2015 NA Food Manufacturer Top 100: A Cautionary Tale

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In the intertwined fates of two companies, we see a painful lesson in high finance apparent in this: Don’t expand too much too soon. If it weren’t for a little financial sleight-of-hand, ConAgra Foods and Post Holdings might be the same company at this point.

Every year there are some comings and goings, but in the past year we lost several significant companies: Big Heart Pet Brands (the former pet food business of Del Monte, sold to J.M. Smucker), Canada Bread (sold by majority-owner Maple Leaf Foods to Grupo Bimbo), Hillshire Brands (acquired by Tyson) and Michael Foods (bought by Post Holdings). New this year are B&G Foods, Gorton’s Seafood, High Liner Foods, Koch Foods, Premium Brands and Ruiz Foods. And, this will be the last time you see Heinz and Kraft listed separately.

This year, 58 of the companies reported sales increases of at least 1 percent (last year there were 63).

12 recorded decreases (last year 19);

23 had improved profits (last year 34);

29 saw profits decline (last year 19);

Seven companies had net losses, which is the biggest number of losers in at least four years (last year four reported red ink).

*Rank Year 2015

*Food Sales Year 2014

(Million USD)

Rank	Company	Food Sales
1	Pepsico Inc.	38,224
2	Tyson Foods Inc.	36,077
3	Nestle (U.S. & Canada)	27,978
4	JBS USA	24,000
5	Coca-Cola Co.	21,462
6	Anheuser-Busch InBev	16,093
7	ConAgra Foods Inc.	15,832
8	Kraft Foods Inc.	14,343
9	Smithfield Foods Inc.	13,426A
10	General Mills Inc.	12,502
11	Mars Inc.	11,000E
12	Dean Foods Co.	9,503
13	Kellogg Co.	9,499
14	Hormel Foods Corp.	9,316
15	MillerCoors LLC	8,990
16	Cargill Inc.	8,600E
17	Saputo Inc.	7,307
18	Pilgrim’s Pride	7,111
19	Mondelez International	6,936
20	Bimbo Bakeries USA	6,627C
21	Hershey’s Co.	6,353
22	Dr Pepper Snapple Group	6,121
23	J.M. Smucker Co.	5,693
24	Land O’Lakes Inc.	5,098
25	Campbell Soup Co.	5,048
26	Dairy Farmers of America	5,000E
27	H.J. Heinz Co.	4,200
28	Agropur Cooperative	4,170
29	Perdue Farms	4,150E
30	Brown-Forman Corp.	4,096
31	Flowers Foods Inc.	3,749
32	Unilever U.S.	3,612C,E
33	E&J Gallo Winery	3,500E
34	Chiquita Brands Intl.	3,090
35	Constellation Brands	3,014E
36	Great Lakes Cheese Co.	3,000
37	Koch Foods Inc.	3,000E
38	TreeHouse Foods Inc.	2,946
39	WhiteWave Foods	2,921A
40	Prairie Farms Dairy Inc.	2,800
41	Sanderson Farms	2,775
42	Rich Products Corp.	2,700E
43	Maple Leaf Foods	2,696
44	Lactalis American/Parmalat North America	2,600
45	Pinnacle Foods	2,591
46	Dannon Co. Inc.	2,557
47	H.P. Hood Inc.	2,500
48	McCain Foods	2,500E
49	Post Holdings	2,411
50	Molson Coors Co. (Canada only)	2,363
51	American Foods Group LLC	2,300
52	Foster Farms LLC	2,300
53	Schreiber Foods Inc.	2,300
54	Colgate-Palmolive Co.	2,255
55	Associated Milk Producers	2,200
56	Borden Dairy Co.	2,100E
57	California Dairies Inc.	2,100E
58	OSI Group	2,100
59	Glanbia USA	2,000E
60	Hilmar Cheese Co.	2,000E
61	Beam Suntory Inc.	1,955A
62	Weston Foods	1,923
63	Seaboard Corp.	1,917
64	Keystone Foods	1,800
65	Del Monte Pacific Ltd.	1,700
66	Golden State Foods	1,700
67	McCormick & Co. Inc.	1,690A
68	Snyder’s-Lance Inc.	1,620
69	J. R. Simplot Co.	1,600E
70	AdvancePierre Foods LLC	1,600
71	Schwan Food Co.	1,575E
72	Cal-Maine Foods	1,550A
73	Cott Corp.	1,411
74	American Crystal Sugar Co.	1,388
75	Grassland Dairy	1,350E
76	Leprino Foods Co.	1,350E
77	McKee Foods Corp.	1,300E
78	Seneca Foods Inc.	1,286
79	Hain Celestial Group	1,282
80	Darigold	1,200
81	Hearthside Food Solutions LLC	1,200
82	Agri-Mark	1,100
83	Foremost Farms USA	1,100E
84	Reser’s Fine Foods	1,100
85	Premium Brands Holdings Corp.	1,068C
86	Johnsonville	1,050E
87	Lancaster Colony Corp.	1,041
88	Chobani Inc.	1,000E
89	Hostess Brands	1,000E
90	Wells Enteprises Inc.	1,000
91	CROPP Cooperative/Organic Valley	972
92	Boston Beer Co.	966
93	J&J Snack Foods	920
94	Sargento Foods Inc.	897
95	B&G Foods	848
96	Gilster-Mary Lee Corp.	820
97	Diamond Foods Inc.	805
98	Gorton’s Seafood	738C
99	High Liner Foods	678
100	Ruiz Foods	610

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