food & Beverage • concept to delivery • present to future • FOODPROCESSING.COM Who Are the Top 100© Food & Beverage Companies? Plus... Business Issues for All Food Processors Table of Contents The 100 Top Food & Beverage Processors 3 The Top Food & Heating Methods for Ultra-High Temperature Pasteurization 9 Beverage Processors Our Top 100© ranks the largest food processors in the U.S. and Canada. Breaking Up Is Not So Hard To Do 11 By Dave Fusaro, Editor in Chief, Food Processing wo things strike us as we examine this year’s list of the 100 company out of that whole bunch reported a loss in 2010. That dubious Rotary Impingement Tank Cleaning Equals largest food & beverage processors in the U.S. and Canada: distinction belonged to Dole, which got squeezed by both lower banana Significant Water and Cost Savings 13 T • A couple of companies have become so big and unfocused production worldwide and weaker pricing – how does that happen? that they will or already have split into two companies. (You’ll notice one additional 2010 loss in this year’s chart. Mi- • 2011 was very tough year on some of these companies. chael Foods was a private company in 2010 and did not report Three Paths to a Better Bottom Line 15 This is our 37th annual Top 100©. It ranks food & beverage pro- earnings, but in its pro forma computations, it acknowledged a cessors based on their sales of value-added, consumer-ready goods loss in 2010). that were processed in U.S. and Canadian facilities. You won’t find a We can’t say the same this year. Dole recovered, to a $38 million Methods For Mitigation Of Corrosion Under Insulation comparable list anywhere else; you won’t find many of these figures profit, but six others swung into the red. At the top of that list is anywhere else, either. Dean Foods, which swung from an $83 million profit in 2010 to a And Other Crevice Corrosion 17 The first thing we remarked on last year at this time was just one $1.6 billion loss in 2011. Specialized Banks Support the Industry 19 ALPHABETIC INDEX AdvancePierre Foods .............................69 Darigold ...................................................80 J. R. Simplot Co. ......................................68 Pilgrim’s Pride ........................................19 Agri-Mark ................................................ 83 Dean Foods Co. ......................................... 7 J.M. Smucker Co. .....................................28 Pinnacle Foods .......................................41 Tubular Drag Cable Conveyors Streamline Agro-Farma Inc. (Chobani) ...................94 Del Monte Foods ......................................37 JBS USA .....................................................6 Prairie Farms Dairy Inc. .........................62 Breakfast Cereal Processing 21 Agropur Cooperative ............................. 32 Diamond Foods Inc. ...............................88 John B. Sanfilippo & Son .......................98 Procter & Gamble Co. ........................... 35 American Crystal Sugar Co. ...................65 Dole Food Co. Inc. ....................................17 Kellogg Co. ...............................................12 Ralcorp Holdings .................................... 24 American Foods Group .......................... 67 Dr. Pepper Snapple Group.....................22 Keystone Foods ..................................... 43 Reser’s Fine Foods ................................94 Anheuser-Busch InBev ........................... 5 E&J Gallo Winery ....................................34 Kraft Foods Inc. ........................................4 Rich Products Corp. ...............................42 Associated Milk Producers ................... 52 Flowers Foods Inc. .................................38 Lactalis American Group Inc. ................90 Sanderson Farms ..................................54 Beam Inc. ................................................70 Foremost Farms USA .............................86 Lancaster Colony Corp. ...........................81 Sanfilippo ................................................98 Ad Index Bimbo Bakeries USA ...............................31 Foster Farms LLC .....................................45 Land O’Lakes Inc. ....................................29 Saputo Inc. ...............................................19 Pick Heaters Inc. 8 Borden Dairy Co......................................48 General Mills Inc. ......................................8 Leprino Foods Co. .................................. 72 Sara Lee Corp. ......................................... 27 Brown-Forman Corp. ............................. 33 Gilster-Mary Lee Corp. ..........................84 Malt-O-Meal Co. .......................................91 Sargento Foods Inc. ...............................94 www.pickheaters.com California Dairies Inc. ........................... 52 Glanbia USA .............................................77 Maple Leaf Foods.................................... 23 Schreiber Foods Inc. ............................. 55 Campbell Soup Co. .................................30 Golden State Foods ...............................94 Mars Inc. ..................................................10 Schwan Food Co. ...................................58 Canada Bread Co. ...................................63 Gorton’s ..................................................99 McCain Foods .......................................... 43 Seaboard Corp. ........................................51 Gamajet 12 Cargill Inc..................................................14 Great Lakes Cheese Co. ......................... 55 McCormick & Co. .....................................64 Seneca Foods Inc. ....................................71 www.gamajet.com Chiquita ...................................................36 H.J. Heinz Co............................................ 25 McKee Foods Corp. ................................73 Simplot ....................................................68 Chobani (Agro-Farma) ..........................94 H.P. Hood Inc. .........................................45 Michael Foods ........................................60 Smithfield Foods Inc. ...............................9 Coca-Cola Co. ............................................11 Hain Celestial Group ..............................82 MillerCoors LLC .........................................16 Smucker...................................................28 Polyguard Products 16 Colgate-Palmolive Co. ........................... 76 Hearthside Food Solutions ....................89 Molson Coors Co. ....................................49 Snyder-Lance Inc. ....................................61 www.polyguardproducts.com ConAgra Foods Inc. .................................14 Hershey Co. .............................................20 National Grape Cooperative ............... 100 Sunkist Growers .....................................85 Constellation Brands ..............................39 Hilmar Cheese Co. ...................................77 Nestle ......................................................... 3 TreeHouse Foods Inc. .............................50 Cott Corp. ..................................................57 Hormel Foods Corp. ................................15 OSI Group ................................................73 Tyson Foods Inc. ....................................... 2 Cablevey Conveyors 20 CROPP Cooperative/Organic Valley ......93 Hostess Brands .......................................40 Parmalat Canada ................................... 47 Unilever North America ..........................21 www.cablevey.com Dairy Farmers of America ......................77 Imperial Sugar Co. .................................. 87 PepsiCo Inc. ...............................................1 Wells Enteprises Inc. ...............................73 Dannon Co. Inc. ......................................66 J&J Snack Foods .....................................92 Perdue Farms..........................................26 Weston Foods .........................................59 2 3 2012 2012 All figures are in millions of U.S. dollars All figures are in millions of U.S. dollars Previous 2011 Food 2010 Food 2011 Total 2011 Net 2010 Net Previous 2011 Food 2010 Food 2011 Total 2011 Net 2010 Net Ranking Ranking Company Name Sales Sales Company Sales Income (-Loss) Income (-Loss) Ranking Ranking Company Name Sales Sales Company Sales Income (-Loss) Income (-Loss) 1 1 PepsiCo Inc. $38,3961 $35,600 $66,504 $6,462 $6,338 55 52 Great Lakes Cheese Co. 1,900E 1,800E 1,900E NA-private NA-private 2 4 Tyson Foods Inc. (10/1/11) 30,975 27,293 32,266 733 765 53 Schreiber Foods Inc. 1,900E 1,800E 4,100E NA-private NA-private 3 2 Nestle (U.S. & Canada) 26,200 29,600 94,000 10,500 35,000 57 62 Cott Corp. 1,809 1,357 2,335 41 58 4 3 Kraft Foods Inc. 25,171 29,524 54,365 3,547 4,139 58 54 Schwan Food Co. 1,800E 1,750E 3,600E NA-private NA-private 5 5 Anheuser-Busch InBev 15,304 15,296 39,046 7,959 5,762 59 57 Weston Foods 1,772 1,624 32,376 919 278 6 6 JBS USA 14,000E 13,342 14,000E na 117 (food only) 7 8 Dean Foods Co. 12,698 11,758 13,055 (-1,592) 83 60 63 Michael Foods 1,767 1602 1,767 14 (-31) 6 8 7 General Mills Inc. (5/27/12) 12,464 12,005 16,658 1,589 1,804R 61 Snyder-Lance Inc. 1,635 980 1,635 38 3 E E 9 10 Smithfield Foods Inc. (4/29/12) 11,093 10,264 13,094 361 521 62 60 Prairie Farms Dairy Inc. (9/30/11) 1,600 1,504 1,600 na na 10 9 Mars Inc. 10,500 10,500 30,000 NA-private NA-private 63 58 Canada Bread Co. 1,596 1,588 1,596 52 61 11 13 Coca-Cola Co. 9,861 8,273 46,452