Whether we go to a restaurant or shop at the local
grocery store we often take for granted
all that goes into getting that food
onto our dinner plates behind all the
food we eat our giant conglomerate
organizations and although there are
many that have a hand in what we're
eating we've come up with the top ten
companies that control the world's food
supply when you control the food you
control the people's McDonald's there
are so many companies involved in the
food supply and the top ten spots are
definitely secured by a few big names
that are quite recognizable but of
course there are also smaller names that
still gross quite a lot of money at
year's end and although maybe not as
much money as some they still seem to
have quite the monopoly on the food
market making them a controlling force
regardless now McDonald's definitely
takes the cake when talking about
worldwide food dominance we mean can you
really go anywhere that doesn't have at
least one of these restaurants we'd say
that old Ronald McDonald and Friends
sure have quite the dominant presence in
the food industry altogether here are
some numbers to back this up in recent
years it's been reported that McDonald's
has made up to twenty two point three
billion dollars in sales per year that
was in a 2017 2018 estimate Wow Wow
now we'd have to say that that's pretty
impressive that's just a lot of food
being purchased and sold now although
they aren't the top earners we'd say
that those numbers are pretty impressive
for a business that doesn't sell its
goods in grocery stores like a lot of
the other names on this list
with this much clout McDonald's
definitely plays a role when it comes to
food supply Walmart we haven't even
begun to scratch the surface when it
comes to the food companies that bring
food items from farm to grocery store
yet these are the big guns that have
been called the top earners but when
it's all said and done no one can
compare to Walmart in terms of sales for
groceries especially in the US Walmart
has the leading sales in so many
departments of consumption and it was
only a matter of time before they
started doing so in the food industry as
well funny how we placed Walmart just
after McDonald day especially
considering that there's a McDonald's in
almost every single Walmart in North
America I see what you did there so for
so many municipalities across North
America Walmart didn't even offer food
for sale at all a decade or so ago and
for these particular regions groceries
were pretty much still quite the novelty
but just as soon as people recognized
that they could buy their electronics
furniture clothes and now food - all
under one roof and for a decent price to
boot people all over North America
started making Walmart their one-stop
shop for all their family and household
needs good for the pocket and well good
for Walmart - this fact alone has
garnered the conglomerate a top spot in
this category and in doing so Walmart
became an influence in what
neighborhoods as a whole were buying by
controlling the groceries offered in its
store on such a large scale
they were also controlling North
American grocery consumption for example
if one Walmart location doesn't have
McCain French fries one week then
everybody must purchase Cavendish fries
that week this is an example of cause
and effect and the perfect way to show
how the food you buy can be controlled
Nestle
who's once known as the Anglo Swiss
condensed milk company but that was of
course way back in 1866 a whopping
hundred and fifty-four years ago now
although none of us were a live way back
then we all know Nestle and all the
goodies they've brought to light for one
and all the founder was honoree Nestle
but the company has indeed changed hands
many a time over the long years since
its official launch the headquarters are
in Switzerland but they serve the entire
globe from there how they're an
incredible number of products released
under their large umbrella and they are
in fact one of the biggest grossing
companies in the world so yeah here are
the numbers that matter they hit only
one point two billion dollars in sales
in the same poll taken back in 2017 and
2018 that registered McDonald's at a
mere twenty two point three billion no
no now on the surface it's a pretty big
difference but at the same time it's all
relative as Nestle also reaches the
farthest corners of the planet their
advantages they don't have to
exclusively count on restaurant
locations to sell their products so to
name a few products you might be
familiar with that Nestle has control
over Nescafe tasters Joyce Gerber boost
Wonka
Nestea that's just naming a few there
are plenty more the tip of an iceberg
comes to mind
Nestle controls many of the brands that
many of us consume every single day the
Kraft Heinz company
likewise Kraft also has dominance in
worldwide food distribution in that same
poll which was conducted by Forbes in
2017 and 2018 Kraft Heinz ranks one
hundred and twenty sixth overall out of
two hundred and fifty companies but once
again rankings and earnings per year
didn't really come into play when it
comes to food supply Kraft Heinz did
26.2 billion dollars in sales what what
what
now that's a large number if you ask us
but that doesn't mean that Kraft doesn't
control the flow of food in North
America and in a big way not at all so
to take a large step away from all the
fractions percentages and the stuff that
you can't ever seem to remember from
math class let's put it as simply as
possible for the sake of getting to the
point now we'll need a feat of math here
but rounding off will be more than okay
essentially try to imagine how many
grilled cheese sandwiches are eaten per
day all over North America now multiply
that by the number of days in a week the
number of weeks in a month and so on now
finally thank heavens try to picture
Kraft cheese singles inside each and
every one of those grilled cheese
sandwiches now that's a lot of cheese
yeah yeah considering that a grilled
cheese sandwich is one of the most
popular comfort foods the world over now
try to imagine cheeseburgers well you
get the picture the list can go on and
on and on and cheese isn't even close to
the only product Kraft Heinz produces
daily so there definitely another
company controlling the food supply
British foods the British are not the
only ones who love a cup of tea many
people the whole world over love tea and
if you're a coffee person you just
wouldn't get it but on a chilly winter's
day there's nothing quite like a hot tea
and there's still tons of caffeine in
tea especially orange pekoe so it'll
still wake you up even on those
especially difficult mornings by now you
may be wondering why exactly we're going
on and on about tea well The Associated
British Foods Company produces one of
the biggest names in tea and if you
guess the Twinings tea brand then you'd
be right
of course they produce and distribute
other products and a multitude of that
their products include Mazola corn oil
Fleischmann's yeast and many many others
although most their products are sold in
Europe there are still quite a few that
have made it across the pond and are
quite popular in North America as well
would you like a cup of tea before you
go
freedom foods now it's easy to have
dominance over what people eat when you
provide regular products that most
people can consume but what about
specialty items what about the companies
out there that produce certain items
that only particular members of the
population can ingest if you still came
close to hitting the numbers that the
big dogs garner by just selling
specialty items wouldn't that mean that
you'd be quite the influential company
of course it would and a company that
can boast such success is freedom foods
it's a company like Hain Celestial Group
and dr. Schar that provides gluten free
and organic foods to the masses
an organic gluten-free antioxidant-rich
acai berry cake by the masses sure mean
a heck of a lot of people as so many out
there eating organic these days this
trend is really picked up steam over the
last few decades and gluten-free has
become a way of life and not just for
those that are allergic to gluten it's
part of the weight loss fad that caught
on in recent years so for a company that
produces such foods exclusively to still
be earning high numbers we'd say that
that's pretty influential too I'm not
even mad it's amazing anheuser-busch
Forbes definitely considers this one a
top 3 and they have more than sufficient
reasons for it specifically they're one
of the world's leading beverage
companies particularly beer where's my
beer now you may not have heard of this
company when perusing the shelves in the
fridge at your corner store when looking
for a cold one but you certainly have
heard of the companies that rest beneath
the shade of its umbrella Corona
Budweiser Stella Artois are all part of
this vast organization apparently their
market value is registered at over fifty
four billion in sales annually that's a
lot of yeast hops and other ingredients
chances are that no matter where you are
in the world you'll be able to find an
anhyzer bush product when looking to pop
open a cold one Johnny how about a beer
yes Molson Coors who can mention this
cold and refreshing beverage without
thinking of the Rocky Mountain High
slogan the famous phrase for Coors beer
rings true to our ears as we think of
this brand Molson itself was founded in
1786 in Canada and course was founded in
1873 almost a hundred years later in the
US they eventually merged and became one
company in 2005 believe it or not the
company also makes energy drinks and
spirits to boot but at the end of it all
its main export is still beer they
employ almost 18,000 employees and raked
in 4.7 billion in revenue way back in
2016 so we more than feel that they have
earned a place on this list because for
North Americans this beer is indeed
quite popular which is an understatement
if ever there was one with multiple
brands under the Molson Coors banner the
company is so big
that it's able to influence the type of
beer that the population drinks they
have big pull when it comes to
distribution of their products and
stores and other locations at the end of
the day availability is the key to
dominating what the public drinks or
doesn't drink saputo who can say italian
cuisine without mentioning saputo
products maybe nobody as these products
are sold in over 40 countries worldwide
the headquarters are in Montreal and
this company had a revenue of eleven
point two billion in 2017 for a company
that started quite small and grew over
time that's pretty awe-inspiring you
can't walk into a grocery store that
seeing saputo products especially in the
cheese section their reach and influence
is vast and it goes way beyond food lino
saputo the founder and owner of the
company is considered to be the eighth
richest person in Canada and 330 ninth
in the world he also owns a big portion
of the trans force trucking company and
has holdings in real estate - it's free
real estate saputo sells many products
in the US Canada and the rest of the
world Lee knows son Joey who also served
as CEO for the dairy products division
in the States also owns two soccer clubs
that's right not one but two he founded
and owns the Montreal Impact in North
America and also owns Bologna Football
Club in Italy overall the family and
company have given back to the community
and give generously to selected
charities in and around Montreal
apparently just about half the portion
of the company's total revenues come
from the business they do in the States
now how is it that for influence when it
comes to cheese saputo has an impact on
the world's food supply Mondelez
international this company was formerly
known as Kraft Foods Incorporated of
course this isn't to be confused with
the affer mentioned Kraft Heinz at least
not anymore
it was in 2012 that this company was
formed using the name it has today there
at the helm of many of the foods we all
know and love some of their brands
include Chips Ahoy
Oreo Ritz Toblerone and many many others
their reach certainly goes far and their
power is definitely growing making them
quite the influential company when it
comes to what we all consume from day to
day they also are the Umbrella
Corporation has come
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