Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT)
Overview
Mac & cheese if you please. Kraft Foods is the #1 US food company and #2 worldwide (after Nestlé). Its North America unit makes the world's largest-selling cheese brand (Kraft), owns cookie and cracker baker (Nabisco), and sells the milk-dunking favorite, Oreos; its international business unit offers many of the same brands plus national favorites. Its Oscar Mayer, Kraft, Philadelphia, Maxwell House, Nabisco, Oreo, Jacobs, Milka, and LU brands all have revenues of at least $1 billion; more than 50 of its brands regularly hit the $100 million mark. Having sold Post cereals in 2008, Kraft set its sights on candy, offering to buy Cadbury in late 2009. Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway owns 9.4% of Kraft.
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Key Numbers from Hoover's UK
Key financials for Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT)
| Company Type | Public (NYSE: KFT) |
|---|---|
| Fiscal Year-End | December |
| 2008 Sales (mil.) | £29,144.0 |
| 1-Year Sales Growth | 13.3% |
| 2008 Net Income (mil.) | £2,003.4 |
| 1-Year Net Income Growth | 12.0% |
| 2008 Employees | 98,000 |
| 1-Year Employee Growth | (4.9%) |
Key People from Hoover's UK
Key people and executives for Kraft Foods Inc. (NYSE: KFT)
| Chairman and CEO | Irene B. Rosenfeld (Subscribers see complete biographies -- view sample)
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| EVP and CFO | Timothy R. (Tim) McLevish Connect to this executive |
| Director Corporate Affairs, United Kingdom and Ireland | Jonathan Horrell Connect to this executive |
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- #53 in FORTUNE 500
- S&P 500
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- #121 in FT Global 500
