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Altria Group, Inc. (previously known as Philip Morris Companies, Inc.) is an American corporation and one of the world's largest producers and marketers of tobacco, cigarettes, and medical products in the treatment of illnesses caused by tobacco.
Cadbury, formerly Cadbury's and Cadbury Schweppes, is a British multinational confectionery company owned by Mondelez International (originally Kraft Foods) since 2010.It is the second-largest confectionery brand in the world, after Mars. [3]
Henri Nestlé (1814–1890), a German-born Swiss confectioner, was the founder of Nestlé and one of the main creators of condensed milk.. Nestlé's origin dates back to the 1860s when two separate Swiss enterprises were founded that would later form Nestlé.
General Foods Corporation was a company whose direct predecessor was established in the United States by Charles William (C. W.) Post as the Postum Cereal Company in 1895.. The company changed its name to "General Foods" in 1929, after several corporate acquisitions, by Marjorie Merriweather Post after she inherited the established cereal business from her father, C. W. Post.
Cargill, Incorporated is an American multinational food corporation based in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and incorporated in Wilmington, Delaware. [5] [6] [7] Founded in 1865 by William Wallace Cargill, it is the largest privately held company in the United States in terms of revenue.
Tang is an American drink mix brand that was formulated by General Foods Corporation food scientist William A. Mitchell [1] and General Foods Corporation chemist William Bruce James [2] in 1957, and first marketed in powdered form in 1959.
PepsiCo, Inc. is an American multinational food, snack, and beverage corporation headquartered in Harrison, New York, in the hamlet of Purchase.PepsiCo's business encompasses all aspects of the food and beverage market.
On July 2, 1963, the H. B. Reese Candy Company merged with the Hershey Chocolate Corporation in a tax-free stock-for-stock merger. [15] In 1969, only six years after the Reese/Hershey merger, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups became the Hershey Company's top seller. [ 16 ]