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: Kashi, Keebler, Morningstar Farms, Worthington Foods, Inc.

Brands: All-Bran, Apple Jacks, Bran Buds, Cocoa Frosted Flakes, Cocoa Krispies, Common Sense, Complete Bran Flakes, Corn Flakes, Cracklin' Oat Bran, Crispix, Croutettes, Cruncheroos, Double Dip Crunch, Eggo, Ensemble, Froot Loops, Frosted Flakes, Frosted Mini-Wheats, Fruitful Bran, Harvest Burgers, Just Right, Lender's Bagels, MeatFree Corndogs, Mueslix, Nut & Honey Crunch, Nutri-Grain, Pops, Pop-Tarts, Product 19, Raisin Bran, Rice Krispies, Smacks, Special K

Major Product Areas: Grain mill products, bakery


17. Unilever (10/05)

Address: Unilever House, Blackfriars, London EC4P 4BQ, United Kingdom
Also Rotterdam, Netherlands. U.S. Operations: Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
Global Web Site: www.unilever.com • U.S. Web Site: www.unileverusa.com

Executives: Chairman: Antony Burgmans; Vice Chairman: Bertrand Collomb; Group Chief Executive: Patrick Cescau; Pres.-Europe: Kees van der Graaf; Pres.-Home and Personal Care: Ralph Kugler; CFO: Rudy Markham; Pres.-Americas: John Rice; Pres.-Global Foods: Vindi Banga; Group VP-U.S.: Michael Polk; Group VP-Global Spreads, Cooking Products & Dressings, Foods Category: Alan Jope

Brands: Ben & Jerry's, Bertolli, Breyers, Country Crock, Flora, Good Humor, Hellmann's, Knorr, Lever, Magnum, Lipton, Omo, Slim-Fast


18. Cargill Inc.

Address: 15407 McGinty Road West, Wayzata, MN 55391-2399
Phone: 763-742-7575 • Fax: 763-742-7393 • www.cargill.com

Executives: Chrmn & CEO: Warren Staley; Vice Chairman & CFO: Robert L. Lumpkins; Vice Chairman: F. Guilllaume Bastiaens; EVP: David W. Raisbeck; Pres., Asia/Pacific Sector: Daniel R. Huber; VP, General Counsel & Secretary: James D. Moe; VP & Chief Technology Officer: Ronald L. Christenson; VP, Worldwide Cargill Foods and Procurement: Tyrone K. Thayer; VP & Treasurer: William W. Veazey

Brands: NA

Major Product Areas: Meat and poultry, bakery, fats/oils, grain mill products, beverages, miscellaneous


19. Pilgrim's Pride Corp. (10/05)

Address: 111 S. Texas St., Pittsburg, TX 75686-0093
Phone: (903) 855-1000 • Fax: (903) 856-7505

Executives: Chmn.: Lonnie "Bo" Pilgrim; Vice Chmn.: Clifford Butler; Pres./CEO: O.B. Goolsby Jr.; EVP & CFO: Richard Cogdill; COO: J. Clinton Rivers; EVP-Sales & Mktg.: Robert A. Wright: Executive Vice President - Sales and Marketing

Subsidiaries, Divisions: Pierce Foods

Brands: EatWellStayHealthy, EggsPlus, Pilgrim’s Pride

Major Product Areas: Poultry, meat, eggs, deli


20. Dole Food Co. Inc.

Address: 31365 Oak Crest Drive, Westlake Village, CA 91361
Phone: 818-879-6600 • Fax: 818-879-6618 • www.dole.com

Executives: Chairman & CEO: David Murdock; Pres. & Chief Operating Officer: Lawrence A. Kern; VP & CFO: Richard J. Dahl; Pres., Dole North American Fruit: Gregory Costley; Pres., Dole Packaged Foods: Peter M. Nolan

Subsidiaries, Divisions: Dole Fresh Vegetables, Dole North American Fruit, Dole Packaged Foods, Dole Europe, Dole Asia, Dole Latin America, Dole Honduran Beverages

Brands: Dole, Dole Classic Salad, Dole Complete Salads, Dole Fruit Bowls, Dole Lunch for One, Dole Special Blends

Major Product Areas: Canned, frozen and prepared foods, miscellaneous


21. Maple Leaf Foods Inc. (10/05)

Address: 30 St. Clair Avenue West, Suite 1500, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4V 3A2
Website: www.mapleleaf.com

Executives: Chrmn: G. Wallace McCain; Pres./CEO: Michael McCain; Pres.-Maple Leaf Foods: Randy Powell; Pres.-Maple Leaf Consumer Foods: Richard Young; Pres./COO-Agribusiness Group: J. Scott McCain; Pres.-Intl.: Michael Detlefsen; EVP & Chief Strategy Officer: Douglas W. Dodds; Pres./COO-Bakery Products Group & CEO-Canada Bread Co.: Richard Lan; Pres.-Fresh Bakery: C. Barry McLean; Pres.-Frozen Bakery: Brock Furlong; Pres.-Rothsay Rendering: Kevin Golding; Managing Director-Maple Leaf Bakery U.K.: Peter Maycock; VP-Corp. Engineering: Peter Smith; CFO: Michael Vels

Subsidiaries: Canada Bread Co., Maple Leaf Bakery U.K; Divisions: Protein Value Chain (Consumer Foods, Rothsay Rendering, Schneider Foods, Shur-Gain, Pork, Landmark Feeds Inc., Poultry, Elite Swine Inc., International); Bakery Products Group (Fresh Bakery, Frozen Bakery)

Brands: Burns, California Goldminer, Dempster’s, Hygrade, Maison-Cousin, Maple Leaf, New York Bagel, Nutriwhip, Olivieri, Prime Turkey, Shopsy's, Tenderflake

Major Product Areas: Meat, bakery


22. SABMiller Plc. (11/05)

Address: 3939 W. Highland Blvd., Milwaukee, WI 53201-2866
Phone: 414-931-2000 • Fax: 414-931-3735 • www.millerbrewing.com/home.asp

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