2019 IW U.S. 500: Introducing the Top US Food Manufacturers

Sept. 4, 2019

Twenty-eight food manufacturers made IndustryWeek's 2019 list of the biggest publicly held manufacturing companies.

Feast your eyes on the food manufacturers that earned a place on the IndustryWeek U.S. 500, IW's exclusive ranking of America's largest public manufacturing companies based on revenue.

Twenty-eight food producers made this 2019 list, and their revenue ranged from $64.3 billion on the high end to $1.2 billion on the low end.

Seven of the manufacturers reported that revenue declined compared with the previous year's results, and three reported a negative net income.

This slideshow presents the top 10 food manufacturers.

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Jill Jusko

Bio: Jill Jusko is executive editor for IndustryWeek. She has been writing about manufacturing operations leadership for more than 20 years. Her coverage spotlights companies that are in pursuit of world-class results in quality, productivity, cost and other benchmarks by implementing the latest continuous improvement and lean/Six-Sigma strategies. Jill also coordinates IndustryWeek’s Best Plants Awards Program, which annually salutes the leading manufacturing facilities in North America.