Inc. 12,079 May 10 74 Corn Products International 4,367 Dec. 10 25 Fonterra 12,035 Jul. 10 75 Nisshin Seifun Group 4,310 Mar. 10 26 Lactalis 11,805 Dec. 09 76 Japan Tobacco International 4,215 Mar. 10 27 Associated British Foods 11,600 Sep. 10 77 Schreiber Foods 4,100 Sep. 09 28 Smithfield Foods Inc. 11,203 Apr. 10 78 Holdings 4,049 Sep. 10 29 Marfrig Group 11,071 Dec. 10 79 Premier Foods 4,005 Dec. 10 30 Ajinomoto 11,025 Mar. 10 80 Nissin Food Products 3,965 Mar. 10 31 Carlsberg 10,685 Dec. 10 81 QP Corporation 3,930 Nov. 10 32 HJ Company 10,495 Apr. 10 82 Fosters Group 3,896 Jun. 10 33 Nippon Meat Packers 10,190 Mar. 10 83 Del Monte Foods Company 3,740 Apr. 10 34 Pernod Ricard 9,845 Jun. 10 84 Sapporo Holdings 3,725 Dec. 10 35 Yamazaki Baking 9,415 Dec. 10 85 Land O’ Lakes Inc. 3,708 Dec. 10 36 Meiji Holdings 9,336 Mar. 10 86 CSM 3,600 Dec. 10 37 Grupo Bimbo (Mexico) 9,280 Dec. 10 87 Glanbia 3,582 Dec. 10 38 Ferrero 9,175 Aug. 10 88 Yili Group 3,575 Dec. 09 39 Femsa 8,910 Dec. 10 89 Ito En 3,560 Apr. 10 40 Arla Foods 8,725 Dec. 10 90 Sodiaal 3,455 Dec. 09 41 Sara Lee Corporation 8,667 Jun. 10 91 Coca-Cola Amatil 3,415 Dec. 09 42 Sudzucker 8,565 Feb. 11 92 Muller Group 3,380 Dec. 08 43 Maruha Nichiro Holdings 8,558 Mar. 10 93 Groupe Bel 3,361 Dec. 10 44 Bunge 8,388 Dec. 10 94 McCormick & Company 3,337 Nov. 10 45 Danish Crown 8,045 Sep. 10 95 Constellation Brands 3,332 Feb. 11 46 Brf Brasil Foods 7,850 Dec. 09 96 Molson Coors Brewing Company 3,254 Dec. 10 47 Campbell Soup Company 7,676 Aug. 10 97 Chiquita Brands International 3,227 Dec. 10 48 Hormel Foods Corporation 7,221 Oct. 10 98 Brown-Forman Corporation 3,226 Apr. 10 49 Kerry Group 6,895 Dec. 10 99 The Procter & Gamble Company 3,135 Jun. 10 50 , Inc. 6,893 Dec. 10 100 Ebro Foods 3,055 Dec. 09

Source: Global Food Markets (GFM), Leatherhead Food Research.

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