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
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Monday, March 30, 2015
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Remembering the Boss Pitches
The September 25th Chicago Tribune ran an article by Sandra M. Jones "Bosses cast in commercial roles" about Edward Whitacre, Gregory Wasson and Daniel Hesse, who head up GM, Walgreens and Sprint respectively. They are making TV pitches.
They follow in the shoes of these men. See if you can guess the blanks. Answers below:
HARLAND "______" SANDERS, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, whose likeness, complete with bow tie and goatee still appears on logos.
LEE IACOCCA-- former CEO and chairman of Chrysler; "If you can find a better car, ___ __."
ORVILLE REDENBACHER-- folksy founder of namesake popcorn proclaims, "You'll like it better, or my ____ ____ ______ ____________."
FRANK PERDUE-- founder of the Perdue chicken company, "It takes a tough man to ____ _ _____ ______."
VICTOR KIAM II-- former chairman of Remington Products, Co. used to like Remington shavers so much, "_ ______ ___ _______."
____ ______-- founder of Wendy's, known for his plain folksy way of talking.
Colonel
Buy It
Name isn't Orville Redenbacher
make a tender chicken
I bought the company.
Dave Thomas
I Remember These Guys. --Da Coot
They follow in the shoes of these men. See if you can guess the blanks. Answers below:
HARLAND "______" SANDERS, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, whose likeness, complete with bow tie and goatee still appears on logos.
LEE IACOCCA-- former CEO and chairman of Chrysler; "If you can find a better car, ___ __."
ORVILLE REDENBACHER-- folksy founder of namesake popcorn proclaims, "You'll like it better, or my ____ ____ ______ ____________."
FRANK PERDUE-- founder of the Perdue chicken company, "It takes a tough man to ____ _ _____ ______."
VICTOR KIAM II-- former chairman of Remington Products, Co. used to like Remington shavers so much, "_ ______ ___ _______."
____ ______-- founder of Wendy's, known for his plain folksy way of talking.
Colonel
Buy It
Name isn't Orville Redenbacher
make a tender chicken
I bought the company.
Dave Thomas
I Remember These Guys. --Da Coot
Thursday, August 13, 2009
What's in a Name: Get to the "Shack"
The August 9th Chicago Tribune had an article "What's in a Name" by Wailin Wong talking about when companies change their names and why.
RADIO SHACK said its changing its name to just The Shack in order to become more relevant as a lot of people don't even know what radio is anymore. Hey, can I download it?
PIZZA HUT was originally going to be Pizza Shack, but they didn't have enough room on the sign, so iot became Hut.
OLD NAME-- NEW NAME, AND WHY
KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN-- KFC--to push its non-fried offerings. Fried is very limiting. Hey, we grill as well.
GALVIN MANUFACTURING CORP-- MOTOROLA--As an update of its image to emphasize a hit product, in this case, Motorola was a hit car radio introduced in 1930. Dropped founding family name, Galvin in 1947.
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO.-- PANASONIC CORP.-- Matsushita was founded in 1918 and wanted to unify its image under its popular Panasonic brand. I always thought it was just Panasonic. Change became official just last year.
VALUJET AIRLINES-- AIRTRAN AIRWAYS-- ValuJet acquired AirTran in 1997 and took that name, no doubt to forget about the 1996 ValuJet crash near Miami that killed all 110 aboard.
Guess I Have to Update the Cooter's History Thing Blog Name. How About "The Coot's Hoot?" --Cooter
RADIO SHACK said its changing its name to just The Shack in order to become more relevant as a lot of people don't even know what radio is anymore. Hey, can I download it?
PIZZA HUT was originally going to be Pizza Shack, but they didn't have enough room on the sign, so iot became Hut.
OLD NAME-- NEW NAME, AND WHY
KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN-- KFC--to push its non-fried offerings. Fried is very limiting. Hey, we grill as well.
GALVIN MANUFACTURING CORP-- MOTOROLA--As an update of its image to emphasize a hit product, in this case, Motorola was a hit car radio introduced in 1930. Dropped founding family name, Galvin in 1947.
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO.-- PANASONIC CORP.-- Matsushita was founded in 1918 and wanted to unify its image under its popular Panasonic brand. I always thought it was just Panasonic. Change became official just last year.
VALUJET AIRLINES-- AIRTRAN AIRWAYS-- ValuJet acquired AirTran in 1997 and took that name, no doubt to forget about the 1996 ValuJet crash near Miami that killed all 110 aboard.
Guess I Have to Update the Cooter's History Thing Blog Name. How About "The Coot's Hoot?" --Cooter
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