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Kraft Foods Inc. was a multinational food company that split into Mondelez International and Kraft Heinz in 2012. It started as a cheese company in 1909 and acquired many brands in dairy, snacks, beverages and confectionery.
In August 2011, Kraft Foods Inc. announced plans to split into two publicly traded companies — a snack food company and a grocery company. [8]On April 2, 2012, Kraft Foods Inc. announced that it had filed a Form 10 Registration Statement to the SEC to split the company into two companies to serve the "North American grocery business".
Robert Kenneth Kraft [1] (born June 5, 1941) is an American billionaire businessman. He is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Kraft Group, a diversified holding company with assets in paper and packaging, sports and entertainment, real estate development, and a private equity portfolio.
In August 2011, Kraft Foods announced plans to split into two publicly traded companies, an international snack-food company and a North American grocery company. [22] [23] The snack-food company, called Mondelez International, would be the legal successor of the old Kraft Foods, while the grocery company would be a new company, Kraft Foods Group.
Mark Clouse is an American business executive and the CEO of Campbell Soup Company since 2019. He has a background in the food industry, having worked for Kraft, Mondelez and Pinnacle Foods, and served in the US Army as a helicopter pilot.
On December 1, 2023, a federal jury in Illinois awarded $17.8 million to several large food companies, including Kraft Heinz, in a lawsuit against Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. and others over allegations of egg price fixing. Cal-Maine Foods, contesting the verdict, insists on its innocence and the absence of wrongdoing in its business practices. [67]
James L. Kraft was a Canadian-American entrepreneur and inventor who founded Kraft Foods Inc. He patented a process for pasteurizing cheese and had a brother named Norman who worked in the company.
At the time of the split, Kraft Foods (which included brands such as Oscar Mayer, Planters, Velveeta, Kool-Aid, Miracle Whip, Capri Sun, A1, Cool Whip and Jell-O) was the fourth-largest food and beverage company in North America, trailing PepsiCo, Nestle and Coca-Cola. [4] His salary jumped by 49% during his first year as CEO to $6.83 million. [5]