The grimace belongs to the company

Kraft Foods is the second largest food company in the world, with operations in 145 countries. It employs more than 60,000 people around the world. Kraft's three core product lines are coffee, candy, dairy products and beverages. Kraft operates in more than 70 countries, and its products are sold to 150 countries all over the world. Kraft North America and Kraft International manage the American and Canadian markets, as well as the European and developing markets respectively. As of February 65438+ 2007, Baxian, a subsidiary of Bifeit, holds 8.6% of Kraft's shares, making it the largest institutional investor.

Kraft is currently listed on the new york Stock Exchange. Dow Jones Company announced that on September 22, 2008, American International Group will be excluded from the Dow Jones Industrial Average and replaced by Kraft Foods, making Kraft the only food manufacturing company in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

In 2008, Kraft ranked 63rd in Fortune 500 [4] and195th in Fortune 500 [5].

The history of American headquarters

Jameel. Kraft, founder, 1903 is engaged in cheese wholesale business in Chicago, USA. After World War I, his business gradually got on the right track, from 1924 listing, during which he acquired other companies from time to time and expanded into non-food business. Philip Morris, the predecessor of Altria Group, acquired Kraft Foods on 1988, and Philip Morris merged his general foods with Kraft General Foods on 1989. Philip Morris Company acquired Na Beske Company in 2000, and then put it into Kraft Foods [6]. In June 2007, Kraft Foods became independent from Altria Group. In July 2007, it acquired the biscuit business of competitor Danone.

The head of Kraft Foods is Irene B. Rosenfeld. She has worked for Kraft for more than 20 years, and was in charge of the merger of Kraft and Beske, and helped Kraft Foods successfully go public on 200 1 [8]. In 2003, Altria (formerly Philip Morris), the parent company of the group, announced the promotion of two directors, Betsy D. holden and RogerK Deromedi, as co-CEOs, and then she was transferred to Frito-Lay, the potato chip production department of Pepsi. Since June 2006, he has returned to North Korea as CEO, and in March 2007, he became the chairman of the company. In 2008, she ranked sixth among Forbes Global 100 influential women.