The soft first - quarter results are the latest challenge that Big Food must confront:
Larger food and beverage manufacturers have faced tough growth prospects for many of their legacy brands as consumers tilt toward healthier fare and show more support for startup brands.
Founder Henry H. Ottens started the company in 1884, but under the current management team, it has grown to serve
large food and beverage manufacturers and currently has sales in more than 40 countries.
Not exact matches
While meal kits represent less than 1 % of total
food and beverage retail sales in the U.S., the nation's
largest food manufacturers are paying attention to how this new subcategory can change how people buy their
food.
Its customers include
large, multinational companies as well as important regional
and local
manufacturers of
foods,
beverages, perfumes, cosmetics, personal care products, cleaning
and washing products as well as the pharmaceutical industry
and manufacturers of
food supplements.
O - I is the world's
largest glass container
manufacturer and preferred partner for many of the world's leading
food and beverage brands.
As the
largest source of jobs in US manufacturing, the US
food,
beverage,
and consumer product industry looks forward to working with Ambassador Lighthizer to promote, protect,
and expand the benefits of free trade for US consumers
and manufacturers.»
Axiom Foods is the
largest global innovator,
manufacturer and distributor of plant protein ingredients, which are used in
food,
beverage, nutraceutical
and cosmetic products from nutrition bars to pasta
and non-dairy yogurts to facial cleansers.
Rather, a
large percentage of these chemicals are allowed to be added to
foods and beverages so long as
manufacturers attest to the fact that they're «generally recognized as safe,» or GRAS.
Consumer pressure
and slowed sales spurred the six
largest plastic baby bottle
manufacturers to voluntarily remove BPA from baby bottles sold in the U.S., but the chemical is still widely prevalent in consumer
food and beverage containers.