This statistic shows the largest food and beverage companies in North America in 2014, based on sales, and includes the combined sales of Kraft Foods North America and The Heinz Company. In March 2015, the two key players announced that they have entered into a definitive merger agreement. The combined firm will be named The Kraft Heinz Company and represent the third largest food company in North America. The combined sales of Kraft Foods North America and The Heinz Company amounted to about 22.2 billion U.S. dollars in North America.
Leading food and beverage companies including the Heinz-Kraft merger in North America in 2014, based on sales (in billion U.S. dollars)**
* Companies ranked by North American food and beverage sales 2014, based on a joint presentation from Heinz and Kraft March 25, 2015, using company data and Nielsen data.
** In March 2015, Kraft and Heinz announced a merger agreement.
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FoodNavigator-USA.com. (2015). Leading food and beverage companies including the Heinz-Kraft merger in North America in 2014, based on sales (in billion U.S. dollars)**. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 21, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/419347/heinz-kraft-merger-leading-food-and-beverage-companies-north-america/
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