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
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i cant find the kraft chicken and noodles in a box anymore. have they been discontinued? i love your instant mac and cheese and your kraft cheese singles.
with 55billion in profit you could afford to give a billion in sweepstakes giveaways plus grocerys
Can I order yuban original coffee k cups and yuban original decafe in the can from kraft foods. Nobody carries it here anymore?
Is Maxwell house coffee processed with machinery that is also used for peanuts?
where can I purchase Kraft Recipe makers? WALMART had them; unfortunately every package was out of date! I was looking to purchase on March 11,2014 and all dates were sell by 2/18/14. Where else can I? find them Zip code 92270.Thanks.
What is with the boxes for jello, everthing is in English and Spanish except for recipe jello with fruit in it. I don’t speak spanish and don’t intend to learn. Since everything i guess has to have both languages, at least do the recipes the same way.
I had bought a lunchables w/ Smoothie and my daughter has been throwing up since she’s ate it today 11/11/13 at lunch. It was the chicken strips, I need someone to tell why the hell my daughter is throwing up only black stuffs contact me immediately at 562-547-6581
I just tried Velveeta cheesy casseroles –chili cornbread –it was awful! when I opened the cornmeal mix it smelled toxic ,peculiar,sweet like cake –terrible taste after I baked it I could still smell that awful stink –when I tasted had to spit it out –the seasoning for beef was not good at all it had a spice hot flavor– yet it was bland (no salt) not a chili flavor at all I will throw it all in the garbage . I thought cornbread was a no brainer.
I,m reluctant to use the other flavor box I bought– I hate to waste my beef on something uneatable how about tasting your products before you put them out
I just tried the chili cornbread as well and toxic is the exact word I used for this as well. I took one bite and spit it out. It was horrible.
I’ve been canning for 56 years. Most of the time I’ve used SureJell for jams. Today I picked blackberries and red raspberries out of my own garden. I’ve just opened a box of SureJell and — for the first time in all these years — there’s no directions in the box. Nor are there any in the second box I have on hand. One would think I could do it blindfolded, but I’ve always been careful and CHECK to see that all measures, etc., are correct. Therefore, I’m really ‘ticked’ about this. What’s going on? Why are you getting careless, like so much else in this country. I feel that you should reimburse me because of this. Apparently, a whole shipment must be minus directions. What happened, and what will you do about it? I’d like a reply. If you don’t reply, I am going to get everyone I know to stop buying SureJell, and they’ll pass it on and pass it on. Please reply to this email. Elaine McKeough
Shame on Kraft Foods Advertising. A Zesty Italian commercial is trying to use sex to sell Kraft dressing…really. Is that appropriate!!!