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Seafood Processing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry clean and pack fresh seafood; can, freeze, and dry seafood; and process fish fats and oils. Major companies include Ocean Beauty Seafoods and Trident Seafoods (both based in the US), as well as Dongwon Industries (South Korea), ... Read More
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Commercial Fishing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry catch wild finfish, shellfish, and other marine products from their natural habitats. Major companies include Cooke Aquaculture (Canada), Maruha Nichiro and Nippon Suisan Kaisha (both based in Japan), and Trident Seafood (the U ... 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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Grain & Field Bean Wholesalers
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry distribute grains, such as corn, wheat, barley, and oats, and unpolished rice; dry beans; and soybeans and other inedible beans. Major companies include Archer-Daniels-Midland, Bunge, Cargill, and farmer-owned cooperative CHS I ... Read More
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Fruit & Vegetable Processing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry use freezing, canning, dehydrating, and pickling processes to preserve fruits and vegetables. Major companies include Dole, Kraft Heinz, Seneca Foods, Simplot, and The JM Smucker Co, and divisions of large food companies such a ... Read More
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Animal Production
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry raise or fatten animals for the purpose of selling animals or animal products. Major companies include Agri Beef, Dairy Farmers of America, Pilgrim's, and Smithfield Foods (all based in the US), as well as Bachoco (Mexico), ... 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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Catering Services
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry provide single-event food services at customer-owned and company-owned facilities. Catering companies typically operate as local businesses; major US-based companies include Abigail Kirsch (New York), Behind the Scenes Catering ... Read More
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Food Service Contractors
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry contract to provide food services at commercial, institutional, and governmental locations. Major companies include Aramark and Delaware North (both based in the US), as well as Autogrill (Italy), Compass Group and SSP Group (b ... Read More
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Bars & Nightclubs
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption and may also offer limited food service. The industry mostly consists of small, single-location businesses, as inconsistent liquor laws make it harder to operate establishmen ... 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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Agriculture & Forestry Sector
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry sector grow crops, raise or fatten animals for animal products, and grow and harvest timber. Major crop production companies include AMAGGI, Chiquita, Dole Food Company, Fresh Del Monte Produce, Sunkist Growers, and Total Produ ... Read More
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Sugar Manufacturing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry produce raw sugar from sugar cane, refine raw cane sugar, and produce refined beet sugar from sugar beets. Major companies include Amalgamated Sugar, American Crystal Sugar, Florida Crystals of Fanjul Corp, Imperial Sugar, and ... Read More
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Coffee Shops
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry sell coffee drinks and other food and beverages for consumption on the premises or for takeout. Major companies include Peet’s Coffee, Starbucks, and The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf (all based in the US), as well as Caff&e ... Read More
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Seasoning & Dressing Manufacturing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry make spices, dry gravy mixes, seasoning mixes, salad dressings, sauces, and natural extracts. Major companies include US-based Kraft Heinz and McCormick, along with Ajinomoto and Kikkoman (both headquartered in Japan), Givaudan ... Read More
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Coffee & Tea Manufacturing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry roast coffee, blend tea, and manufacture coffee and tea concentrates. Major companies include Farmer Brothers, JM Smucker, Keurig Dr Pepper, and Kraft Heinz (all based in the US), as well as ITO EN (Japan), Maxingvest ag (Germa ... 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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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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Fast-Food & Quick-Service Restaurants
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry operate restaurants in which customers order and pay at a counter. Major companies include Chipotle, McDonald's, Wendy's, and Yum Brands (all based in the US), as well as Café de Coral (Hong Kong), Greggs (UK), R ... Read More
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Restaurants, Bars & Food Services
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry provide meals, snacks, and beverages to customers for on-site or off-site consumption. Major companies include restaurant operators such as Darden Restaurants, McDonald's, Starbucks, and Yum! Brands (all based in the US), a ... Read More
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Aquaculture
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry raise fish, shellfish, other aquatic animals, or aquatic plants. No major companies dominate the industry. COMPETITIVE LANDSCAPE Demand is driven primarily by trends in fish consumption. The profitability of individual companie ... Read More
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Dairy Products Manufacturing
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry manufacture dairy-based products from raw and processed milk, along with dairy substitutes. Major companies include Dairy Farmers of America and Land O'Lakes (both based in the US), as well as Danone and Groupe Lactalis (Fr ... Read More
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Restaurants
Brief Excerpt from Industry Overview Chapter: Companies in this industry operate restaurants and other eating places, including full-service restaurants (FSRs), quick-service restaurants (QSRs), cafeterias and buffets, and snack bars. Major companies include Bloomin' Brands, Darden Restaurants, ... 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