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Food and Beverage Industry

Also Known As Food Industry
Consumer Staples

The food industry is a complex, global network of diverse businesses that supplies most of the food consumed by the world's population. It has become highly diversified, ranging from small, traditional, family-run operations that are labor-intensive to large, capital-intensive and highly mechanized industrial processes, covering the full chain from agriculture and processing to packaging, distribution and retail. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Sector
Consumer 1
Connections

Associated With

Agriculture Industry, Industries

Agricultural output is the primary raw-material input for the food and beverage industry's processing and manufacturing.

Source Wikipedia, Agriculture
Alcoholic Beverage Industry, Industries

Alcoholic beverages are a recognized subset of the broader food and beverage industry.

Source Wikipedia, Alcoholic Drink
Anheuser-Busch InBev-SABMiller Merger, Corporate Events
Bean-to-Bar, Business Models

Bean-to-bar chocolate makers control the process from sourcing raw cacao beans through finished bar production themselves, a vertically controlled production model within the food and beverage industry.

Franchising, Business Models

The Coca-Cola bottling arrangement the source names as one of the earliest and most successful franchising operations in the United States began as a beverage maker licensing others to bottle and sell its drink, a food and beverage industry origin for the practice.

Source Wikipedia, Franchising
Horizontal Integration, Business Models

Illustrated by the 2015 Heinz-Kraft merger, a $46 billion horizontal integration within food and beverage.

Source Wikipedia, Horizontal Integration
Horizontal Integration, Business Models

The 2015 Heinz-Kraft merger, both companies already linked to this industry, is the source article's own recent example of horizontal integration in food and beverage: two same-level processed-food producers combining into one company.

Source Wikipedia, Horizontal Integration
Kraft Heinz Merger, Corporate Events
Source Wikipedia, Kraft Heinz

Companies In Industry

Ambev, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Ambev
Apatin Brewery, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Apatin Brewery
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company, Companies and Brands

A major food and beverage company; classified in the atlas food-and-beverage-industry.

Bacardi Limited, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Bacardi
Backus and Johnston Brewery, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Backus and Johnston Brewery
Banjalucka Pivara, Companies and Brands
Source Wikidata: Banjalucka Pivara
Baskin-Robbins, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Baskin-Robbins
Bavarian Brewing Company, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Bavarian Brewing Company
Belgh Brasse, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Belgh Brasse
Brasil Kirin, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Brasil Kirin
Brasserie de Tahiti, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Brasserie de Tahiti
Brown-Forman Corporation, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Brown-Forman
BUA Foods, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia: BUA Foods
Bunge Global SA, Companies and Brands
Source Wikidata: Bunge Global SA
Central de Cervejas, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Central de Cervejas
Ceylon Cold Stores, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Ceylon Cold Stores
Charoen Pokphand Group, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia: Charoen Pokphand
Coca-Cola HBC AG, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia: Coca-Cola HBC
Conagra Brands, Inc., Companies and Brands

A major food and beverage company; classified in the atlas food-and-beverage-industry.

Coors Brewing Company, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Coors Brewing Company
Danone S.A., Companies and Brands

A major food and beverage company; classified in the atlas food-and-beverage-industry.

Desnoes and Geddes, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Desnoes & Geddes
Earthbound Farm, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Earthbound Farm
FEMSA, Companies and Brands
Source FEMSA (Wikipedia)
Florida Ice and Farm Company, Companies and Brands
Source Wikidata: Florida Ice and Farm Company
Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited, Companies and Brands

A major food and beverage company; classified in the atlas food-and-beverage-industry.

Foster's Group, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Foster's Group
Fred Koch Brewery, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Fred Koch Brewery
Fredrikstad Bryggeri, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Fredrikstad Bryggeri
GEA Group, Companies and Brands
Source Wikidata: GEA Group
General Mills, Companies and Brands

A major food and beverage company; classified in the atlas food-and-beverage-industry.

George Weston Limited, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia: George Weston Limited
Grans Brewery, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Grans Brewery
Greggs, Companies and Brands
Source Wikidata: Greggs
Grupo Bimbo, Companies and Brands

A major food and beverage company; classified in the atlas food-and-beverage-industry.

Heineken Asia Pacific, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Heineken Asia Pacific
Heineken N.V., Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Heineken N.V.
Hijos de Rivera Brewery, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Hijos de Rivera Brewery
Hormel Foods Corporation, Companies and Brands

A major food and beverage company; classified in the atlas food-and-beverage-industry.

Interbrew, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Interbrew
Israel Beer Breweries, Companies and Brands
Source Wikidata: Israel Beer Breweries
Kerry Group, Companies and Brands
Source Wikidata: Kerry Group
Kirin Holdings, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Kirin Company
Kraft Foods Group, Companies and Brands
Source Wikidata: Kraft Foods Group
Land O'Lakes, Companies and Brands

A major food and beverage company; classified in the atlas food-and-beverage-industry.

McCormick & Company, Incorporated, Companies and Brands

A major food and beverage company; classified in the atlas food-and-beverage-industry.

McDonald's Corporation, Companies and Brands

McDonald's is a global fast food restaurant chain, the food service side of the food and beverage industry.

Additional Source Wikipedia, McDonald's CorporationLead section
Molson Coors Beverage Company, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Molson Coors
Mondelez International, Inc., Companies and Brands

A major food and beverage company; classified in the atlas food-and-beverage-industry.

Nestle, Companies and Brands
Source Nestle (Wikipedia)
Ola Consumer, Companies and Brands
Source Ola Consumer (Wikipedia)
Orion Breweries, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Orion Breweries
Orkla ASA, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia: Orkla ASA
Parmalat, Companies and Brands
Source Wikidata: Parmalat
Pernod Ricard SA, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Pernod Ricard
Phoenix Beverages, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Phoenix Beverages
Pivara Tuzla, Companies and Brands
Source Wikidata: Pivara Tuzla
Quaker Oats Company, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia: Quaker Oats Company
Royal Swinkels, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Royal Swinkels
Saku Brewery, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Saku Brewery
San Miguel Brewery, Companies and Brands
Source Wikidata: San Miguel Brewery
Sarajevska pivara, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Sarajevska pivara
Schwarz Gruppe, Companies and Brands
Source Wikidata: Schwarz Gruppe
Speight's, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Speight's
Storz Brewing Company, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Storz Brewing Company
Sumol + Compal, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Sumol + Compal
Suntory, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Suntory
Sysco Corporation, Companies and Brands

A major food and beverage company; classified in the atlas food-and-beverage-industry.

Tata Consumer Products, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia: Tata Consumer Products
The Clorox Company, Companies and Brands
Source Wikidata: The Clorox Company
The Hershey Company, Companies and Brands

A major food and beverage company; classified in the atlas food-and-beverage-industry.

The J. M. Smucker Company, Companies and Brands

A major food and beverage company; classified in the atlas food-and-beverage-industry.

The Kraft Heinz Company, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia, Kraft Heinz
Tyson Foods, Inc., Companies and Brands

A major food and beverage company; classified in the atlas food-and-beverage-industry.

Ulker, Companies and Brands
Source Wikidata: Ulker
Upland Brewing Company, Companies and Brands
Source Wikidata: Upland Brewing Company
Virgin Group Ltd., Companies and Brands
Source Wikidata: Virgin Group Ltd.
Whole Foods Market, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia: Whole Foods Market
Wilmar International, Companies and Brands
Source Wikipedia: Wilmar International
Sources
1. Wikipedia, Food Industry
Wikipedia
  • Lead section
    has become highly diversified, with manufacturing ranging from small, traditional, family-run activities that are labor-intensive, to large, capital-intensive and highly mechanized industrial processes.
  • article title and lead section
    The food industry is a complex, global network of diverse businesses that supplies most of the food consumed by the world's population.
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Wikipedia, Horizontal Integration
WikipediaAssociated With: Horizontal Integration, Recent mergers section, Heinz-Kraft
Quote, Associated With: Horizontal Integration, Recent mergers section, Heinz-Kraft
On 25 March 2015, Heinz and Kraft merged into one company, with the deal valued at $46 billion. Both produce processed food for the consumer market.
View the Source
Wikipedia, Kraft Heinz
Wikipedia
  • Companies In Industry: The Kraft Heinz Company, Lead section
    an American multinational food company formed on July 2, 2015
  • Associated With: Kraft Heinz Merger, Formation and early years
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Wikipedia, McDonald's Corporation
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: McDonald's Corporation, Lead section
Quote, Companies In Industry: McDonald's Corporation, Lead section
McDonald's Corporation is an American multinational fast food restaurant chain.
View the Source
Wikipedia, Franchising
WikipediaAssociated With: Franchising, History section
Quote, Associated With: Franchising, History section
In 1886, he concocted a beverage comprising sugar, molasses, spices, and cocaine. Pemberton licensed selected people to bottle and sell the drink, which was an early version of what is now known as Coca-Cola. His was one of the earliest and most successful franchising operations in the United States.
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Wikipedia, Alcoholic Drink
WikipediaAssociated With: Alcoholic Beverage Industry, Amount of use / industry scale section
Quote, Associated With: Alcoholic Beverage Industry, Amount of use / industry scale section
Global sales of alcoholic beverages exceeded $1.5 trillion in 2017.
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Wikipedia, Agriculture
WikipediaAssociated With: Agriculture IndustryView the Source
Nestle (Wikipedia)
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Nestle, Lead section
Quote, Companies In Industry: Nestle, Lead section
Nestlé S.A. is a Swiss multinational food and drink processing conglomerate corporation headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland.
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Wikidata: Israel Beer Breweries
WikidataCompanies In Industry: Israel Beer Breweries, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: Israel Beer Breweries, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q540912, matched to the live industry entity "Food and Beverage Industry" by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikipedia: Charoen Pokphand
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Charoen Pokphand Group, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: Charoen Pokphand Group, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q540912, matched to the live industry entity "Food and Beverage Industry" by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikipedia: Tata Consumer Products
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Tata Consumer Products, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: Tata Consumer Products, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q540912, matched to the live industry entity "Food and Beverage Industry" by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikipedia: George Weston Limited
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: George Weston Limited, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: George Weston Limited, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q540912, matched to the live industry entity "Food and Beverage Industry" by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikipedia: Coca-Cola HBC
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Coca-Cola HBC AG, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: Coca-Cola HBC AG, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q540912, matched to the live industry entity "Food and Beverage Industry" by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikipedia: Wilmar International
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Wilmar International, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: Wilmar International, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q540912, matched to the live industry entity "Food and Beverage Industry" by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikipedia: Orkla ASA
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Orkla ASA, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: Orkla ASA, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q540912, matched to the live industry entity "Food and Beverage Industry" by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikipedia: Whole Foods Market
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Whole Foods Market, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: Whole Foods Market, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q540912, matched to the live industry entity "Food and Beverage Industry" by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikipedia: Quaker Oats Company
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Quaker Oats Company, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: Quaker Oats Company, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q540912, matched to the live industry entity "Food and Beverage Industry" by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikipedia: BUA Foods
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: BUA Foods, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: BUA Foods, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q540912, matched to the live industry entity "Food and Beverage Industry" by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikidata: Schwarz Gruppe
WikidataCompanies In Industry: Schwarz Gruppe, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: Schwarz Gruppe, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q540912, matched to the live industry entity by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikidata: Greggs
WikidataCompanies In Industry: Greggs, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: Greggs, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q540912, matched to the live industry entity by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikidata: Florida Ice and Farm Company
WikidataCompanies In Industry: Florida Ice and Farm Company, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: Florida Ice and Farm Company, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q540912, matched to the live industry entity by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikidata: Pivara Tuzla
WikidataCompanies In Industry: Pivara Tuzla, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: Pivara Tuzla, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q540912, matched to the live industry entity by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikidata: Upland Brewing Company
WikidataCompanies In Industry: Upland Brewing Company, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: Upland Brewing Company, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q540912, matched to the live industry entity by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikidata: GEA Group
WikidataCompanies In Industry: GEA Group, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: GEA Group, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q540912, matched to the live industry entity by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikidata: Bunge Global SA
WikidataCompanies In Industry: Bunge Global SA, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: Bunge Global SA, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q540912, matched to the live industry entity by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikidata: Kerry Group
WikidataCompanies In Industry: Kerry Group, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: Kerry Group, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q540912, matched to the live industry entity by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikidata: Ulker
WikidataCompanies In Industry: Ulker, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: Ulker, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q540912, matched to the live industry entity by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikidata: The Clorox Company
WikidataCompanies In Industry: The Clorox Company, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: The Clorox Company, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q540912, matched to the live industry entity by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikidata: Kraft Foods Group
WikidataCompanies In Industry: Kraft Foods Group, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: Kraft Foods Group, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q540912, matched to the live industry entity by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikidata: Parmalat
WikidataCompanies In Industry: Parmalat, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: Parmalat, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q540912, matched to the live industry entity by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikidata: San Miguel Brewery
WikidataCompanies In Industry: San Miguel Brewery, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
Quote, Companies In Industry: San Miguel Brewery, Wikidata statement: industry (P452)
industry (P452) target Q540912, matched to the live industry entity by qid (enwiki-sitelink resolved)
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Wikidata: Virgin Group Ltd.
Companies In Industry: Virgin Group Ltd.View the Source
Ola Consumer (Wikipedia)
Companies In Industry: Ola Consumer, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Coors Brewing Company
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Coors Brewing Company, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Suntory
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Suntory, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Heineken N.V.
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Heineken N.V., Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Pernod Ricard
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Pernod Ricard SA, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Molson Coors
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Molson Coors Beverage Company, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Brown-Forman
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Brown-Forman Corporation, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Bacardi
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Bacardi Limited, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
FEMSA (Wikipedia)
Companies In Industry: FEMSA, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Orion Breweries
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Orion Breweries, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Interbrew
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Interbrew, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Royal Swinkels
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Royal Swinkels, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Hijos de Rivera Brewery
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Hijos de Rivera Brewery, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Baskin-Robbins
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Baskin-Robbins, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Foster's Group
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Foster's Group, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Central de Cervejas
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Central de Cervejas, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Saku Brewery
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Saku Brewery, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Kirin Company
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Kirin Holdings, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Desnoes & Geddes
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Desnoes and Geddes, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Heineken Asia Pacific
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Heineken Asia Pacific, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Earthbound Farm
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Earthbound Farm, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Apatin Brewery
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Apatin Brewery, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Sarajevska pivara
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Sarajevska pivara, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Ceylon Cold Stores
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Ceylon Cold Stores, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Phoenix Beverages
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Phoenix Beverages, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Speight's
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Speight's, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikidata: Banjalucka Pivara
WikidataCompanies In Industry: Banjalucka Pivara, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Brasil Kirin
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Brasil Kirin, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Backus and Johnston Brewery
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Backus and Johnston Brewery, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Brasserie de Tahiti
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Brasserie de Tahiti, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Fred Koch Brewery
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Fred Koch Brewery, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Grans Brewery
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Grans Brewery, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Bavarian Brewing Company
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Bavarian Brewing Company, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Belgh Brasse
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Belgh Brasse, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Fredrikstad Bryggeri
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Fredrikstad Bryggeri, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Storz Brewing Company
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Storz Brewing Company, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Ambev
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Ambev, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
Wikipedia, Sumol + Compal
WikipediaCompanies In Industry: Sumol + Compal, Infobox, industry fieldView the Source
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