The Top 100: Corporate Profiles 1-25

The top 100 food and beverage processing companies in the U.S. and Canada are profiled in this annual feature. Find company contact information, major brands, key executives and main product areas.

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Brands: Barq's, Blak, Bright & Early, Citra, Coca-Cola, Coke, Dasani, Diet Coke, Fanta, Five Alive, Fresca, Fruitopia, Georgia, Hi-C, Mello Yello, Minute Maid, Mr. PiBB, Nestea, Powerade, Schweppes, Sprite, Surge, Tab

Major Product Areas: Beverages


16. Dole Food Co. Inc.

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


17. Maple Leaf Foods Inc.

30 St. Clair Avenue West, Suite 1500; Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4V 3A2
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


18. Pilgrim's Pride Corp.

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


19. Cargill Inc.

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


20. Hormel Foods Corp.

One Hormel Place, Austin, MN 55912-3680
Phone: (507) 437-5611; Fax: (507) 437-5158; www.hormel.com

Executives: Chmn., Pres. & CEO: Joel W. Johnson; EVP, Refrigerated Foods: Gary J. Ray; Group VP, Prepared Foods: Eric A. Brown; Group VP, International & Corporate Development: David N. Dickson; SVP, CFO: Michael J. McCoy; Group VP, Foodservice: Stevn G. Binder; Group VP, Meat Products: Ronald W. Fielding; SVP, Corporate Staff: James A. Jorgenson; SVP, External Affairs, General Counsel: Mahlon C. Schneider; VP, Pres. Hormel Foods International: Richard A. Bross; VP, Foodservice Sales; VP, Research & Development: Forrest D. Dryden, Ph.D.

Subsidiaries, Divisions: Hormel Foods International Corp., Jennie-O Foods

Brands: Black Label, By George, Chi-Chi's, Cure 81, Curemaster, Dinty Moore, Dubuque, Farm Fresh, Fast'N Easy, Herdez, Homeland, Hormel, House of Tsang, Jennie-O, Kid's Kitchen, Light & Lean, Little Sizzlers, Mary Kitchen, Old Smokehouse, Quick Meal, Rosa Grande, Sandwich Maker, SPAM, Stagg, Wranglers

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


21. Mars Inc.

6885 Elm St., McLean, VA 22101-3810

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