In 2025, ±·±ð²õ³Ù±ôé employed approximately people around the world. ±·±ð²õ³Ù±ôé is a multinational consumer goods company, headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland.Â
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The Swiss-based company ±·±ð²õ³Ù±ôé S.A. is the largest manufacturer of consumer goods worldwide. The globally operating firm, with headquarters in Vevey, Switzerland, is present in countries and employs about people around the world. The company was founded with the merger of the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Corporation and Farine Lactée Henri ±·±ð²õ³Ù±ôé in 1905. The company can look back on its first milestone when Henri ±·±ð²õ³Ù±ôé, a Swiss pharmacist, developed the first milk-based infant cereal.
Today, the innovative product portfolio is vast and covers, among others, beverages such as coffee or water, infant and toddler foods and confectionery and ice cream. Most people know the food giant ±·±ð²õ³Ù±ôé through its billion dollar brands such as Nescafé, Kitkat and pet food brand Purina to name a few. According to the company, it is committed to become the very best ‘Nutrition, Health, and Wellness Company’ within the coming years.
±·±ð²õ³Ù±ôé is well positioned in its operating markets. Based on its latest annual report, the largest share of sales stemmed from North and South America. The company’s biggest international competitors worldwide include Unilever, PepsiCo, Mars Incorporated and Mondelez.