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Food For Thought © copyrighted October 15th, 1998 - Updated July 20, 2009 - Dec. 15, 2009 Top Food Manufacturers |
by columnist David Lawrence Dewey "Reading provides knowledge... knowledge leads to answers." |
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Please write, email, phone or fax the food companies listed below and demand that they stop using any type of hydrogenated oils in their foods, that until they stop, you will not purchase their products. A written letter with at least your full name and address is better, but emails are just as good as long as you list your complete full name and city.
To help save you time, I have found the various contact information, including Presidents, email addresses, mailing address, telephone numbers of the top twelve companies. For the other compaines, I urge you to go to those websites and find where to write the company or email them to stop the use of hydrogenated oils in their food productions. Below is an example of the letter that you can use, simply copy and paste into your email.
Dear Sir:
I am writing concerning your use of hydrogenated oils, whether they be "fully" or "partially" in your food products. I have read the latest medical reseach findings concerning how hydrogenated oils of any type are harmful to the body in many ways. I am therefore writing you that I will no longer be purchasing any of your products that contain any oils as described above. I will also be telling my friends concerning this and urge them not to purchase these products.
Sincerely,
| TOP PUBLIC
U.S./CANADIAN FOOD & BEVERAGE COMPANIES Based on 1996 food & beverage sales. All figures in billions/millions of U.S. dollars. |
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| Sales | Net Income | |||||
| Rank 1996 |
Company | 1996 | 1995 | 1996 | 1995 | |
| 1 | Kraft Foods is owned by Philip Morris Companies Inc. Kraft Foods, Inc. Mr. Roger K. Deromedi - President 800 Westchester Ave. Rye Brooks, New York 10573-1301 914-335-2500 Direct Fax # to Mr. Deromedi 914-335-4671 (800) 543-5335 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. EST Monday through Friday. Oscar Mayer: (800) 222-2323 Louis Rich: (800) 722-1421 www.kraftfoods.com/html/email/email.html INTERNET ADDRESS: www.kraftfoods.com also www.kraftinternational.com |
69,204 | 66,071 | 6,303 | 5,450 | |
| 2 | PepsiCo Inc. Roger A. Enrico Chairman of the Board Purchase, NY 10577 (914) 253-2000 Other Coporate Office Frito-Lay, Inc. 7701 Legacy Drive Plano, Texas INTERNET ADDRESS: www.pepsico.com/ EmailPepsiCo@bestworld.com |
31,645 | 30,255 | 1,149 | 1,606 | |
| 3 | Coca-Cola Co. Charles S. Frenette Senior Vice President The Coca-Cola Company P. O. Drawer 1734 Atlanta, GA 30301 Shareholders toll-free # 1-888-265-3747 INTERNET ADDRESS: www.cocacola.com/co Emailwww.cocacola.com/co/equeries.html |
18,546 | 18,018 | 3,492 | 2,986 | |
| 4 | ConAgra Inc. Healthy Choice, Banquet, Armour and over 60 other Brands Operates in 11 eleven countries Philip B. Fletcher Chairman of the Board ConAgra, Inc. One ConAgra Drive Omaha, NE 68102-5001 (402) 595-4000 Sorry, no email address INTERNET ADDRESS: http://www.conagra.com/index.html |
24,822 | 24,112 | 189 | 496 | |
| 5 | IBP Inc.
This is a meat production co. only INTERNET ADDDRESS: www.ibpinc.com |
12,539 | 12,668 | 199 | 258 | |
| 6 | Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. INTERNET ADDRESS: www.budweiser.com |
12,622 | 12,005 | 1,190 | 642 | |
| 7 | Sara Lee Corp You'll be surprized what this company owns Sara Lee Corporation Three First National Plaza Chicago, IL 60602-4260 (800) 654-SARA INTERNET ADDRESS: www.saralee.com www.saralee.com/tools/suggestions/index.htm |
18,624 | 17,719 | 916 | 804 | |
| 8 | H.J. Heinz Co. Brands include Weight Watcher Meals William R. Johnson President H.J. Heinz Co. 600 Grant St. Pittsburgh, PA 15219 Phone: 412-456-5700 Fax: 412-456-6128 Sorry, no email address INTERNET ADDRESS: www.heinz.com |
9,112 | 8,087 | 659 | 591 | |
| 9 | Nabisco Inc. James M. Kilts - President 100 DeForest Avenue P.O. Box 1911 East Hanover, NJ 07936-1911 1-800-NABISCO Sorry, no email address INTERNET ADDRESS: www.nabisco.com |
8,889 | 8,294 | 17 | 295 | |
| 10 | CPC International Inc. Best Foods Brands Axel C.A. Krauss President Bestfoods International Plaza 700 Sylvan Avenue toll free # 800-338-8831 Coporate Number 201-894-4000 INTERNET ADDRESS: www.cpcinternational.com Emailwww.bestfoods.com/contact.htm |
9,844 | 8,432 | 580 | 512 | |
| 11 | Campbell Soup Co. Dale F. Morrison President Campbell Place Camden, N.J. 08103-1799 phone 609-342-4800 fax 609-342-3878 INTERNET ADDRESS: www.campbellsoups.com Emailwww.campbellkitchen.com/response1.asp |
7,678 | 1,202 | 802 | 698 | |
| 12 | Seagram Co. INTERNET ADDRESS: www.seagram.com |
9,747 | 6,399 | 3,406 | 736 | |
| 13 | Kellogg Co. INTERNET ADDRESS: www.kelloggs.com |
6,677 | 7,004 | 531 | 490 | |
| 14 | Tyson Foods Inc. INTERNET ADDRESS: www.tyson.com |
6,454 | 5,511 | 87 | 219 | |
| 15 | General Mills 1-(800) 328-1144 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. CST Monday thru Fridays General Mills, Inc. P.O. Box 1113 Minneapolis, MN 55440 INTERNET ADDRESS: www.general-mills.com www.generalmills.com/navigation/comments/ |
5,416 | 5,027 | 476 | 367 | |
| 16 | Quaker Oats Co. INTERNET ADDRES: www.quakeroats.com |
5,199 | 5,954 | 248 | 724 | |
| 17 | John Pepper Chairman and CEO Procter & Gamble One Procter & Gamble Plaza Cincinnati, OH 45202 Phone: 513-983-1100 Fax: 513-983-4381 EMAIL: www.pg.com/about/contact1.htm INTERNET ADDRESS: www.pg.com |
35,284 | 33,482 | 3,046 | 2,645 | |
| 18 | Hershey Foods INTERNET ADDRESS: www.hersheys.com |
3,989 | 3,691 | 273 | 282 | |
| 19 | Dole Food Co. INTERNET ADDRESS: www.dole.com |
3,840 | 3,804 | 89 | 23 | |
| 20 | Hormel Foods Corp. INTERNET ADDRESS: www.hormel.com |
3,099 | 3,046 | 79 | 120 | |
| 21 | Interstate Bakeries Corp. Charles A. Sullivan Chairman & CEO Kansas City, MO Phone: 816-502-4000 Fax: 816-502-4155 INTERNET ADDRESS: www.irin.com/ibc/ Sorry, no email address |
2,878 | 1,223 | 24 | 21 | |
| 22 | Dean Foods Co. INTERNET ADDRESS: www.deanfoods.com |
2,814 | 2,630 | -50 | 80 | |
| 23 | International Multifoods Corp. INTERNET ADDRESS: www.multifoods.com |
2,596 | 2,523 | 3 | 24 | |
| 24 | Chiquita Brands Internationa INTERNET ADDRESS: www.chiquita.com |
2,435 | 2,566 | -51 | 9 | |
| 25 | Smithfield Foods Inc. INTERNET ADDRESS: |
2,384 | 1,527 | 16 | 28 | |
| 26 | Maple Leaf Foods Inc. INTERNET ADDRESS: www.mapleleaffoods.com |
2,342 | 2,248 | 31 | -32 | |
| 27 | Ralston Purina Co. INTERNET ADDRESS: |
6,114 | 7,172 | 360 | 296 | |
| 28 | Warner-Lambert Co. INTERNET ADDDRESS: www.warner-lambert.com |
7,231 | 7,040 | 787 | 740 | |
| 29 | Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. INTERNET ADDRESS: www.wrigley.com |
1,836 | 1,755 | 230 | 224 | |
| 30 | Adolph Coors Co. INTERNET ADDRESS: |
1,732 | 1,680 | 43 | 43 | |
| 31 | George Weston Ltd. INTERNET ADDRESS: www.weston.ca |
9,272 | 9,501 | 174 | 139 | |
| 32 | Earthgrains Company INTERNET ADDRESS: |
1,661 | 1,665 | -18 | -7 | |
| 33 | McCormick & Company Inc. INTERNET ADDRESS: www.mccormick.com |
1,733 | 1,691 | 42 | 98 | |
| 34 | Hudson Foods Inc. INTERNET ADDRESS: Hudson Foods was closed Aug. 98 by the U.S. Agriculture Dept. for meat repeated contamination of 1.2 million pounds of meat with the E Coli strain of bacteria Read this story in Business Week. |
1,378 | 1,201 | 23 | 36 | |
| 35 | American Brands Inc. INTERNET ADDRESS: www.ambrands.com |
11,579 | 11,367 | 487 | 540 | |
| 36 | Brown-Forman Corp. INTERNET ADDRESS: www.brown-forman.com |
1,807 | 1,680 | 160 | 149 | |
| 37 | Flowers Industries Inc. INTERNET ADDRESS: www.flowersindustries.com |
1,239 | 1,129 | 31 | 42 | |
| 38 | Savannah Foods & Industries Inc. INTERNET ADDRESS: |
1,146 | 1,099 | 6 | -3 | |
| 39 | Pilgrim's Pride Corp. INTERNET ADDRESS: |
1,139 | 932 | -7 | -8 | |
| 40 | Canandaigua Wine Co. INTERNET ADDRESS: |
1,135 | 987 | 28 | 24 | |
| 41 | Cott Corp. INTERNET ADDRESS: www.cott.com |
1,005 | 924 | 25 | -21 | |
| 42 | WLR Foods Inc. INTERNET ADDRESS: |
998 | 909 | -5 | 16 | |
| 43 | Ault Foods Ltd. INTERNET ADDRESS: www.ault.com |
989 | 950 | 9 | 11 | |
| 44 | Thorn Apple Valley Inc. INTERNET ADDRESS: |
983 | 745 | -22 | 5 | |
| 45 | Ralcorp Holdings Inc INTERNET ADDRESS: www.ralcorp.com |
1,027 | 1,013 | -47 | 33 | |
| 46 | Colgate-Palmolive Co. INTERNET ADDRES: www.colgate.com |
8,749 | 8,358 | 635 | 172 | |
| 47 | Seaboard Corp. INTERNET ADDRES: www.seaboardfarms.com |
1,464 | 1,174 | 6 | 20 | |
| 48 | Foodbrands America Inc. INTERNET ADDRESS: www.foodbrands.com |
835 | 635 | 11 | -34 | |
| 49 | Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream Inc. INTERNET ADDRESS: www.dreyers.com |
792 | 679 | 7 | -2 | |
| 50 | Curtice Burns Foods INTERNET ADDRESS: www.curticeburns.com |
739 | 749 | -12 | 4 | |
| 51 | BC Sugar Refinery Ltd. INTERNET ADDRESS: |
623 | 612 | 21 | 5 | |
| 52 | Molson Companies INTERNET ADDRESS: www.molson.com |
1,061 | 1,078 | -225 | 62 | |
| 53 | Imperial Holly Corp. INTERNET ADDRESS: www.imperialholly.com |
616 | 587 | -3 | -5 | |
| 54 | Michael Foods Inc. INTERNET ADDRESS: |
616 | 537 | -3 | 18 | |
| 55 | Schneider Corp INTERNET ADDRESS: . |
614 | 605 | -7 | 6 | |
| 56 | J.M. Smucker Co. INTERNET ADDRESS: www.smucker.com |
529 | 511 | 29 | 36 | |
| 57 | Seneca Foods Corp. INTERNET ADDRESS: www.senecafoods.com |
508 | 234 | -10 | 1 | |
| 58 | Alexander & Baldwin Inc. INTERNET ADDRESS: |
1,233 | 1,020 | 65 | 56 | |
| 59 | Lance Inc. INTERNET ADDRESS: |
475 | 477 | 25 | -7 | |
| 60 | Sanderson Farms Inc. INTERNET ADDRESS: www.sandersonfarms.com |
455 | 393
| -2 | 11 | |
| Totals............. | 391,992 | 364,587
| 26,547 | 22,774 | ||
| Source: Cahners Food and Lodging Group Research Dept. | ||||||
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