The 10 Food Multi-Nationals

The food industry is an $8 trillion behemoth dominated by a handful of multinationals

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The demigods of the industry are essentially 10 U.S. and European corporations who between them own hundreds of household brands and together generate $1.1 billion a day in revenue

Comment: For very large image above click here. Food is a safe place to invest (in my view). Speculation is that General Mills is ripe for takeover.

• GIS
• KO
• K
• PEP
• DANOY
• UL
• MDLZ
• KHC
• NSRGY
• Mars is private

Some others:

• BGS
• SJM
• CPB

Another way to invest in food:

• KR (On of the best supermarket chains)
• SYY  (wholesale food)

Investing in the Food Companies

The Insider's Guide to Food Investing
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It’s time to be bullish on everything related to food—restaurants, food producers, fertilizers, equipment makers, even water, says Ramesh Gulati. He tells Kate Stalter about a slew of well-known and not-so-well-known names that could benefit by growing demand for agricultural products

Comment: My chart: Not all are direct competitors. A target stock for 2013 is Nestle (I have all of 5 shares!). I like them because people have to eat and these are major food producers / distributors. I don't have all of the stocks on my list. I do have General Mills (GIS). Most pay a reasonable dividend. Click on image to enlarge