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The food industry is the complex, global collective of diverse businesses that together supply much of the food energy consumed by the world population. Only subsistence farmers, those who survive on what they grow, can be considered outside of the scope of the modern food industry.
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H. J. Heinz Company
H. J. Heinz Company (NYSE: HNZ), commonly known as Heinz and famous for its "57 Varieties" slogan and its ketchup, is an American food company with world headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Perhaps best known for its ketchup, the H.J. Heinz...
Date founded:
- 1869
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Hormel
Hormel Foods Corporation (NYSE: HRL) is a food company based in southeastern Minnesota (Mower County), perhaps best known as the producer of Spam luncheon meat. The company was founded as George A. Hormel & Company in Austin, Minnesota, U.S., by...
Date founded:
- 1891
Whataburger
Whataburger is a privately held, regional fast food restaurant specializing in hamburgers. The company, established by Harmon Dobson, opened its first restaurant in Corpus Christi, Texas on August 8, 1950. By 1960 the chain had grown to 17 locations...
Date founded:
- 1950
Archer Daniels Midland
The Archer Daniels Midland Company (NYSE: ADM), is a conglomerate based in Decatur, Illinois. ADM operates more than 270 plants worldwide, where cereal grains and oilseeds are processed into products used in food, beverage, nutraceutical, industrial...
Date founded:
- 1902
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Groupe Danone
Groupe Danone (Euronext: BN, OTCBB: GDNNY), known as Dannon in the United States, is a French food-products multinational based in Paris. It claims world leadership in fresh dairy products, marketed under the corporate name, and also in bottled...
Date founded:
- 1919
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Mitsubishi Corporation
Mitsubishi Corporation (三菱商事株式会社, Mitsubishi Shōji Kabushiki Kaisha) TYO: 8058 is Japan's largest trading company (sogo shosha), a member of the Mitsubishi keiretsu. Mitsubishi Corporation employs over 50,000 people and has seven business segments...
Kraft Foods
Kraft Foods, Inc. (NYSE: KFT) is the largest food and beverage company headquartered in the United States and the second-largest in the world (after Nestlé SA). It markets many brands in more than 155 countries.
The company is headquartered in...
Date founded:
- 1903
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Japan Tobacco
Japan Tobacco Inc. (日本たばこ産業株式会社, Nihon Tabako Sangyō Kabushiki-gaisha, TYO: 2914), JT for short, is a cigarette manufacturing company. It is part of the Nikkei 225 index. It is the only Japanese and one of the 59 global brands to be in the VB.com...
Date founded:
- 1985
Campbell Soup Company
Campbell Soup Company (NYSE: CPB), also known as Campbell's, is a well-known American producer of canned soups and related products. Campbell's products are sold in 120 countries around the world. It is headquartered in Camden, New Jersey.
Campbell...
Date founded:
- 1869
White Castle
The White Castle hamburger chain is the first American hamburger fast food restaurant chain. They are known for small square burgers, sometimes referred to, and today trademarked as "Slyders". They were priced at five cents until the 1940s, and...
Date founded:
- Sep 13, 1921
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Krystal
Krystal is an American fast food restaurant chain known for their small, squared hamburgers with steamed-in onions, and 24/7 business hours, Krystal is often described as the Southern equivalent of the older Midwest American hamburger chain White...
Date founded:
- 1932
Associated Grocers
Associated Grocers was a retailers' cooperative that distributed full lines of groceries and general merchandise. Originally founded in 1934, it also provided retail services to independent groceries in Washington, Oregon, Alaska, Hawaii, and Guam....
Date founded:
- 1934
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Ferrero SpA
Ferrero SpA is an Italian manufacturer of chocolate and other confectionery products, founded by confectioner Pietro Ferrero in 1946 and based in Pino Torinese, Italy. The company is still owned by the Ferrero family. The Ferrero company was founded...
Date founded:
- 1946
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Alimentos La Giralda
Alimentos La Giralda is a Venezuelan trading company that imports, produces and distributes foodstuffs such as capers, pickles, olives, canned fruits and canned vegetables. It is located in Caracas. The brand "La Giralda" was registered in 1944 by...
Date founded:
- 1944
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Sanitarium Health Food Company
The Sanitarium Health Food Company is a food company in Australia and New Zealand that produces a large range of breakfast cereals as well as a range of vegetarian products. Founded in 1898, its flagship product Weet-Bix is a top seller in the...
Date founded:
- 1898
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Church's Chicken
Church's Chicken is a US-based chain of fast food restaurants specializing in fried chicken. The chain was founded as Church's Fried Chicken To Go by George W. Church, Sr., on April 17, 1952, in San Antonio, across the street from The Alamo. The...
Date founded:
- Apr 17, 1952
AFC Enterprises
AFC Enterprises (NASDAQ: AFCE) is the Atlanta-headquartered company that owns Popeye's Chicken & Biscuits. AFC Enterprises is a publicly traded company.
AFC was formerly the franchiser of Seattle's Best Coffee and Cinnabon. In 2003 the company came...
United Biscuits
United Biscuits ("UB") is a British multinational food manufacturer, makers of the BN biscuits, McVitie's biscuits, KP Nuts, Hula Hoops, The Real McCoy's crisps, Phileas Fogg snacks, Jacob's Cream Crackers, and Twiglets. The Company was listed on...
Date founded:
- 1948
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Steak n Shake
Steak n Shake is a 500-unit diner-style restaurant chain located primarily in the Midwestern and Southern United States. Over 400 Steak n Shakes are company-owned and the remaining 100 or so are franchised. Typical restaurant locations have both a...
Date founded:
- 1934
PepsiCo
PepsiCo, Incorporated (NYSE: PEP) is a Fortune 500, American multinational corporation headquartered in Purchase, NY with interests in manufacturing and marketing a wide variety of carbonated and non-carbonated beverages, as well as salty, sweet and...
Date founded:
- 1965
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Godfather's Pizza
Godfather's Pizza is an Italian restaurant chain that was founded in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1973 by William Theisen. The company was sold by Theisen to Pillsbury in the mid 1980s and Theisen stepped down from actively managing the company. In 1986,...
Date founded:
- 1973
Bojangles'
Bojangles' Famous Chicken 'n Biscuits is a regional chain of fast food restaurants based in Charlotte, North Carolina, specializing in spicy, "Cajun" fried chicken and buttermilk biscuits. The restaurants, named for the song written by Jerry Jeff...
Date founded:
- 1977
Braum's
Braum's Ice Cream and Dairy Stores is a family-owned and operated chain of fast-food restaurants and grocery stores based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It currently has locations in Oklahoma and in parts of Texas, Kansas, Arkansas, and Missouri. As of...
Date founded:
- 1968
Associated British Foods
Associated British Foods plc (LSE: ABF) is a British multinational food, ingredients and retail group with sales of £8.235 billion and over 96,000 employees in 44 countries. It is headquartered in London, England. It is listed on the London Stock...
Date founded:
- 1997
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Dabur
The story of Dabur goes back to 1884, to a young doctor armed with a degree in medicine and a burning desire to serve mankind. This young man, Dr. S. K. Burman, laid the foundations of what is today known as Dabur India Limited. The brand name Dabur...
Date founded:
- 1884
ITC Ltd.
ITC Limited which previously stood for Imperial Tobacco Company of India Limited, is an Indian conglomerate with a turnover of US $ 4.75 billion. It ranks third in pre-tax profit among India's private sector corporations.The company has its...
Date founded:
- Aug 24, 1910
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George Weston Foods
George Weston Foods is one of the largest consumer products companies in Australia. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Associated British Foods Plc. Its brands include Tip Top and Top Taste.
Along with Goodman Fielder, it is one of the two main...
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Snack Brands Australia
Snack Brands Australia (SBA) is one of the largest suppliers of snack foods in Australia and acts as the main competitor to PepsiCo's subsidiary The Smith's Snackfood Company. SBA was formed in August 1998 and is owned by Snack Foods Limited
After...
Date founded:
- 1998
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Henry Jones IXL
Henry Jones IXL is a company primarily known as a manufacturer of jams, conserves and sauces in Australia.
The company was first established by Henry Jones in Hobart in 1891 as H. Jones & Company. The company derived from Jones' employment with...
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Taco John's
Taco John's is a Cheyenne, Wyoming-based fast-food restaurant featuring Mexican-inspired fast-food (which the chain calls 'West-Mex'). The chain was founded in 1969 in Cheyenne, Wyoming, and currently has more than 400 Taco John’s restaurants in 24...
Date founded:
- 1969
Techint
Techint is a conglomerate multinational company based in Buenos Aires, Argentina and founded in Milan in September 1945 by Italian industrialist Agostino Rocca. Techint currently holds stock in over 100 engineering, steel, oil, gas and service...
Date founded:
- 1945
IAWS Group
IAWS Group plc was an international food and agribusiness group. The Group had lifestyle food operations in Ireland, the UK, France, the USA, and Canada serving over 50,000 customers. This lifestyle food business focuses on niche high-quality growth...
Date founded:
- 1988
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Maple Leaf Foods
Maple Leaf Foods Inc. (TSX: MFI) is a major Canadian food processing company, founded in 1927 as a merger of several major Toronto meat packers.
The company was originally known as Canada Packers. It was founded in 1927 as a merger of several major...
Date founded:
- 1927
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Valentino's
Valentino's is a regional Italian restaurant chain based in Lincoln, Nebraska. Valentino's was founded by Val and Zena Weiler in 1957. The restaurant was purchased by two Lincoln families in 1971 and began franchising additional locations. The first...
Date founded:
- 1957
Hamburger Station
Hamburger Station is a small chain of fast food stores in the Northeast Ohio, USA area. The hamburgers they serve are offered in a variety of quantities and are similar in size to White Castle hamburgers. The hamburgers are served on small buns with...
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Britannia Biscuits
Britannia Industries Limited is an Indian company based in Kolkata that is famous for its Britannia and Tiger brands of biscuit, which are highly recognised throughout the country. Britannia is one of India’s leading biscuit firms, with an estimated...
Date founded:
- 1892
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Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce
Big Daddy's BBQ Sauce (Pink Sheets: BIGD) is a company that produces barbecue sauce. Based in Yukon, Oklahoma, it came from the result of two friends merging their famous recipes together. In addition to producing its world-famous barbecue sauce, it...
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Rap snacks
Rap Snacks are a variety of potato chips and popcorn that feature famous rappers. They are generally sold in convenience stores, particularly in inner-city areas. They are advertised as "The Official Snack of Hip Hop."
Rap Snacks were created by...
Date founded:
- 1994
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Premium Standard Farms
Premium Standard Farms, Inc (PSF) is a subsidiary of Smithfield Foods. PSF was founded in 1988 with the aim of creating a standardized method to produce premium pork. To accomplish this goal, the company decided to pursue full vertical integration—a...
Date founded:
- 1988
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Northern Foods
Northern Foods plc (LSE: NFDS) is a British food manufacturer headquartered in Leeds in the north of England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 250 Index.
The business was founded by Alec Horsley in 1937 as a...
Date founded:
- 1937
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Bernard Matthews
Bernard Matthews Foods Ltd is a British farming and food products business, which specialises in the farming of turkeys. Founded by Bernard Trevor Matthews in 1950, the company is headquartered in Norwich, Norfolk, England, and has 56 farms...
Date founded:
- 1950
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Nidar
Nidar is a Norwegian producer and distributor of confectionery, established in 1912 and still based out of Trondheim, Norway. It is part of the Orkla Group. The company is one of the leading distributor of sweets to the Norwegian marketplace,...
Date founded:
- 1912
HP Hood
HP Hood LLC is an American dairy company based in Lynnfield, Massachusetts. Hood was founded in 1846 in Charlestown, Massachusetts by Harvey Perley Hood. Recent company acquisitions by HP Hood have expanded its reach from predominantly New England...
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Campina
FrieslandCampina is a Dutch dairy cooperative. It is the result of the merge between Royal Friesland Foods and Campina. Main brands include Friesche Vlag, Chocomel, Fristi, Dutch lady, Appelsientje, Milner, Campina, Landliebe, Optiwell and Mona....
Date founded:
- 1979
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A. Le Coq
A. Le Coq (Estonian pronunciation: [aˑleˈkokː]) is an Estonian brewery. The company was founded by Albert Le Coq in London in 1807, using a brewery in Tartu that was founded in 1826. The company was bought in 1997 and is currently owned by Finnish...
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Pancho's Mexican Buffet
Pancho's Mexican Buffet is a chain of Tex-Mex restaurants (24 as of 2009) in the United States. The bulk of the restaurants are in Texas; a few restaurants are also located in Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Louisiana. Pancho's main offering is...
Date founded:
- 1958
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Bill Miller Bar-B-Q Enterprises
Bill Miller Bar-B-Q is a San Antonio-headquartered restaurant chain that focuses on barbecue food, accompanying side dishes (such as potato salad and coleslaw), and baked goods.
The restaurant started as a poultry and egg business in 1950 from a ...
Date founded:
- 1953
Wendy's
Wendy's is a large franchise chain of approximately 300 ice cream stores in Australia and New Zealand. In New Zealand, it coexists with the Wendy's chain of fast food restaurants.
The Wendy’s franchise network of ice cream retail stores was founded...
Date founded:
- Jul 31, 1979
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Zaxby's
Zaxby's is a franchised chain of fast casual restaurants that operates primarily in the Southeastern United States. In this chain there are more than 483 locations. The first Zaxby's was opened in Statesboro, Georgia, near the Georgia Southern...
Date founded:
- 1990
Huy Fong Foods
Huy Fong Foods is a hot sauce company based in Rosemead, California. Beginning in 1980 on Spring Street in Los Angeles's Chinatown, with an initial investment of US$50,000 in family savings after being turned down by a bank for a US$200,000 loan, it...
Date founded:
- 1980
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Spur
Spur Steak Ranches (JSE: SUR) is a steakhouse franchise restaurant chain originating from South Africa. Its menu mainly features beef burgers, steaks and ribs, but also includes salads, chicken, seafood and vegetarian options. The restaurants also...
Date founded:
- 1967
