Top 100: Corporate Profiles 1-25

The 2007 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: Alta Dena, Arctic Splash, Barbers, Barbe’s, Berkeley Farms, Borden*, Broughton, Brown Cow, Brown’s Dairy, Bud’s Ice Cream, Chug, Country Charm, Country Churn, Country Delite, Country Fresh, Country Love, Creamland, Dairy Fresh, Dean’s, Dipzz, Foremost*, Fieldcrest, Garelick Farms, Gandy’s, Hershey’s*, Horizon Organic, Hygeia, International Delight, Kohler, Land O’Lakes*, Land-O-Sun, Lehigh Valley, Louis Trauth, Maplehurst, Mayfield, McArthur, Meadowbrook, Meadow Gold, Melody Farms, Mile High, Mountain High, Nature’s Pride, Oak Farms, Over the Moon, Pet*, Price’s, Purity, Reiter, Robinson, Saunders, Sealtest*, Schenkel’s All Star, Schepps, Shenandoah’s Pride, Silk, Skinny Cow, Sealtest*, Stroh’s, Swiss, Swiss Premium, TG Lee, Tuscan, Turtle Tracks, Verifine, Viva, Wengert’s, White Wave

* Used under license

Major Product Areas: Dairy


8. Smithfield Foods Inc.

200 Commerce St., Smithfield, VA 23430
Phone: 757-365-3000; Fax: 757-365-3017; www.smithfieldfoods.com

Executives: Chairman: Joseph Luter III; Pres/CEO: C. Larry Pope; VP-Rendering: Douglas Anderson; VP, Chief Legal Officer & Secretary: Michael Cole; VP & Controller: Jeffrey Deel; VP & CFO: Carey Dubois; VP-Operations Analysis: Bart Ellis; VP and Senior Counsel: Michael Fleming; VP_Investor Relations & Corp. Comms: Jerry Hostetter; VP-Livestock Procurement: Jeffrey Luckman; EVP: Robert Manly IV; VP-Operations: Henry Morris; EVP & Dir.-Mergers & Acquisitions and Govt. Affairs: Richard J.M. Poulson; VP-Sales & Mktg: James Schloss; VP & Chief Accounting Officer: Kenneth Sullivan; VP-Price-Risk Management: Dhamu Thamodaran; VP-Environmetnal & Govt. Affairs: Dennis Treacy

Subsidiaries, Divisions: Smithfield Packing Co. Inc., Smithfield, Va.; Gwaltney of Smithfield Ltd., Smithfield, Va.; Carroll’s Foods, Inc.; John Morrell & Co., Cincinnati; Patrick M. Cudahy Inc., Cudahy, Wis.; Lykes Meat Co. Inc., Plant City, Fla., Murphy Family Farms

Brands: Dinner Bell, First Prize, Great, Gwaltney, Jamestown, John Morrell, Kretschmar, Lykes, Patrick Cudahy, Patrick's Pride, Peyton's, Realean, Smithfield Lean Generation Pork, Smithfield Premium, Tobin's, Valleydale


9. ConAgra Inc.

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

Executives: Chairman: Steven Goldstone; CEO: Gary Rodkin; Pres/COO-Consumer Foods: Dean Hollis; Pres/COO-Commercial Products: Greg Heckman; Pres.-ConAgra Food Sales: Doug Knudsen; EVP-Product Supply: Jim Hardy Jr.; EVP-Research, Quality & Innovation: Al Bolles; EVP & CFO: Andre Hawaux; EVP & Chief  Administrative Officer: Owen Johnson; EVP-Legal & External Affairs: Rob Sharpe Jr.; EVP & CMO: Joan Chow; EVP-Business Transformation: King Puow; EVP-Human Resources: Pete Perez

Subsidiaries/Divisions: Snacks, Grocery, Dairy, Frozen Foods, Specialty Potato Prods., Gilroy & Spicetec, Intl. Fertilizer, ConAgra Mills, Agricultural Commodities, J.M. Swank, Lamb Weston

Brands: Act II, Andy Capp’s, Armour, Banquet, Beatrice, Blue Bonnet, Chef Boyardee,  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: Canned, frozen and preserved foods, grain mill products, bakery, fats/oils, miscellaneous


10. Cadbury Schweppes

25 Berkeley Square, London W1J 6HB, UK
Phone: +(44) (0) 20 7409 1313; www.cadburyschweppes.com

Executives: Chairman: John Sunderland; CEO: Todd Stitzer; CFO: Ken Hanna; Chief Human Resources Officer: Bob Stack; Pres-Americas Beverages: Gil Cassagne; Pres-Americas Confectionery: Jim Chambers; Pres.-Global Supply Chain: Steve Driver; Chief Science & Technology Officer: David Macnair; Pres-global Commercial: Tamara Minick-Scokalo; Group Strategy Director: Mark Reckitt

Subsidiaries/Divisions: Cadbury Adams Canada Inc., Cadbury Beverages Canada Inc., Cadbury Schweppes Bottling Group Inc. (U.S.), Cadbury Adams USA LLC, Dr Pepper/Seven Up Inc. (U.S.), Mott’s LLP (U.S.), Snapple Beverage Corp. (U.S.)

Brands: Adams, A&W, Bassett’s, Bubblicious, Cadbury, Canada Dry, Chiclets, Clamato, Clorets, Crush, Dentyne, Dr Pepper, Halls, Hawaiian Punch, Maynards, Mott’s, Schweppes, 7-Up, Snapple, Sour Patch Kids, Squirt, Stimorol, Stride, Sunkist*, Trident

*Used under license

Major Product Areas: Confectionery, juices, soft drinks


11. JBS Swift & Co.

1770 Promontory Circle, Greeley, CO 80634
Phone: 970-506-8000; Fax: 970-506-8307; www.swiftbrands.com

Executives: Pres. and CEO: Wesley Batista; CFO: Andre Nogueira

Parent firm: JBS S.A. (Brazil)

Brands: Swift Premium, Swift Black Angus, Swift Select

Major Product Areas: Beef and pork


12. Kellogg Co.

One Kellogg Square, Battle Creek, MI 49016-3599
Phone: 616-961-2000; Fax: 616-961-2871; www.kelloggs.com

Executives: Chairman: James Jenness; President & CEO: David Mackay;  EVP & CFO-Kellogg Company and Pres.-Intl.: John Bryant; EVP & Pres.-Kellogg North America: Jeffrey Montie; SVP-Global Supply Chain: Donna Banks; SVP-Global Nutrition & Corporate Affairs: Celeste Clark; SVP, General Counsel-Corporate Development & Sec: Gary Pilnick; SVP-Human Resources: Kathleen Wilson-Thompson; VP & Controller: Alan Andrews

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