Nestlé S.A. is a Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland. It has been the largest publicly held food company in the world, measured by revenue and other metrics, since 2014. It ranked No. 64 on the Fortune Global 500 in 2017. In 2023, the company was ranked 50th in the Forbes Global 2000.
Border trade, in general, refers to the flow of goods and services across the border between different jurisdictions. In this sense, border trade is a part of the normal trade that flows through the ordinary export/import legal and logistical frameworks of nations and smaller jurisdictions. However border trade specifically refers to the increase in trade in areas where crossing borders is relatively easy and where products are significantly less expensive on one side of the border than the other – often because of significant variations in taxation levels on goods. Common items involved in border trade include alcohol, tobacco, medication, recreational drugs, automobiles, automotive fuel, groceries, furniture and clothing.
Harina P.A.N.—abbreviation for Producto Alimenticio Nacional (Spanish), or National Food Product (English)—is the first brand of boiled maize flour in Venezuela. The brand itself became a synecdoche, as it became a noun commonly used to indicate any similar maize flour.
Borden Dairy Company is an American dairy processor and distributor headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Established in 2009, the company is a successor to the original Borden Company established in 1857 by Gail Borden. The company is a former subsidiary of Dean Foods.
Dean Foods was an American food and beverage company and the largest dairy company in the United States. The company's products included milk, ice cream, dairy products, cheese, juice, and teas. It processed milk in the United States under a number of regional and national brands. Founded in 1925, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in 2019, and its assets were acquired by several buyers in 2020.
Clover Industries Limited is a branded foods and beverages group that used to be listed on the main board of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. The company was delisted after a takeover by Milco, led by the Central Bottling Company from Israel.
Clover Sonoma, formerly Clover Stornetta Farms is a dairy company located in Sonoma County, California, along the Pacific coast in Northern California. It is a brand that has existed since the early 1900s, when the Petaluma Cooperative Creamery served the city of Petaluma. In 1977, Clover Stornetta Farms, Inc. was formed from the joining of two separate companies: Stornetta's Dairy and the Petaluma Cooperative Creamery. Clover Sonoma currently has farms in Sonoma County, Marin County, and Mendocino County, California. In 2021, Clover Sonoma launched Clover the Rainbow, a sister dairy brand that makes a line of kids' organic yogurt smoothies.
Vivartia Holding S.A. is a food production conglomerate brand in Greece. Its head office is in Spata, Attica.
Pet, Inc. was an American company that was the first to commercially produce evaporated milk as a shelf-stable consumer product with its "PET Milk" brand. While evaporated milk was popular before refrigerators were common in homes, sales peaked in the 1950s and it is now a niche product used in baking and as a cooking ingredient.
Grupo Nutresa, formerly Grupo Nacional de Chocolates S.A.(in English: Chocolate National Group S.A.) is a Colombian multinational food processing conglomerate headquartered in Medellín.
Bright Food is a Chinese multinational food and beverage manufacturing company headquartered in Shanghai. It is the second-largest Chinese food manufacturing company measured by 2011 revenues. The company is wholly owned by the Shanghai Municipal People's Government via Shanghai Municipal Investment Group and another sister company.
Quala S.A. is a multi-national massive production enterprise that creates and distributes food, beverages, personal care products, ice-based desserts, and candies, among others. Its headquarters is located in Bogotá (Colombia) operating also in Mexico, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. They sell a large amount of dairy products within Colombia.
Alpina is a German automobile manufacturing company.
Hugo Goeggel is a Swiss businessman and philatelist, resident in Colombia, who signed the Roll of Distinguished Philatelists in 2010.
Granarolo S.p.A. is a food company in Italy founded in 1957 and based in Bologna. It operates in the fresh milk and dairy-cheese sector, dry pasta, deli meats and vegetable foods.
Lacthosa is a Honduran producer of food and beverage products, focusing on dairy and fruit juices. It leads the country in dairy production.
Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V., doing business as FEMSA, is a Mexican multinational beverage and retail company headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico. It operates the largest independent Coca-Cola bottling group in the world and the largest convenience store chain in Mexico. It is also a shareholder of Heineken N.V.
Productos Naturales de la Sabana S.A.S., doing business as Alquería, is a Colombian company that produces food, especially dairy products and beverages. Founded between 1958 and 1959, it currently has 7 processing plants and 21 distribution centers throughout the country, making it one of the private companies with the highest purchase of milk and dairy products in Colombia. Alquería is a Spanish term that means "country house", it symbolizes the fresh products that originate from it.
