Top Food and Beverage Packagers

Packaging Strategies' Top 50 Food Packagers of 2014

The Best and the Brightest in Consumer Packaged Food.

Welcome to our annual top 50 food packaging companies cover story. As explained further in the methodology box that correlates with the chart to right, Food and Beverage Packaging has ranked the top 50 food companies based on 2013 total revenues. As in the past, we organize the list in ranking order (starting with number one) by revenue in billions. We also highlight chief packaging officer of the company and a list of key brands. We have broken out revenue from beverage and other non-food product sales, when possible, so that we only include revenue from packaged food sales.

The industry has had its ups and downs, but for the top three on our list, it was just ups. Nestlé has remained on top with $60.43 billion in revenue for 2013, that’s up from the reported $56.60 billion in 2012. PepsiCo remains in the number two position with $34.54 billion, up from $33.40 billion in 2012, while Tyson Foods is trailing very closely behind with $34.37 billion, up from the $33.30 billion reported in 2012.

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Rank Company
Headquarters		 2013 Total
Revenues
(in $ Billions)		 Chief Packaging Officer,
Title		 Key Brands
1
 Nestlé SA
Vevey, Switzerland		 60.43 Anne Roulin,
Global Head of Packaging		 Hot Pockets, Purina,
Dreyer's, Stouffer's, Nestlé,
Lean Cuisine, Edy's
2
 PepsiCo Inc.
Purchase, NY		 34.54 Robert Lewis,
Senior Vice President
Global Packaging & Engineering
Technology		 Lay's, Quaker, Doritos,
Ruffles, Tostitos, Fritos
3
 Tyson Foods Inc.
Springdale, AR		 34.37 Carolyn Rehbock,
Vice President, Product Innovation		 Tyson, Wright, Bosco's
4
 JBS USA (including
Pilgrim's Pride)
Greeley, CO		 30.55 Tim Thomas,
Head of Procurement		 Swift, Cedar River Farms,
Pilgrim's, Country Pride
5
 Mars Inc.
McLean, VA		 30.00* Steve Ginsberg,
Director of Design		 M&M's, Snickers, Twix,
Uncle Ben's, Pedigree,
Whiskas, Dove, Extra, Orbit
6
 Mondeléz
International
Deerfield, IL		 29.44 Jean Spence,
Executive Vice President of
Research, Development & Quality		 LU, Nabisco, Cadbury,
Milka, Oreo, Trident, Ritz
7
 Unilever
London, U.K.		 18.60 Dennis Furniss,
Vide President of Global Design		 Hellmann's, Knorr, Ragu,
Country Crock, Bertolli,
Magnum, Breyer's
8
 General Mills Inc.
Minneapolis, MN		 17.77 Elizabeth Nientimp,
Director of Brand Design		 Cheerios, Betty Crocker,
Pillsbury, Yoplait,
Green Giant, Progresso,
Nature Valley
9
 Lactalis
Buffalo, NY		 17.74 John Neureuter,
Senior Manager, Demand Planning
at Lactalis American Group		 Sorrento, President, Rondele
10
 Groupe Danone
Paris, France		 17.74 Jean-Philippe Paré,
General Director,
Research & Development		 Activia, Actimel/DanActive,
Dannon, Danone
11
 Fonterra
Auckland,
New Zealand		 16.07 Ian Palliser,
Manager Director
Gropu Optimization & Supply Chain		 Anchor, Anlene
12
 Kraft Foods Group
Northfield, IL		 15.54 Tom Corley,
EVP and President,
U.S. Retail Sales and Foodservice		 Kraft, Oscar Mayer,
Velveeta, Cool Whip, Planters
13
 ConAgra Foods Inc.
Omaha, NE		 15.49 Robert Weick,
Vice President Packaging
& Sustainability		 Healthy Choice, Orville
Redenbacher's, Reddi-wip,
Hunt's, PAM, Peter Pan
14
 Kellogg Co.
Battle Creek, MI		 14.79 Brent Rouget,
Manager, Packaging Procurement		 Rice Krispies, Special K,
Nutri-Grain, Eggo, Pop-Tarts
15
 Cargill
Minneapolis, MN		 13.67 Jonathan Paul,
Global COE Lead, Packaging
Design Engineering at Cargill		 Sterling Silver, Rumba,
Diamond Crystal, Truvia
16
 Grupo Bimbo SA
Mexico City, Mexico		 13.66 David Hernandez,
Chief Procurement Officer		 Mrs Baird's, Bimbo,
Entenmann's, Marinela, Tia Rosa,
Boboli, Thomas
17
 Smithfield Foods Inc.
Smithfield, VA		 13.22 Henry Morris,
Vide President Operations		 Smithfield, John Morrell, Armour,
Eckrich, Farmland, Margherita
18
 H.J. Heinz Co.
Pittsburgh, PA		 11.60* Jonathan Paul,
Global COE Lead, Packaging
Design Engineering at Cargill		 Sterling Silver, Rumba,
Diamond Crystal, Truvia
19
 Ferrero Alba
Piedmont, Italy		 11.14 Vincenzo Bracciale,
Vice President Business
Strategy, Ferrero International		 Ferrero, tic tac, Nutella, Kinder
20
 Dean Foods Co.
Dallas, TX		 9.02 Gregg Tanner,
Executive Vide President,
Supply Chain		 Dean's, Meadow Gold,
Country Fresh, Swiss Dairy,
Garelick Farms
21
 Hormel Foods Corp.
Austin, MN		 8.75 Dan Miller,
GM - Applied Research &
Packaging Development		 Hormel, Jennie-O, Dinty Moore,
SPAM, Chi-Chi's,
Wholly Guacamole
22
 Meiji Holdings
Tokyo, Japan		 8.3*   Meiji
23
 Campbell Soup Co.
Camden, NJ		 7.31 George Dowdie,
Senior Vide President,
Global Research & Development		 Campbell's, Pace, Pepperidge
Farm, Prego, Swanson
24
 Hershey Co.
Hershey, PA		 7.15 Mike Payne,
Senior Director,
Global Packaging Innovation		 Hershey's, Kisses, Reese's,
Twizzlers, York, Bliss
25
 Parmalat S.p.A.
Collecchio, Italy		 6.99* Alessandra Corsi,
Strategic Development &
Export Director		 Parmalat, Beatrice, Lactantia,
Black Diamond, Precious
26
 Associated British
Foods, ACH Food
Companies
London, U.K.		 6.47 George Pastrana,
Chief Marketing Officer,
V.P. Marketing & Innovation		 Mazola, Tone's, Durkee,
Spice Islands, Weber, French's
27
 Perdue Inc.
Salisbury, MD		 6.39* Parker Hall,
Vide President of
Research and Design		 Perdue
28
 McCain Foods Ltd.
Florenceville, New
Brunswick, Canada		 5.85* Neeraj Sharma,
Director- Global Packaging Science
and Technology at McCain Foods		 McCain
29
 Barilla Group
Parma, Italy		 4.77 Giacomo Canali,
Packaging Research & Innovation
Manager at Barilla G. e R.
Fratelli spa		 Barilla, Wasa
30
 Land O'Lakes Inc.
Arden Hills, MN		 4.50 Carol Kitchen,
Senior Vice President
& General Manager,
Global Ingredients - Dairy Foods		 Land O'Lakes, Alpine Lace
31
 Maple Leaf Foods
Inc.
Toronto, Ontario,
Canada		 4.41 Andrew Pollock,
Senior Vice President,
Marketing and Innovation		 Maple Leaf, Villaggio,
Tenderflake, Dempster's
32
 Dole Food Co.
Westlake Village, CA		 4.25* Dave Spare,
Vide President, Marketing &
Business Development,
Dole Packaged Foods		 Dole
33
 McCormick & Co.
Inc.
Sparks, MD		 4.12 Lisa Feustle,
Director Package Development		 McCormick, Lawry's,
Grill Mates, Zatarain's, Old Bay
34
 Gruma, S.A.B.
de C.V.
Monterrey, Mexico		 4.10 Leonel Garza Ramírez,
Chief Procurement Officer		 Mission, Guerrero, Selecta
35
 Hillshire Brands
Chicago, IL		 3.92 Martha Cassens,
Director Research & Development		 Sara Lee, Jimmy Dean,
Hillshire Farm, Ball Park
36
 Big Heart Pet
Brands
San Francisco, CA		 3.82 Nils Lommerin,
Executive Vide President and
Chief Operating Officer		 9Lives, Meow Mix,
Nature's Recipe, Milk Bone
37
 Flowers Foods Inc.
Thomasville, GA		 3.75

Greg Jenkins,
V.P. of Purchasing-Packaging
at Flowers Foods

 Nature's Own, Tastykake,
Cobblestone Mill, Blue Bird,
Sunbeam
38
 Fresh Del Monte
Produce Inc.
Coral Gables, FL		 3.70 Joseph D'Ottavio,
Regional Vice President
of Operations		 Del Monte
39
 The J.M. Smucker
Co.
Orrville, OH		 3.60 Gregory Dalea,
Senior Manager,
Package Development		 Jif, Smucker's, Pillsbury,
Hungry Jack, Knott's
40
 Schreiber Foods Inc.
Green Bay, WI		 3.50* Myron Geiser,
Director of Packaging		 American Heritage, Cooper
41
 Procter & Gamble
Co.
Cincinnati, OH		 3.40* Stewart Atkinson,
P&G Global Purchases		 Iams, Eukanuba
42
 Lindt & Sprungli AG
Kilchberg,
Switzerland		 3.25 Dieter Weisskopf,
CFO, Head of Operations		 Ghirardelli, Lindt, Caffarel,
Hofbauer, Kufferle
43
 Rich Products Corp.
Buffalo, NY		 3.10 Mike Rudney,
Director, Global Procurement
Optimization		 SeaPak, Rich's, Farm Rich
44
 Chiquita Brands
International
Charlotte, NC		 3.06 Mike Burness,
Vice President - Global Quality
& Food Safety		 Chiquita, Fresh Express
45
 California Dairies
Visalia, CA		 3.00* David Bush,
Senior Vide President Operations		 Challenge
46
 The Schwan Food
Co.
Marshall, MN		 3.00* Jim McGillivray,
Director, Product Marketing
National Accounts		 Freschetta, Red Baron, Tony's,
Mrs. Smith's, Pagoda Express,
Edwards, Larry's, Chicago Town
47
 Oetker Group
Bielefeld, Germany		 2.96**   Oetker, Dr. Oetker
48
 Nippon Suisan
Kaisha Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan		 2.77 Naoya Kakizoe,
President/CEO		 Gorton's, Nissui, Mrs. Friday's
49
 Sanderson Farms
Inc.
Laurel, MS		 2.68 James Manning,
Manager of Central Purchasing		 Sanderson Farms
50
 Hill's Pet Nutrition
(subsidiary of
Colgate-Palmolive)
Topeka, KS		 2.26 Alta Bradford,
Global Design Manager
Colgate-Palmolive Global
Packaging & Pet Care		 Hill's, Science Diet,
Prescription Diet

Our Top 50 Food Packagers list uses sources that include annual company reports, news reports, company websites and direct company contacts.

Sales are based on calendar year 2013 or the most recent fiscal year that conforms to that timeframe. We used XE, the online currency counter (www.xe.com), where necessary. We have also drilled down to the best of our abilities using all available resources to separate out food revenue from beverages and other segment revenue.

*= estimate
**= 2012 figure. 2013 figure not available

Packaging Strategies' Top 25 Beverage Packagers of 2014

Let's Raise a Glass to the Biggest Names in Beverage!

Welcome to our top beverage packagers list. This year, we are bringing you the top 25 beverage packagers, most of which are the large household names in the industry. Our top 25 beverage packagers list shows yet again that Coca-Cola is the beverage giant of today. The company has a reported $46.85 billion in revenue for 2013. A close second is Anheuser-Busch InBev with a reported $43.20 billion in revenue.

These two global giants recently released some interesting new packages and used unique platforms to launch them. Coca-Cola’s video introducing its new Friendly Twist Bottle recently went viral. The video depicted the first day of college and featured a Coca-Cola machine set up with the new packages inside. The kicker here is that the bottle cannot be opened without another bottle’s cap; it takes two people, using their caps together to open both bottles. We linked to this video in the Food and Beverage LinkedIn group – join today and check it out. Anheuser-Busch InBev also used video to introduce a new package. The company showed the world its new 16-ounce Bud Light Cool Twist reclosable aluminum bottle in a Super Bowl ad. The blue bottle is designed for convenience and on-the-go consumers as it is reclosable and the aluminum keeps the beer ice cold.

The beverage industry is changing and expanding with new packaging formats to not only “wow” consumers, but also to bring a new level of convenience and fun to users. Now that’s something I think we can all toast to.

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Rank Company
Headquarters		 2013 Total
Revenues
(in $ Billions)		 Chief Packaging Officer,
Title		 Key Brands
1
 The Coca-Cola Co.
Atlanta, GA		 46.85 Scott Vitters,
General Manager,
PlantBottle Packaging
Innovation Platform		 Cocoa-Cola, Powerade,
Fanta, Dasani, Odwalla,
Fuze, Honest Tea, Sprite,
smart water
2
 Anheuser-Busch
InBev
Leuven, Belgium		 43.20 Claudio Braz Ferro,
Chief Supply Officer		 Budweiser, Corona, Beck's,
Stella Artois, Leffe
3
 PepsiCo Inc.
Purchase, NY		 31.88 Robert Lewis,
Senior Vice President
Global Packaging &
Engineering Technology		 Pepsi, Gatorade, Tropicana,
Aquafina, Sierra Mist,
Mountain Dew, Brisk, Naked
4
 Nestlé SA
Vevey, Switzerland		 31.06 Anne Roulin,
Head of Packaging		 Perrier, Juicy Juice, Nestea,
Milo, Nesquik, Nescafe,
Nestle Pure Life
5
 Heineken
Amsterdam,
The Netherlands		 29.60 Marc Gross,
Chief Supply Chain
Director		 Heineken, Amstel, Sol,
Dos Equis, Tecate
6
 SABMiller
London, U.K.		 23.21 Susanne Terharn,
Manager, Design Engineering		 Leinenkugel, Miller Genuine
Draft, Grolsch, Peroni,
Pilsner Urquell, Redd's
7
 Kirin Holdings Co.
Ltd.
Tokyo, Japan /
Torrence, CA		 22.17* Keisuke Nishimura,
Managing Director		 Kirin, Kirin Ichiban, Lion,
Berri
8
 Diageo
London, U.K.		 19.58 Kelly Chesney,
Diageo North America,
Senior V.P., Procurement		 Ketel One, Ciroc, Guiness,
Captain Morgan, Smirnoff,
Bailey's, Tanqueray
9
 Unilever Group
London, U.K.		 13.04 Dennis Furniss,
V.P. of Global Design		 Lipton
10
 Carlsberg Group
Copenhagen,
Denmark		 12.39 Peter Ernsting,
Senior Vice President,
Group Supply Chain		 Carlsberg, Kronenbourg
1664, Holsten, Tuborg Gold,
Baltika no. 3
11
 Pernod-Ricard
Paris, France		 11.76 Dan Denisoff,
Senior Vice President of
Operations, Pernod Ricard
USA		 Absolut, Chivas Regal,
Kahlua, Jameson, Malibu,
The Glenlivet, Beefeater,
Seagram's
12
 Grupo Modelo Sa
Mexico City, Mexico		 7.77** Daniel del Rio, COO,
and José Parés,
V.P., Chief Sales and
Marketing Officer		 Negro Modelo, Corona Extra,
Corona Light, Pacifico,
Victoria, Barrilito
13
 Dr Pepper Snapple
Group
Plano, TX		 5.99 Christian Freberg,
Director, Commodities		 Dr. Pepper, Clamato, Canada
Dry, A&W, 7Up, Squirt,
Sunkist, Snapple, Mott's
14
 Red Bull Gmbh
Fuschl am See,
Austria		 5.90* Bill Conners,
Brand Director		 Red Bull, Red Bull Cola,
Red Bull Energy Drink
15
 LVMH (Moet
Hennessy)
Paris, France		 5.81 Ed Kukol,
Consumer Development
Manager		 Moet & Chandon, Belvedere,
Hennessy, Don Perignon,
Grand Marnier, Krug, Veuve
Clicquot
16
 Bacardi Ltd.
Pembroke, HM
Bermuda		 5.55* Jon Grey,
SVP Global Operations,
Regional President MEA		 Bacardi, Martini,
Bombay Sapphire, Dewar's,
Grey Goose, Cazadores
17
 Danone Group
Paris, France		 5.28 Frédéric Jouin,
Director of Global Productivity
Program for Dairy Products		 Aqua, Bonafont, Evian
18
 Molson Coors
Brewing Co.
Denver, CO		 4.20 Curtis Babb,
Director of Packaging
Materials and Development		 Coors Light, Blue Moon,
Molson, Keystone, Carling,
Cobra, MGD 64
19
 Brown-Forman
Corp.
Louisville, KY		 3.78 Ed Mayrose,
External Manufacturing
Operations		 Jack Daniel's, Southern
Comfort, Finlandia, Sonoma-
Cutrer Vineyard, Korbel
20
 Ito En Group
Tokyo, Japan		 3.57* Ed Mayrose,
External Manufacturing
Operations		 Oi Ocha, Tully's, Tea's Tea
21
 Green Mountain
Coffee Roasters Inc.
Waterbury, VT		 3.53* Jon Wettstein,
Vice President Supply
Chain Operations		 Green Mountain Coffee,
Tully's, The Original Donut
Shop Coffee
22
 Constellation
Brands Inc.
Victor, NY		 3.17 Michael Othites,
Senior Vice President
Production Management		 Robert Mondavi, Clos du Bois,
SVEDKA, Black Velvet
Canadian Whisky, Arbor Mist
23
 Kraft Foods Inc.
Northfield, IL		 2.68 Darlyne Freedman,
Sr. Director of Procurement,
Beverages		 Capri Sun, Kool-Aid, Maxwell
House, Crystal Light, Gevalia
24
 Beam Inc.
Deerfield, IL		 2.50** Ian Gourlay,
Senior Vice President
Operations and Supply Chain		 Jim Beam, Canadian Club,
Cruzan, Courvoisier, Maker's
Mark, Sauza, Pinnacle
25
 J.M. Smucker Co.
Orrville, OH		 2.30 Gregory Dalea,
Senior Manager, Package
Development		 Dunkin Donuts retail coffee,
Folgers, Millstone,
R.W. Knudsen, Café Bustelo

Food & Beverage Packaging wants to credit our sister publication Beverage Industry for much of the information for our Top 25 Beverage Packagers chart. We have confirmed and added key information, particularly the Chief Packaging Officers as well as Brands. Another notable difference is that we take a global view; BI’s list is based on worldwide sales for U.S. companies and foreign-held companies that have signifi cant sales in the U.S. F&BP research includes annual company reports, 10-K filings, perusing company websites and, last but not least, making direct company contact.

Sales are based on calendar year 2013 or the most recent fi scal year that conforms to that timeframe. We attempt to separate out these company’s beverage earnings and data from other sources such as foods and other categories when possible. We used XE, the online currency converter, where necessary.

*= estimate
**= 2012 revenue