Diversified Food Stocks
List of Publicly Traded Diversified Food Companies Listed on Major U.S. Exchanges
Some industries require a deep explanation to gain an understanding of what the industry is all about. This is not one of those cases. If you open your refrigerator, freezer, pantry or cupboard you likely will find dozens of products made by these companies. These companies collectively do not just manufacture food; they make food that is found in nearly every household in the United States.
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Diversified Food Companies: Large-Cap Stocks
Campbell Soup Company (CPB) (Soups, meals, snacks and beverages: brands include Arnott’s, Campbell’s, Pepperidge Farm and V8)
ConAgra Foods, Inc. (CAG) (Packaged foods: brands include Banquet, Chef Boyardee, Healthy Choice, Hunt’s, Marie Callender’s, Orville Redenbacher’s, PAM, Peter Pan, Slim Jim and Snack Pack)
General Mills, Inc. (GIS) (baking mixes, biscuits, cereal, frozen breakfast, snacks, and yogurt: Brands include Betty Crocker, Chex Mix, Cheerios, Gold Medal, Green Giant, Häagen-Dazs, Hamburger Helper, Lucky Charms, Nature Valley, Old El Paso, Pillsbury, Wheaties and Yoplait)
Hormel Foods Corporation (HRL) (Food and meat products: brands include Dinty Moore, Farmer John, Hormel, Jennie-O, Skippy Peanut Butter and SPAM)
J M Smucker Company (The) (SJM) (Coffee, baking products, spreads, toppings: brands include Crisco, Folgers, Hungry Jack, Jif, Pillsbury and Smucker’s)
Kellogg Company (K) (Cereal and snack brands include Cheez-It, Corn Flakes, Eggo, Frosted Flakes, Keebler, Kellogg’s, Mini-Wheats, Pop-Tarts, Pringles and Rice Krispies)
The Kraft Heinz Company (KHC) (Examples of brands include Capri Sun, Heinz, Jell-O, Kool-Aid, Kraft, Maxwell House, Oscar Mayer, Ore-Ida, Philadelphia, Planters and Velveeta)
Unilever NV (UN) (Netherlands – Axe, Blue Band, Dove, Hellmann’s, Knorr, Lifebuoy, Lipton, Pureit, Suave and Sunlight)
Unilever Plc. (UL) (United Kingdom)
Diversified Food Companies: Mid-Cap Stocks
B&G Foods, Inc. (BGS) (Shelf-stable food products: brands include Cream of Wheat, Emeril’s, Mrs. Dash and Ortega)
Lancaster Colony Corporation (LANC) (Specialty food products: salad dressings and dips, New York Brand Texas toast and Sister Schubert’s homemade rolls)
Pinnacle Foods, Inc. (PF) (Brands include Aunt Jemima, Birds Eye, Comstock, Duncan Hines, Hungry-Man, Lender’s, Mrs. Butterworth’s, Mrs. Paul’s, Van de Kamp’s and Vlasic)
Post Holdings, Inc. (POST) (Brands include Crystal Farms, Honey Bunches of Oats, Golden Puffs, Grape-Nuts, Honeycomb, Malt-O-Meal and PowerBar; Michael Foods Group: cheese, dairy case products, dry pasta products, egg products, refrigerated potato products)
Treehouse Foods, Inc. (THS) (Cereals, creamers, jams, macaroni and cheese, powdered drink mixes, salad dressings, salsa, soups and snack foods)
Diversified Food Companies: Micro-Cap Stocks
American Lorain Corporation (ALN) (China: prepared, frozen and canned products)
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