Propels

Baby foods, ice creams, breakfast cereals and dairy products – all of these attained a new foothold in history with the advent of singular most market leader that believed in offering richness and taste to the word. Nestle is a Swiss based multinational company into food products and rules the global forum with single handed monop It is the world’s leading company for nutrition, health and wellness for more than 140 years now with the mission of “Good Food, Good Life”. The company was founded in 1866 by Henri Nestle in Vevey, which is the headquarters of Nestle even today. Nestle has 447 equipped factories and operations in almost every country in the world. It is one of the main shareholders of the L’Oreal. Nestle has been ranked as No.1 in the Fortune 500 Global List of Companies in the world as the most profitable company. It is the biggest food company in the world with a market capitalization of around 210 billion Swiss Francs. It has a primary listing on the Swiss Exc...

Cadbury, the confectionery giant and the second largest confectionery brand in the world, is well known for its Creme Egg and Roses selection box and the world famous Dairy Milk chocolate. Its owned by Mondel?z International. This British multinational confectionery company is based in Uxbridge of London in the United Kingdom. It operates in 50 countries all over the world. Cadbury was started by John Cadbury, who initially sold drinking chocolate, coffee and tea in Birmingham, England in the year of 1824.In later years Cadbury collaborated with his brother Benjamin to expand their business. Then it was passed on to his sons Richard and George. It was George who built Bournville estate to provide the company’s workers a way to improve their living conditions Operations Cadbury employs over 1000 people to work for it in Bournville. In 2014, its owner Mondelez invested a huge amount of £75 million in its production site.Not to forget, Cadbury’s Bournville also houses Mondelez...

PepsiCo. Inc. is an American multinational industry dealing in food and beverage. Founded in 1965, the company has grown its business in more than 200 countries by selling snack foods, beverages and other products. PepsiCo has come a long way from Pepsi being its primary product and source of revenue. The company has four units: PepsiCo Americas Food (PAF), PepsiCo Americas Beverages (PAB), PepsiCo Europe and PepsiCo Asia. These four business units handle the company's business endeavours in different regions of the world. Pepsi's story started with Caleb Bradham, a North Carolina industrialist, who developed the first Pepsi recipe in 1880s. The recipe earned popularity and Bradham registered a patent for the recipe in 1903. In the very same year, Caleb advertised the drink as "Exhilarating, Invigorating, Aids Digestion" and sold 7,968 gallons. Encouraged by the popularity, he collaborated with two investors to bottle Pepsi in 1905. The Pepsi-Cola Company wa...

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. Coca Cola is a popular soft drink sold in restaurants, vending machines and stores worldwide. Coke is the registered trademark of The Coca Cola Company. The company only produces concentrate which is picked by the authorized Coca Cola bottlers all over the globe. The bottlers then make the finished product out of the concentrate using various sweeteners and filtered water. The final mixture is then sold to authorized vendors and stores. There are some other drinks that are manufactured under the name Coca Cola. Some of them are Diet Coke, Caffeine Free Coca Cola, Diet Coke Caffeine Free, Coca Cola Vanilla, etc. Products from this company are available in almost 200 countries all over the world. Coca Cola is one of the world’s most valuable and largest brands. Coca Cola’s first bottling happened in Vicksburg, Mississippi in 1891. The soft drink received the national status in the USA by the time it reached the 50th anniv...

Smithfield Foods Inc. is an American manufacturer and processor of meat. It mainly deals in the production of pork and is the world’s biggest producer of it too. The company has around 26 production facilities located in the US and has the world’s largest slaughterhouse as well as meat-processing plant in the world. Apart from the American country, it has its operations spread to Mexico and a total of 10 European countries, presently. The company employs a total of 46,000 workers, which help in generating revenue that exceeds 13 billion USD every year. C. Larry Pope serves the company as its President and CEO while George H. Richter as its COO. Since the year 2015, the majority of its stake has been owned by the Chinese-based Shanghai International Holdings Ltd., which is a state-owned holding company itself. History The emergence of Smithfield Foods goes back to the year 1936, when the father-son duo of Luter Sr. and Luter Jr. started with a small company named Smithfield Pac...

Perdue is a well known American company that deals in food items and agricultural product. Consisting of two important segments, namely Perdue AgriBusiness and Perdue Foods, the organization is based out of Salisbury in Maryland. The company boasts of an annual sale of more than $6 billion. Perdue Farms is one of the largest processors of chicken, pork and turkey. On the other hand, Perdue AgriBusiness is one of the top most grain companies in the country. History Perdue was found in the year 1920 by Arthur W. Perdue and his wife Pearl Perdue. They started out by selling eggs of the chicken that they tended to. In 1925, they established a hatchery and along with eggs, they also started supplying layer chicken to their customers. In the year 1939, their son Frank Perdue dropped out of college and joined his parents to further this endeavor. In the 50s the company was finally incorporated with Arthur and Frank Perdue assuming the role of the leaders of the company. The company wa...

Hain Celestial Group is one of the biggest players today in the food production industry worldwide. The company deals in natural, specialty and snack food production mostly. Apart from this, it is also known for producing meat alternatives and items which are required for personal care. The corporation and its subsidiaries are reputed for manufacturing, marketing and distributing food products which are in demand by consumers throughout the globe. The current CEO and president of the company is Irwin D. Simon, who is also the founder of the group. The company is known for employing as many as 4000 employees worldwide, which help bring in a turnover of USD 2.15 billion on an annual basis. The company trades on the NASDAQ stock exchange Global Select Market. History The corporation was founded back in 1993 as ‘Hain Food Group’, and its current name is the result of a merger between the Hain Food Group and Celestial Seasonings Inc., which took place in May 2000. It has gone on...