Category: Food & Beverage
Food & Beverage market research reports by First Research, Inc.
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Health Supplement Stores
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry sell vitamins, minerals, and dietary supplements from physical retail locations. Major companies include GNC Holdings, Vitamin Shoppe, and Vitamin World (all based in the US), along with Holland & Barrett (UK). COMPETITIVE ... Read More
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Vending Machine Operators
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry sell soft drinks, candy, snacks, and other products through vending machines that they service. Major US companies include American Food and Vending, AVI Food Systems, and divisions of ARAMARK and Coca-Cola; outside the US, maj ... Read More
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Poultry & Egg Production
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry breed, hatch, and raise poultry for meat or egg production. Major companies include Foster Farms, Perdue Farms, and Tyson Foods (all based in the US) as well as Bachoco (Mexico). BRF and JBS (both based in Brazil), Charoen Pokp ... Read More
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Weight Reduction Services
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry provide nonmedical weight loss services and products that include counseling, food supplements, menu and exercise planning, and body measurement and weight monitoring. Major companies include Jenny Craig, Nutrisystem, and Weigh ... Read More
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Cookie & Cracker Manufacturing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry make cookies, crackers, ice cream cones, and similar bakery products. Major companies include Campbell Soup Company, Kellogg's and Mondelez International (all based in the US); other leading firms include ARYZTA (Switzerlan ... Read More
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Cattle Ranching
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry are ranches and farms that raise cattle, including those intended for dairy herd replacements, and feedlots that fatten cattle in preparation for slaughter. Major companies include Cactus Feeders, Five Rivers Cattle Feeding, Ki ... Read More
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Bakery Product Manufacturing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry make fresh and frozen bread as well as cakes, pies, and doughnuts. Major companies include Dawn Foods, Flowers Foods, Franz Bakery, and McKee Foods (all based in the US), along with Allied Bakeries (UK), ARYZTA (Switzerland), G ... Read More
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Candy Manufacturing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: The candy manufacturing industry includes three major segments: companies that make chocolate from beans, companies that use purchased chocolate to make candies, and companies that make nonchocolate candy. Major companies include Hershey's, Mars, and ... Read More
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Fruit & Tree Nut Farming
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry grow fruits and tree nuts for commercial production. Major companies include Blue Diamond Growers, Chiquita Brands, Dole Food Company, Fresh Del Monte Produce, the National Grape Cooperative and its Welch's subsidiary, Ocea ... Read More
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Casual Restaurants
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry provide food services in casual atmospheres to seated patrons who are served by wait staff and pay after eating. Major companies include Brinker International, Darden Restaurants, Dine Brands Global, and Outback Steakhouse (all ... Read More
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Food Wholesalers
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry distribute food and related products on a wholesale basis. Major companies include C&S Wholesale Grocers, McLane Company, Sysco, United Natural Foods, and US Foods (all based in the US), as well as KOKUBU Group (Japan), Lob ... Read More
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Tobacco Manufacturing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry stem and redry tobacco and manufacture cigarettes and other tobacco products. Major companies include Altria, Philip Morris International, and Reynolds American (based in the US); China National Tobacco; British American Tobacc ... Read More
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Vegetable & Melon Farming
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry produce vegetable and melon crops, seeds, and bedding plants. Major companies include US-based Bolthouse Farms, Chiquita, and Dole Food, along with Chaoda Modern Agriculture (based in Hong Kong), Fresh Del Monte Produce (Cayman ... Read More
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Beer, Wine & Distilled Spirits Wholesalers
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry distribute beer, ale, wine, and distilled spirits on a wholesale basis. Major companies include Breakthru Beverage Group, Johnson Brothers, Reyes Holdings, RNDC, and Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits (all based in the US); ... Read More
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Oilseed Farming
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry grow and harvest soybeans and other oilseed-producing plants, such as sunflower, safflower, flax, sesame, and canola (also known as rapeseed). No major companies dominate the industry. COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE Demand is driven by ... Read More
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Edible Oils Manufacturing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture oils through wet-milling corn (separating corn into its basic components); processing soybeans, tree nuts, and vegetables into oil; refining vegetable fats; and blending vegetable fats with purchased animal fats. Ma ... Read More
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Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture agricultural equipment and machinery, as well as commercial turf and lawn care equipment. Major companies include AGCO, John Deere, and Lindsay Corporation (all based in the US), along with CLAAS (Germany), CNH Indu ... Read More
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Farm Support Services
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry provide support services for production of crops, such as planting and harvesting, and support services for production of animals, such as breeding. No major companies dominate the industry. COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE Demand is driv ... Read More
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Specialty Eateries
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry operate limited service restaurants that serve specialty snack items or nonalcoholic beverages for consumption on or near the premises. Major companies include Einstein Bros Bagels, GoToFoods (owner of Auntie Anne's, Carvel ... Read More
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Retail Sector
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this sector sell a wide range of products to consumers and businesses, from food and apparel to hardware, household goods, and office supplies. Major companies include Costco, Kroger, and Walmart (all based in the US); as well as ALDI and Sc ... Read More
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Poultry Product Manufacturing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry slaughter and process poultry and small game. Major companies include Koch Foods, Perdue, Pilgrim's Pride, Sanderson Farms, and Tyson Foods (all based in the US); as well as BRF and Copacol (Brazil), Charoen Pokphand Foods ... Read More
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Distilleries
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry distill, blend, or mix liquors. Major companies include Bacardi (Bermuda), Brown-Forman (US), Diageo (UK), Gruppo Campari (Italy), Kweichow Moutai (China), Pernod Ricard (France), and Suntory (Japan). COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE Dema ... Read More
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Meat Product Manufacturing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry slaughter animals and prepare meat products. Major companies include Hormel Foods and Tyson Foods (both located in the US); as well as BRF and JBS SA (both based in Brazil); CPF (Thailand); Danish Crown (Denmark); NH Foods (Jap ... Read More
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Farm & Garden Equipment Wholesalers
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry distribute farm equipment, lawn and garden equipment, and related parts. No major companies dominate the industry. COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE Demand is driven primarily by the health of the farming sector, which is tied to crop pric ... Read More
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Fresh Produce Wholesalers
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry distribute fresh fruits, vegetables, spices, and herbs. Major companies include Caito Foods, Coast Citrus Distributors, FreshPoint, and Tom Lange Company (all based in the US), as well as Fresh Produce Group (Australia), Fyffes ... Read More
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