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Kraft Food Inc


Headquarters location: 3 Lakes Dr. Northfield, IL 60093-2753United States of AmericaTel. 847-646-2000 Job offers, investor relations: www.kraft.com Email: ir@kraft.com Stock: KFT


Kraft Food belongs to

shareholder
country     %
source
Berkshire Hathaway-Ci AUnited States of America Bloomberg

Kraft Food owns

subsidiary
country     %
source
Kraft Foods International Inc. United States of America100
Oscar Mayer United States of America100
Ralcorp Holdings, Inc United States of America54Les Echos

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« ETHICAL » RATING OF KRAFT_FOOD , group and subsidiaries [?]
25%
Job: 25% of company's jobs cut since 1998
3
Environment: 3 major pollution(s)
34
Sales: more than 34 billion(s) dollars/euros in annual sales
21
Net profit: more than 21 billion(s) dollars/euros in cumulated net profit since 1998
372
Top management: earns 372 times the median income in the United States (32000 US$/year)
6
Influence: 6 act(s) of direct corruption or lobbying
7
Advertising & marketing: 7 dubious practice(s)

Relevance: business & market share

year
business
source
2008Kraft makes 4,3% of the candies eaten in the world.Les Echos
2007Kraft Food is the world's second-biggest foodmaker.Bloomberg
2006World's largest cheese maker.L'Expansio.
2006Kraft Foods is the largest U.S. food makerBloomberg
2006Kraft operates 159 plants in the world.
2006Kraft Food is the world's eight-largest manufacturer of dairy products.Les Echos
2005Kraft sells 25,5% of the coffee drunk in France.Les Echos
2004Kraft Food is the second-largest food maker. Every year, Kraft make 9 million tons of food and beverages (1,5 kg by inhabitant on Earth) sold to one billion customers. Kraft operates 181 factories in 68 countries and distributes with 356 warehouses in 155 countries. Wal-Mart sells 14% of Kraft's production.

World locations & Manufacturing

country incentive : address & contact : production type
source
France  Roanne, 42 :
Romania  Kraft Foods Romani : packaged coffee and chocolate

Kraft Food is managed by

year name
photo position; compensation
source
2007Kosla, Sanjay
See the photo of: Kosla, Sanjay Chief Executive Officer;
2006Deromedi, Roger K
See the photo of: Deromedi, Roger K Chief Executive Officer; salary: 11.9 million US$;
2006Rosenfeld, Irene
See the photo of: Rosenfeld, Irene Chief Executive Officer;
2002Deromedi, Roger K
See the photo of: Deromedi, Roger K Chief Executive Officer; salary: 2.02 million US$;
2002Dollive, James P
See the photo of: Dollive, James P Chief Financial Officer;
2002Faulk, Terry M
See the photo of: Faulk, Terry M Vice-president;
2002Holden, Betsy
See the photo of: Holden, Betsy Chairman; salary: 2.12 million US$;
2002Johnson, David S
See the photo of: Johnson, David S Chairman;
2002Robert, Hugh H
See the photo of: Robert, Hugh H Chairman;
2001Deromedi, Roger K
See the photo of: Deromedi, Roger K Chief Executive Officer;
2001Spence, Jean
See the photo of: Spence, Jean Vice-president;
1998Eckert, Robert
See the photo of: Eckert, Robert Chief Executive Officer;
1998Vogelsang, Franz-Josef
See the photo of: Vogelsang, Franz-Josef Vice-president;

Advertising & marketing

year
dubious practice : image
source
2005Deceptive advertising: The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM) filed a lawsuit against Kraft, General Mills and dannon in a “deceptive” multimillion-dollar advertising campaign that claims milk can facilitate weight loss. Indeed, a recent study by scientists from Purdue University concluded that increased consumption of dairy calcium was not associated with reduced weight and fat mass.:
2005 value: "New vision for our company – helping people around the world eat and live better";
2004Arguable partnership: Depuis 1990, Milka et Alp Action soutiennent un programme privé de plantations d’arbres dans les Alpes : « un toit vert sur l’Europe ».:
2003Arguable partnership: Contributed more than $97 million in food and financial support in 2003 to non-profit organizations throughout the world: value: Innovation, quality, safety, respect, integrity, openness;
1999slogan: L'arabica au goût velours.;
1995slogan: Capri-sun, the cold that is.;
1995slogan: Un café nommé désir.;
 slogan: Good to the last drop (Maxwell);

Made by

year
employees
<>
social impact : country
source
2006
90000
2006
-8000
Internal restructuring: Kraft supprime jusqu'à 20 sites et 8% de ses effectifs dans le monde afin de générer 700 millions de dollars d'économies annuelles. Kraft "souffre d'une hausse des prix des matières premières et d'une médiocre performance en matière de ventes en volumes.":
Reuters
2006
-120
Relocation: Oslo plant relocated in Lithuania "in order to concentrate production processes of smaller chocolates".: Norway
2005
-75
Closure/Bankruptcy: France
Les Echos
2005
-3000
Internal restructuring:
Tsr.ch
2004
-6000
Internal restructuring:
AP
2002
109000
2002
-7500
Les Echos
2002
-2700
Les Echos
2001
-500
Reuters
2001
-1000
CNN
2001
-50
AP
2000
117000
1999
38500
-600
1998
37500
1988
-290
Canadian L.

Environmental impact

year
country : consequences
source
2001United States of America : Violations of the Company's wastewater discharge permit at its production facility in Farmdale, Ohio notified by the State of Ohio in May 2001
2000United States of America brand: Kraft : Production, purchase or sale of genetically modified organisms which may cause an irreversible genetic pollution, a destruction of the biodiversity and health risks for the consumers.New York T.

Influence

year
purpose : intermediary/lobby : institution
source
2005Faire annuler une loi interdisant la présence de distributeurs automatiques de sodas et snacks dans les écoles, afin de lutter contre la malnutrition des enfants. : Parlementaires UMP : : Parlement français translateLe Monde
2001Access to foreign market (through MAI, WTO, GATS), prevent binding environmental regulations : USCIB (US Council For International Business) : : US Government translateUSCIB
1998Regulation favorable to company's interests : Contribution to Candidate's Political Action Committee : amount: 56 thousand US$ : US President, Congress, Senate translateCenter for.

Subsidy

yeardonatorcountryamountsource
2004EtatUnited States of America1 million US$The Miami .
2002EtatCanada10 million US$La Presse .

Financials

year  salesincome buybacksource
2006   34.363.06   billion US$
2006   2billion US$
2005   34.112.63   billion US$
2004   32.172.66   billion US$
2004   1.5billion US$Cercle Fin.
2003   31.013.48   billion US$
2003   0.7billion US$AFX
2002   29.723.39   billion US$
2001   33.871.88   billion US$
2000   26.532   billion US$
1999   26.81.75   billion US$
1998   17.31   billion US$

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Further investigation
Kraft concluded negotiations to acquire Back to Nature brand   from akakeiaka - Tuesday 8 April 2008 at 02h27
Kraft concluded negotiations to acquire the tiny Back to Nature brand.
This information however cannot be found anywhere on the products themselves or the Back to Nature website, leading consumers to falsely believe they are still supporting a small independent company.

http://www.moralgroup.com/NewsItems/Health/p13.htm
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FNP/is_19_42/ai_109026004
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