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Snack Foods Manufacturing

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Industry Description

The US snack foods manufacturing industry includes about 500 companies with combined annual revenue of $27 billion. Major companies include PepsiCo's Frito-Lay, Kraft's Nabisco subsidiary, Diamond Foods, Snyder's-Lance, and ConAgra Foods. The industry is highly concentrated: the top 50 companies account for 90 percent of industry revenue.

SIC: 2052, 2068
NAICS: 311911, 311919
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Top 5 Companies

CompanySalesLocation
Frito-Lay North America, Inc.13,322.00MPlano, TX
FRITO-LAY, INC.5,685.90MPlano, TX
United Biscuits Topco Limited2,008.73MLondon, United Kingdom
Calbee Foods Co., Ltd.1,876.77MTokyo, Japan
Nongshim1,671.54MSeoul, South Korea
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Industry Indicator

The consumer price index for food, an indicator of snack food values, rose 4.7 percent in December 2011 compared to the same month in 2010.
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Quarterly Industry Update

Peanut Shortfall Drives up Prices - Indicating rising input costs for snack foods manufacturers, the US peanut crop is predicted to total 1.8 million tons in 2011, a 13 percent drop...
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