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Kraft Foods
American food and beverage company / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the company spun off following the 2012 split of the original and first Kraft Foods. For the original iteration of the company that became Mondelez International, see Kraft Foods Inc. For this company's parent, see Kraft Heinz. For other uses, see Kraft (disambiguation).
Kraft Foods Group, Inc. (doing business as Kraft Foods Group) was an American food manufacturing and processing conglomerate,[2] split from Kraft Foods Inc. on October 1, 2012, and was headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. It became part of Kraft Heinz on July 2, 2015.[3]
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Company type | Division[1] |
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Nasdaq: KRFT | |
ISIN | US50076Q1067 ![]() |
Industry | Food processing |
Predecessor | Kraft Foods Inc. |
Founded | October 1, 2012; 11 years ago (2012-10-01) |
Founder | James L. Kraft |
Defunct | July 2, 2015; 9 years ago (2015-07-02) (as a company) |
Fate | Merged with Heinz to form Kraft Heinz, remaining as a division |
Successor | Kraft Heinz |
Headquarters | Chicago, Illinois, United States |
Area served | Worldwide |
Products | List of products |
Number of employees | 22,500 (2015) ![]() |
Parent | Kraft Heinz |
Website | kraftheinzcompany.com |
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A merger with Heinz, arranged by Heinz owners Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital,[4][5] was completed on July 2, 2015, forming The Kraft Heinz Company, the fifth-largest food and beverage company in the world.[6][7]