1. Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL)
Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL) (BSE: 500696) is India's largest fast-moving
consumer goods company based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It is owned by the
British-Dutch company Unilever which controls 52% majority stake in HUL.
HUL was formed in 1933 as Lever Brothers India Limited and came into being in
1956 as Hindustan Lever Limited through a merger of Lever Brothers, Hindustan
Vanaspati Mfg. Co. Ltd. and United Traders Ltd. It is headquartered
inMumbai, India and has an employee strength of over 16,500 employees [2] and
contributes to indirect employment of over 65,000 people.[3] The company was
renamed in June 2007 as “Hindustan Unilever Limited”.
Lever Brothers started its actual operations in India in the summer of 1888, when
crates full of Sunlight soap bars, embossed with the words "Made in England by
Lever Brothers" were shipped to the Kolkata harbour and it began an era of
marketing branded Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)
Hindustan Unilever's distribution covers over 2 million retail outlets across India
directly and its products are available in over 6.4 million outlets in the country. As
per Nielsen market research data, two out of three Indians use HUL products.[5]
Brands. HUL is the market leader in Indian consumer products with presence in
over 20 consumer categories such as soaps, tea, detergents and shampoos amongst
others with over 700 million Indian consumers using its products. Seventeen of
HUL’s brands featured in the ACNielsen Brand Equity list of 100 Most Trusted
Brands Annual Survey (2011). The company also happens to have the highest
number of brands in this list, with six brands featuring in the top 15 list.
The company has a distribution channel of 6.3 million outlets and owns 35 major
Indian brands. Its brands include:
Food brands:
Annapurna salt and atta
Bru coffee
Brooke Bond (3 Roses, Taj Mahal, Taaza, Red Label) tea
Kissan squashes,ketchups, juices and jams
Lipton tea
Knorr soups & meal makers and soupy noodles
Kwality Wall's ice cream
2. Modern Bread, ready to eat chapattis and other bakery items
Homecare Brands
ActiveWheel detergent
Cif Cream Cleaner
Comfort fabric softeners
Domex disinfectant/toilet cleaner
Rin detergents and bleach
Sunlight detergent and colour care
Surf Excel detergent and gentle wash
Vim dishwash
Personal Care Brands:
Aviance Beauty Solutions
Axe deodorant and aftershaving lotion
LEVER Ayush Therapy ayurvedic health care and personal care products
Breeze beauty soap
Clear anti-dandruff hair products
Clinic Plus shampoo and oil
Close Up toothpaste
Dove bar & skin cleansing, hair care range,lotions & Creams and anti-
perspirant deodorants
Denim shaving products
Fair & Lovely - fairness products
Hamam
Lakmé beauty products and salons
Lifebuoy soaps and handwash range
Liril 2000 soap
Lux soap
Pears soap
Pepsodent toothpaste
Pond's talcs and creams
Rexona soap
Sunsilk shampoo
Sure anti-perspirant
Vaseline petroleum jelly, skin care lotions
3. ITC Limited
ITC Limited (BSE: 500875) or ITC is an Indian public conglomerate company
headquartered in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.[2] Its diversified business includes
four segments: Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG), Hotels, Paperboards,
Paper & Packaging and Agri Business. ITC's annual turnover stood at $7 billion
and market capitalizationof over $33 billion. The company has its registered office
in Kolkata. It started off as the Imperial Tobacco Company, and shares ancestry
with Imperial Tobacco of the United Kingdom, but it is now fully independent, and
was rechristened to Indian Tobacco Company in 1970 and then to I.T.C. Limited
in 1974.
The company is currently headed by Yogesh Chander Deveshwar. It employs over
26,000 people at more than 60 locations across India and is listed on Forbes 2000.
ITC Limited completed 100 years on 24 August 2010.
ITC has a diversified presence in Cigarettes, Hotels, Paperboards & Specialty
Papers, Packaging, Agri-Business, Packaged Foods & Confectionery, Information
Technology, Branded Apparel, Personal Care, Stationery, Safety Matches and
other FMCG products. While ITC is an outstanding market leader in its traditional
businesses of Cigarettes, Hotels, Paperboards, Packaging and Agri-Exports, it is
rapidly gaining market share even in its nascent businesses of Packaged Foods &
Confectionery, Branded Apparel, Personal Care and Stationery.
History
The company had founded-pioneered canteens for the workers, free medical care,
sports facilities and paid holidays. In 1830, the company was renamed W.D. &
H.O. Wills. Their first brand was Bristol, made at the London factory from 1871 to
1974. Three Castles and Gold Flake followed in 1878 and Woodbine ten years
later.
In 1901 Sir William Henry Wills formed the Imperial Tobacco Company from a
merger of W.D. & H.O. Wills with seven other British tobacco companies. Imperial
remains one of the world's largest tobacco companies. Embassy was introduced in
1914 and relaunched in 1962 with coupons. The last member of the Wills family to
serve the company was Christopher, the great great grandson of H.O. Wills I. He
retired as sales 1969.
4. List of products & brands
In FMCG, ITC has a strong presence in :
Cigarettes: W. D. & H. O. Wills, Gold Flake Kings, Gold Flake Premium, Navy
Cut, Insignia, India Kings, Classic (Verve, Menthol, Menthol Rush,
Regular,Citric Twist, Mild & Ultra Mild), 555, Benson & Hedges, Silk
Cut, Scissors, Capstan, Berkeley, Bristol, Lucky Strike, Players and Flake.
Foods: (Kitchens of
India; Ashirvaad,Minto,Sunfeast,Candyman,Bingo,Yippee, Sunfeast
Pasta brands in Ready to Eat, Staples, Biscuits, Confectionery, Noodles and
Snack Foods);
Apparel: (Wills Lifestyle and John Players brands);
Personal care: (Fiama di Wills; Vivel; Essenza di Wills; Superia; Vivel di
Wills brands of products in perfumes, haircare and skincare)[3]
Stationery: (Classmate and PaperKraft brands)
Safety Matches and Agarbattis: [Ship (through ownership
of WIMCO); iKno; Mangaldeep; Aim brands]
Other businesses include:
Hotels: ITC's hotels (under brands including WelcomHotel) have evolved into
being India's second largest hotel chain with over 80 hotels throughout the
country. ITC is also the exclusive franchisee in India of two brands owned
by Sheraton International Inc.- The Luxury Collection and Sheraton which ITC
uses in association with its own brands in the luxury 5 star segment. Brands in
the hospitality sector owned and operated by its subsidiaries
includeFortune[disambiguation needed ] and WelcomeHeritage brands.
Paperboard, Specialty Paper, Graphic and other Paper;
Packaging and Printing for diverse international and Indian clientele.
Infotech (through its fully owned subsidiary ITC Infotech India Limited which
is a SEI CMM Level 5 company)
5. Procter & Gamble (P&G)
Procter & Gamble (P&G) is a Fortune 500 American multinational
corporation headquartered in downtownCincinnati, Ohio and manufactures a wide
range of consumer goods.[2]
In 2011, P&G recorded $82.6 billion dollars in sales. Fortune magazine ranked
P&G at fifth place of the "World's Most Admired Companies" list, which was up
from sixth place in 2010.[3] Procter & Gamble is the only Fortune 500 company to
issue C Share common stock.
Brands
24 of P&G's brands have more than a billion dollars in net annual sales, according
to the 2011 Annual Report.
Leadership Brands
Ace is a brand of laundry detergent/liquid available in numerous forms and
scents.
Always is a brand of feminine care products.
Ariel is a brand of laundry detergent/liquid available in numerous forms and
scents.
Bold is a brand of laundry detergent/liquid.
Bounce is a brand of laundry products sold in the United States and Canada.
Bounty is a brand of paper towel sold in the United States and Canada.
Braun is a small-appliances manufacturer specializing in electric shavers,
epilators, hair care appliances and blenders.
Cascade is a brand of dishwashing products.
CoverGirl is a brand of women's cosmetics.
Crest/Oral B is a brand of toothpaste and teeth whitening products.
Dash is a brand of laundry detergent/liquid.
Dawn/Fairy is a brand of dishwashing detergent.[19]
Dolce & Gabbana is a brand of fine fragrances.
Downy/Lenor is a brand of fabric softener.
Duracell is a brand of batteries and flashlights.
Eukanuba is a brand of pet food.
Febreze/Ambi Pur is a brand of air fresheners.
6. Fixodent is a brand of air denture adhesives.
Fusion is a brand of men's wet shave razors and is the quickest P&G brand to
have reached $1 billion in annual sales.
Gain is a brand of laundry detergent, fabric softeners and liquid dish soap.
Gillette is a brand of safety razor and male grooming products.
Head & Shoulders is a brand of anti-dandruff shampoo and conditioners.
Herbal Essences is a brand of shampoo and conditioners.
Hugo Boss is a brand of fine fragrances.
Iams is a brand of pet food.
Luvs is a brand of baby diapers.
Mach3 is a brand of safety razor and male grooming products.
Max Factor is a brand of women's cosmetics.
Mister Clean is a brand of multi-purpose cleaner, and spray sold in the United
States and Great Britain.
Olay is a brand of women's skin care products.
Old Spice is a brand of men's grooming products.
Oral-B is a brand of toothbrush, and oral care products.
Pampers is a brand of disposable diaper and other baby care products.
Pantene is a brand of hair care products (conditioners/styling aids).
Prestobarba/Blue is a brand of safety razor and male grooming products.
Prilosec is an over the counter drug.
Puffs is a brand of tissues.
Rejoice/Pert is a brand of hair care products (conditioners/styling aids).
Safeguard is a brand of soaps.
Secret is a female anti-perspirant brand.
SK-II is a brand of women's skin care products.
Swiffer is a brand of house-cleaning products.
Tampax is a brand of feminine care products.
Tide is a brand of laundry detergent.
Venus is a brand female hair removal products.
Vicks is an over the counter medication.
Wella is a brand name of hair care products (shampoo, conditioner, styling, and
hair color).
Most of these brands, including Bounty, Crest, and Tide, are global products
available on several continents. Procter & Gamble products are available in North
America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, Australia and New
Zealand.
7. Manufacturing operations are based in the following regions:
United States Europe
Canada China (31 wholly owned factories) and other parts of
Mexico Asia
Latin Africa
America Australia
8. PepsiCo Inc
PepsiCo Inc. (Stylized as PEPSICO) (NYSE: PEP) is an American multinational
corporation headquartered inPurchase, New York, United States, with interests in
the manufacturing, marketing and distribution of grain-based snack foods,
beverages, and other products. PepsiCo was formed in 1965 with the merger of
the Pepsi-Cola Company and Frito-Lay, Inc. PepsiCo has since expanded from its
namesake product Pepsi to a broader range of food and beverage brands, the
largest of which include an acquisition of Tropicana in 1998 and a merger
with Quaker Oats in 2001 which added the Gatorade brand to its portfolio as well.
As of 2009, 19 of PepsiCo's product lines generated retail sales of more than
$1 billion each, and the company’s products were distributed across more than 200
countries, resulting in annual net revenues of $43.3 billion. Based on net revenue,
PepsiCo is the second largest food & beverage business in the world. Within North
America, PepsiCo is ranked (by net revenue) as the largest food and beverage
business.
Indra Krishnamurthy Nooyi has been the chief executive of PepsiCo since 2006,
and the company employed approximately 285,000 people worldwide as of 2010.
The company’s beverage distribution and bottling is conducted by PepsiCo as well
as by licensed bottlers in certain regions. PepsiCo is a SIC 2080 (beverage)
company.
BRANDS:
7UP
Aliva
Aquafina
Gatorade
Kurkure
Lay's
Lehar Namkeen
Mirinda
Mountain Dew
Nimbooz
Pepsi
Quaker Oats
Slice
Tropicana
Uncle Chipps
9. Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending
machines in more than 200 countries.[1] It is produced by The Coca-Cola
Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke (a registered
trademark of The Coca-Cola Company in the United States since March 27, 1944).
Originally intended as a patent medicine when it was invented in the late 19th
century by John Pemberton, Coca-Cola was bought out by businessman Asa
Griggs Candler, whose marketing tactics led Coke to its dominance of the world
soft-drink market throughout the 20th century.
The company produces concentrate, which is then sold to licensed Coca-Cola
bottlers throughout the world. The bottlers, who hold territorially exclusive
contracts with the company, produce finished product in cans and bottles from the
concentrate in combination with filtered water and sweeteners. The bottlers then
sell, distribute and merchandise Coca-Cola to retail stores and vending machines.
Such bottlers includeCoca-Cola Enterprises, which is the largest single Coca-Cola
bottler in North America and western Europe. The Coca-Cola Company also sells
concentrate for soda fountains to major restaurants and food service distributors.
The Coca-Cola Company has, on occasion, introduced other cola drinks under the
Coke brand name. The most common of these is Diet Coke, with others
including Caffeine-Free Coca-Cola, Diet Coke Caffeine-Free, Coca-Cola
Cherry, Coca-Cola Zero, Coca-Cola Vanilla, and special versions with lemon, lime
or coffee.
Based on Interbrand's best global brand 2011, Coca-Cola was the world's most
valuable brand.
10. Product List & Descriptions:
Coca-Cola
Diet Coke
Thums Up
Sprite
Fanta
Limca
Maaza
Maaza Milky Delite
Minute Maid Pulpy Orange
Minute Maid Nimbu Fresh
Burn
Kinley Water
Kinley Soda
Nestea
Schweppes
GEORGIA Gold
11. Nestle
Nestlé S.A. (French pronunciation: [nɛsˈle]) is the world's largest food and
nutrition company. Founded and headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, Nestlé
originated in a 1905 merger of the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company, established in
1867 by brothers George Page and Charles Page, and Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé,
founded in 1866 by Henri Nestlé. The company grew significantly during the First
World War and again following the Second World War, eventually expanding its
offerings beyond its early condensed milk and infant formula products. Today, the
company operates in 86 countries around the world, and employs over 280,000
people.
BRANDS:
ALLEN'S
BODYWISE
BUTTER MENTHOL
CARNATION
CLUB
COUNTRY CUP
DIET
LEAN CUISINE
MAGGI
MILO
MILO CEREAL
MUSASHI
NESCAFÉ
NESQUIK
NESTLE BAKERS' CORNER
NESTLE START WELL