2005 "Top 100" corporate profiles (1-25)

This article provides background information on the companies comprising Food Processing's Top 100. Our ranking reflects the 100 largest value-added food and beverage processors in the U.S. and Canada, the top producers (not necessarily marketers) of grocery store-ready packaged food products.

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Subsidiaries, Divisions: Beverage Division, Chocolate & Confections Division, Culinary Division, Frozen Food Division, FoodServices Division, Foreign Trade Division, Ice Cream Division, Nutrition Division, PetCare Division, Sales Division

Brands: Baby Ruth, Butterfinger, Carnation, Chase & Sanborn, Coffee Mate, Contadina, Drumstick, Friskies, Friskies Alpo, Friskies Mighty Dog, Goobers, Hills Bros., Juicy Juice, Kerns, Libby's, MJB Coffee, Nescafe, Nestle, O'Henry, Ortega, Raisinets, Stouffer's, Stouffer's Lean Cuisine, Sweet Success, SweeTarts, Taster's Choice, Toll House, Turtles, Willy Wonka

Major Product Areas: Canned, frozen and preserved foods, sugar/confectionery, beverages, miscellaneous


5. ConAgra Inc.

Address: One ConAgra Drive, Omaha, NE 68102-5001
Phone: 402-595-4000 • Fax: 402-595-4707 • www.conagra.com

Executives: Chairman/CEO/Pres.: Bruce Rohde; EVP-Strategic Development: Dwight Goslee; EVP, CFO: Frank S. Sklarsky; VP-Strategic Development: Patrick J. Koley; VP-Intl. Strategic Development: Matthew E. Gase; President/COO-Venture Development: John S. McKeon; EVP- Organization and Administration and Corporate Secretary: Owen C. Johnson; Pres./COO-Retail Products: Dennis F. O’Brien; Pres/COO-Foodservice: Allan B. Lutz; Pres./COO-Ingredients: Gregory A. Heckman Segments: Packaged Foods, Food Ingredients, Agricultural Products, Meat Processing

Brands: Act II, Andy Capp’s, Armour, Banquet, Beatrice, Blue Bonnet, Butterball, Chef Boyardee, Cook's, Country Pride, County Line, David, Decker, Eckrich, Egg Beaters, Fleischmann's, Gilroy, Golden Cuisine, Gulden, Healthy Choice, Hebrew National, Hunt's, Hunt's Snack Pack, Kid Cuisine, Knott’s Berry Farm, La Choy, Lamb-Weston, Libby’s, Lightlife, Louis Kemp, Marie Callender's, Orville Redenbacher's, Pam, Parkay, Pemmican, Peter Pan, Reddi-Wip, Ro-Tel, Rosarita, Singleton, Slim Jim, Swift Premium, Swiss Miss, Van Camp's, Wesson

Major Product Areas: Meat and poultry, canned, frozen and preserved foods, grain mill products, bakery, fats/oils, miscellaneous


6. Anheuser-Busch Cos. Inc.

Address: One Busch Place, St. Louis, MO 63118-1852
Phone: 314-577-2000 • Fax: 314-577-2900 • www.anheuser-busch.com

Executives: Chairman: August A. Busch III; Pres./CEO: Patrick T. Stokes; VP/CFO: W. Randolph Baker; VP-Corp. Development: Thomas W. Santel; VP-International Operations: Stephen J. Burrows; VP & Group Exec.: August A. Busch IV; Group VP & Chief Legal Officer: Mark T. Bobak; VP & Group Executive: Joseph P. Sellinger; Group VP-Brewing Operations & Technology: Douglas J. Muhleman; Group VP-Procurement, Logistics and Agricultural Resources: James F. Hoffmeister: VP-Sales & Mktg: Michael J. Owens; VP-Brand Management & Director—Global Brand Creative: Robert C. Lachky; VP & Controller: John F. Kelly

Subsidiaries, Divisions: Anheuser-Busch Inc., Anheuser-Busch International, Busch Agricultural Resources Inc., Anheuser-Busch Packaging Group Inc., Busch Entertainment Corp.

Brands: Anheuser World Select, Azteca, Bacardi Specialty Malt Beveages, Bud, Budweiser, Busch, Hurricane, King Cobra, Michelob, Natural Ice, Natural Light, O'Douls, Rio Cristal, Tequiza, Ziegenbock

Major Product Areas: Malt beverages


7. Dean Foods Co.

Address: 2515 McKinney Ave., Ste. 1200, Dallas, TX 75201
Phone: 214-303-3400 • Fax: 214-303-3499 • www.deanfoods.com

Executives: Chrmn. & CEO: Gregg L. Engles; EVP & CFO: Barry A. Fromberg; Pres., Dean Dairy Group: Pete Schenkel; EVP Admin. & General Counsel: Michelle P. Goolsby; COO-southwest region: Rick Beaman; COO-northeast region: Alan Bernon; COO-southeast region: Rick Fehr; COO-midwest region: Jackie Jackson; SVP & CIO: Art Fino; SVP Corporate Development: Ronald H. Klein

Subsidiaries, Divisions: Alta Dena Dairy, Amboy Specialty Products, Amboy of Michigan, Barber Dairy, Bell Dairy Products, Berkeley Farms, Coburg Dairy, Cream O'Weber Dairy, Creamland Dairies, Dean Dairy Products Co., Dean Foods Co. of California, Dean Milk Co., Dean Pickle & Specialty Products Co., Fairmont Products Inc., H. Meyer Dairy, Hillside Dairy, Horizon Organic, Kohler Mix, Maplehurst Dairy, Marie's Salad Dressing, Mayfield Dairy Farms Inc., Meadow Brook Dairy, Melody Farms, Meadow Gold, Meadows Distributing, Price's Creameries, Purity Dairies, Reiter Dairy, Rod's Food Products, Ryan Foods Co., Sani-Dairy, Schwartz Pickle Co., T.G. Lee Foods, Verifine Dairy Products Corp., Wengert's Dairy, White Wave

Brands: Amboy, Atkins, Arnold's, Aunt Jane's, Barber, Bennett's, Berkeley Farms, Carnation Coffee Mate Liquid, Cates, Coburg, Cream O' Weber, Dairy Ease, Dairy Pure, Dean Ultra, Dean's Country Charm, Easy 2%, Fitzgerald's, Gandy's, Goldenrod, Guilt Free, H. Meyer, Heifetz, Hillside, Hoffman House, Horizon Organic, Maplehurst, Marie's, McArthur, Meadow Brook, Peter Piper, Purity, Rainbo, Reiter, Roddenbery, Rod's, Sani-Dairy, Schwartz, Sealtest, T.G. Lee, Verifine, Wengert, White Wave

Major Product Areas: Dairy, miscellaneous


8. Sara Lee Corp.

Address: 3 First National Plaza, Chicago, IL 60602-4260

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