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 Northfield, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. Its European headquarters are just outside Zürich, Switzerland. A public company, it is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and became a component of the Dow Jones ... more

Business

Founders

James L. Kraft

James Lewis (J.L.) Kraft (1874–1953) was a Canadian-American entrepreneur and inventor. Born near Stevensville, Ontario to Mennonite parents, he was the first to patent processed cheese and, after moving to Chicago in 1903, founded J.L. Kraft & Bros. Company, which would later become Kraft Foods...

Address

Kraft Foods Headquarters

THREE LAKES DRIVE
Northfield Illinois 60093

Revenue:

Currency Amount Valid Date
  • 34,356,000,000
  • Dec 31, 2006
  • 37,241,000,000
  • 2007
  • 6,432,900,000
  • 1980
  • 1,210,300,000
  • 1955
  • 1,605,700,000
  • 1960
  • 2,580,900,000
  • 1970
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Operating income:

Currency Amount Valid Date
  • 6,153,000,000
  • Dec 31, 2006

Market capitalization:

Currency Amount Valid Date
  • 51,000,000,000
  • Dec 31, 2007

Net income:

Currency Amount Valid Date
  • 2,590,000,000
  • 2007
  • 188,100,000
  • 1980
  • 37,400,000
  • 1955
  • 49,400,000
  • 1960
  • 75,600,000
  • 1970
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Board members:

Member Title From To
  • 2007
  • Dec 2007
  • 2007
  • 2007
  • 2006
  • 2005
  • 2004
  • Aug 2002
  • Mar 2007
  • 2002
  • 2007
  • Aug 2002
  • Mar 30, 2007
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Number of employees:

number date
  • 103,000
  • 2007

Ticker symbol:

Stock exchange Ticker symbol
  • KFT

Previous names:

Previous name Start date
  • Kraft Foods
  • 1995
  • Kraft General Foods
  • 1989
  • Kraft, Inc.
  • 1976
  • Kraft Foods Company
  • 1945
  • Kraft-Phenix Cheese Company
  • 1928
  • Kraft Cheese Company
  • 1924
  • J.L. Kraft and Bros.
  • 1909
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Spun off from:

Parent company Date
  • Mar 2007

Spin offs:

Companies acquired:

Company acquired Date
  • 2007
  • 2003
  • 1993
  • 1990
  • 1985
  • 1928
  • 2000
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Involved in merger:

Companies merging Date Became company
  • 2000
  • 1989
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