Plunkett's Food Industry Almanac 2010

Jack W. Plunkett is CEO & Publisher of Plunkett Research, Ltd., a Houston-based provider of market research and industry information in printed and electronic formats. Plunkett Research provides analysis, statistics and other vital data on all major industry sectors, from InfoTech to Retailing to Banking and Nanotechnology. Plunkett's client list includes 10,000 leading corporations, universities and government agencies worldwide. Plunkett's research products are distributed electronically through subscriptions to its website and around the globe by major booksellers and news distributors, including Bloomberg and ThomsonReuters.Jack Plunkett is the author of numerous books, including The Next Boom: What you absolutely, positively have to know about the world between now and 2025. This book won a 2011 gold medal in the Business Book Awards competition sponsored by Axiom and INC Magazine. Plunkett is frequently interviewed as an expert source by publications such as Time magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and Investor's Business Daily, media outlets such as NPR's Marketplace, ABC, and CBS Marketwatch, as well as local and regional newspapers and national columnists. Plunkett received an Academic Book of the Year Award for his Plunkett’s Health Care Industry Almanac, and he was a regional finalist in the Entrepreneur of the Year Awards sponsored by Ernst & Young.

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• PLUNKETT'S FOOD INDUSTRY ALMANAC 2010 CONTENTS A Short Food & Beverage Industry Glossary xi Introduction 1 How To Use This Book 3 Chapter 1: Major Trends Affecting the Food & Beverage Industry 7 1) Introduction to the Food & Beverage Industry 7 2) The Globalization of the Food Industry 11 3) Retail Technologies Leap Ahead 12 4) RFID Drives Inventory Management Evolution 14 5) Wal-Mart Dominates as the World's Biggest Retailer (and now America's Biggest Grocer) 16 6) Private Label Brands Boom 17 7) Agricultural Biotechnology Scores Breakthroughs but Causes Controversy/Selective Breeding Offers a Compromise 18 8) Ethanol Production Soared, But a Market Glut May Slow Expansion 21 9) Obesity Sparks Government Action 24 10) Childhood Obesity Brings About Changes in Marketing/Federal Program Targets Children 27 11) Dietary Fats Are Under Scrutiny/Some Restaurants Forced to List Calories 27 12) Organic Food Sales Post Growth 28 13) Functional Foods Promise Health Benefits 29 14) Food Labeling Gets Further Federal Backing 30 15) McDonald's Dominates the Global Fast Food Market 31 16) Manhattan's FreshDirect Sets the Pace in Grocery Sales Over the Internet 32 17) Food Safety Becomes a Massive Consumer, Industry and Regulatory Issue 33 18) New Agriculture Technologies Take Hold 34 19) Food & Commodity Prices Are a Major Global Problem for Consumers & the Food Industry Overall 35 Chapter 2: Food & Beverage Industry Statistics 37 U.S. Food Industry Overview 38 Food Sales, U.S.: 2007-November 2009 39 Estimated Annual Food & Beverage Store & Establishment Sales, U.S.: 1992-2009 40 Food & Beverage Stores Inventories, Purchases, Gross Margins, Accounts Receivable & Sales per Capita, U.S.: 1999-2009 41 U.S. Grocery & Consumables Stores: 2008 & 2013 42 Restaurant Industry Statistics, U.S.: 1970-2010 43 Consumer Food Price Indexes, Baseline Projections, U.S.: 2008-2019 44 U.S. Price Indexes of Food Processing & Marketing Costs: 2006-1st Quarter 2009 45 U.S. Retail Prices for Beef, Pork, Poultry Cuts, Eggs & Dairy Products: 2009-2010, August-January 46 Per Capita Meat Consumption, Baseline Projections, U.S.: 2008-2019 47 Poultry & Eggs Production & Prices, U.S.: 2006-November 2009 48 Dairy Production & Prices, U.S.: 2006-September 2009 49 Horticultural Crops, Baseline Projections, U.S.: 2009-2019 50 Fruit Production, Per Capita Consumption, Grower Prices & Ending Stocks, U.S.: 2000-2009 51 Vegetable Production & Shipments, U.S.: 2000-2009 52 Planted & Harvested Acreage for Major Field Crops, Baseline Projections, U.S.: 2008-2019 53 Cost of Production Forecasts for U.S. Corn, Soybean, Wheat & Cotton Crops: 2009-2011 54 Cost of Production Forecasts for U.S. Rice, Peanuts, Oats & Barley Crops: 2009-2011 55 Income Statement for U.S. Farm Sector: 2006-2010 56 U.S. Farm Sector Cash Receipts from Sales of Agricultural Commodities: 2006-2010 57 U.S. Farm Sector Production Expenses: 2006-2010 58 Direct Government Payments to U.S. Farms: 2006-2010 59 Average Farm Operator Household Income, U.S.: 2004-2009 60 Farm Receipts, Expenses & Income, Baseline Projections, U.S.: 2008-2019 61 Value Added to the U.S. Economy by the Agricultural Sector via the Production of Goods & Services: 2005-2009 62 Summary of U.S. Agricultural Trade Projections: 2008-2019 63 Total U.S. Agricultural Commodity Exports & Imports, Top Ten Countries: 2004-2009 64 Value of U.S. Agricultural Exports & Imports by Commodity Group: 2004-2009 65 Food Industry Employment, U.S.: 2003-2009 66 World Supply & Utilization of Major Crops & Products: 2005-2010 67 Chapter 3: Important Food & Beverage Industry Contacts 69 Addresses, Telephone Numbers and Internet Sites Chapter 4: THE FOOD 450: Who They Are and How They Were Chosen 106 Industry List, With Codes 107 Index of Rankings Within Industry Groups 109 Alphabetical Index 120 Index of U.S. Headquarters Location by State 124 Index of Non-U.S. Headquarters Location by Country 128 Index by Regions of the U.S. Where the Firms Have Locations 130 Index by Firms with International Operations 140 Individual Profiles on each of THE FOOD 450 144 Additional Indexes Index of Hot Spots for Advancement for Women/Minorities 594 Index of Subsidiaries, Brand Names and Selected Affiliations 596