Heinz Thinking Kraft

From the March 26, 2015, Chicago Tribune.

Big news here in the Chicago area concerning H.J. Heinz buying Kraft Foods to make the third-largest food and beverage company in North America and fifth largest in the world.

HEINZ in 2014 had more than $10 billion in sales.  They listed 9 name brands of which I only recognized two: Heinz and  Ore-Ida.  They also have Classico, Complan, ABC, Quero, Plasmon, Master and Wattie's.

KRAFT in 2014 had more than $18 billion in sales and I recognized all nine of the brands listed: Kraft, Philadelphia Cheese, Oscar Meyer, Lunchables, Planters, Velveeta, Kool-Aid, Maxwell House Coffee and Kraft Cheese.

LARGEST FOOD AND BEVERAGE COMPANIES:

PepsiCo--  $37.2 billion
Nestle--  27.9 billion
KraftHeinz--  $22.2 billion
Coca-Cola--  $21.5 billion
General Mills--  $13.7 billion
Kellogg--  $9.5 billion
Mondelez--  $6.9 billion
Campbell Soup--  $6.4 billion
Dr. Pepper Snapple--  $5.6 billion
J.M. Smucker--  $5.5 billion
McCormick--  $2.4 billion

Eating Good in the Neighborhood.  --DaCoot