Kraft Foods is a food production company based in Illinois in the USA. It manufactures and distributes food products to almost every part of the world.
History
Kraft Foods started out in many places around the globe and with many innovators in the production of food products. The history of Kraft foods dates back to 1767, when Bayldon, Berry and Joseph Terry founded Terry’s of York in York, England. It sold candied fruit peel known as Cote d’Or which was introduced in 1883.
Maxwell Coffee was founded by Joel Cheek in 1892 when he created a special blend of coffee for the Maxwell House Hotel.
In 1903, James .L. Kraft opened a new cheese manufacturing plant in Chicago, Illinois. When Vegemite cheese was introduced by Fred Walker & Co. in Melbourne, Kraft bought a share.
In 1927, Kool-Aid was introduced by Edwin Perkins. He modified a soft drink and concentrated it into a powder. In 1928, the company bought Phenix Cheese Corporation, the makers of Philadelphia cream cheese. When Kraft bought the company, its name was changed to Kraft-Phenix Corporation. In 1937, Kraft introduced a new line of ready to eat meals and named it Kraft Dinner. The Oscar Mayer advertisement was featured in TV in 1963.
A few years later, General Foods merged with a Korean company Dong Suh Foods. In Japan, it merged with Ajinomoto and formed a new company, Ajinomoto General Foods (AGF). In 1981, Oscar Mayer & Co, Inc. was sold to General Foods. Again, in 1985, General Foods was sold to Philip Morris Cos. In 1986, Tombstone Pizza Corp. was bought by Kraft foods, which was later acquired by Philip Morris Cos. After that, the company started producing convenience meals under the name Lunchables. The merging of Kraft and General Foods was a major event of 1989.
By 1992, the company expanded its business to Europe. Another merging took place in 2000, when Philip Morris Cos. bought Nabisco Holdings Corporation. The company became public in 2001. On Feb. 2, 2010, Kraft acquired Cadbury chocolate.
Stats
Company headquarters: Three Lakes Drive, Northfield, IL, USA.
Ownership: Public
Annual revenue: $55 billion
Number of employees: 127,000
Geography: Worldwide
Demography: Natural and Organic
Brands
Alpen Gold
A.1.
Breakstone’s
Crystal Light
Cadbury Crème Egg
Cracker Barrel
Capri Sun
Cote d’Or
Cool Whip
Cheeze Whiz
Dentyne
Cadbury dairy milk
General Foods International
Gevalia
Handi-Snacks
Hollywood Gum
Jell-O
Jacobs
Kraft cheese
Kool-Aid
Oscar
Miracle Whip
Maxwell House
Nabisco
The Natural Confectionery Company
Philadelphia
Planters
Royal
Stove Top
Trident
Tassimo
Velveeta
Wheat Thins
Important Links
Corporate Home Page
Products
Jobs and Careers
Management
Contact Information
Please bring back the Kraft chicken noodle dinner!!! Out of all the boxes pastas in the world, It is totally the best and my favorite..Grew up on this…Please Please!!!
Kraft you need to bring back your Kraft Noodle with Savory Chicken. This was a staple growing up and my kids ask for it all the time now too and it is sadly gone.
Omg I really miss the romanoff noodles and the savory chicken noodles and kraft zesty italian spaghetti dinner you all should really think about bringing them back and lets see if we can make them a big hit again like they once was
Please consider bringing back the Chicken Noodles in brown box. I made it for my kids and they loved it. I was anxious to make it again but can’t find them! Also Kraft Spaghetti and cheese pizza. Oh how I miss those days!