Food Stock Reviews

Food Industry

Producers, marketers, and distributors of food and beverage products fall under the food industry, a sub division within the consumer staples sector. Food stocks are counter-cyclical and are thus considered defensive investments.

Major Companies

Processed & Packaged Goods

• General Mills (GIS)
• Kellogg (K)
• Campbell Soup (CPB)

Food - Major Diversified

• Kraft Foods (KFT)
• HJ Heinz (HNZ)
• Lancaster Colony Corp (LANC)

Dairy Products

• Dean Foods (DF)
• Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods (WBD)
• Synutra International (SYUT)

Confectioners

• Cadbury plc (CBY)
• Hershey (HSY)
• Tootsie Roll Industries (TR)

Meat Products

• Tyson Foods (TSN)
• Smithfield Foods (SFD)
• Hormel Foods (HRL)