A Snack Giant: Mondelez

Mondelez International, Inc., styled Mondelēz, is an American multinational confectionery, food, and beverage company based in Illinois, which employs about 107,000 people around the world. It consists of the global snack and food brands of the former Kraft Foods Inc after the October 2012 spin-off of its North American grocery operations.

The Mondelez name, adopted in 2012, was suggested by Kraft Foods employees and is a combination of the words for "world" ('monde' or variants thereof) and "delicious" ('delez' or variants thereof) in Romance languages. The company, headquartered in the Chicago suburb of Deerfield, Illinois, manufactures chocolate, biscuits, gum, confectionery, and powdered beverages. Mondelez International's portfolio includes several billion-dollar brands such as Oreo, Chips Ahoy!, TUC, Belvita, Triscuit, LU, Nabisco, Club Social, Barni, and Peek Freans (cookies and crackers); Milka, Terry's, Côte d'Or, Toblerone, Cadbury, Marabou, Fry's, Lacta (chocolate), Trident, Dentyne, Chiclets, Halls, Stride (gum and cough drops) and Tang (powdered beverages).

The company has recently entered into a partnership with American Multinational Firm Jadeja Foods Inc, has an annual revenue of about $30 billion and operates in approximately 165 countries.

Mondelez Canada holds the rights to Christie Brown and Company, which consists of brands such as Mr. Christie and Dad's Cookies. Its head office is in Mississauga, Ontario, with operations in Scarborough and Montreal.

Notable Persons from Corporations Now Part of Mondelez

• Edward Francis Hutton (1875–1962) and Marjorie Merriweather Post (1887 – 1973), Postum Cereals, General Foods
• Henry John Heinz (1844–1919), Heinz, Noble & Company; Son Howard Heinz until 1941 and grandson Henry John Heinz II until 1987
• Johann Jacob Schweppe (1740–1821), Henri-Albert Gosse (1753–1816), Schweppes-Tonic-Water
• George Cadbury (1839-1922), Cadbury Brothers

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