25 Companies in Food and Beverages

Although the company as we know it was founded 160 years ago, Anheuser-Busch’s heritage stretches back over 800 years to an abbey of Belgian monks. The monks innovated brewing techniques and flavors, and created one of the company’s original...

The Carlsberg Group was founded in 1847 by J.C. Jacobsen. Jacobsen had set out two years earlier to create a beer that would stand out against traditional brews. He was traveling from Munich to his home in Denmark with two pots of Spaten yeast...

Adolph Coors was a German brewing apprentice who came to the United States in 1868 in search of something bigger. In the first five years in the U.S., he founded the Golden Brewery. That brewery still stands in its original place today. Quality...

Danone strives for more than just providing a product. Danone’s vision is “One Planet. One Health.” The company is home to several brands that aim to be nourishing and healthy for consumers while also making a positive impact on the planet....

Grand Metropolitan and Guinness merged in 1997, a historical collaboration that became what we know as Diageo. After hundreds of years of history and tradition from brands like Guinness, Crown Royal, and Smirnoff, Diageo became a home for a...

Frito-Lay has been in the snack game for nearly 100 years. In 1932, founder C.E. Doolin tasted a bag of corn chips at a local diner and found out the manufacturer was looking to sell their business. Doolin bought the recipe and began selling...

Ingredion is an ingredients solution company that makes sweeteners, starches, nutrition ingredients, and biomaterials that are used in other products like food, beverages, paper, pharmaceuticals, and more. The company came into its current form...

The Kellogg Company was founded over 100 years ago by W.K. Kellogg with the same mission and vision is lives by today: to provide nutritious and delicious food across the globe. Kellogg’s first product was the staple breakfast food, corn flakes....

The Kraft Heinz company was born out of the merger of two great American food companies. Both companies formed over one hundred years ago in the United States. Heinz was founded by Henry John Heinz in 1876. The quintessential Heinz Tomato...