Nestle Purina PetCare

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When you hear kitty meow for his chow, Nestlé Purina PetCare can help. The firm, which resulted from the 2001 purchase of Ralston Purina by Swiss food giant Nestlé S.A., is the world's largest pet food producer. Besides Purina, its brands include Alpo, Beneful, Cat Chow, Deli Cat, Dog Chow, Fancy Feast, Friskies, Mighty Dog, Pro Plan, Puppy Chow, Vital Balance, and others. It also makes cat and dog litter products under the Tidy Cats, Yesterday's News, and secondnature brands. To gain regulatory approval for the Nestlé acquisition of Ralston Purina, Nestlé sold off its Meow Mix and Alley Cat brands to investment group J.W. Childs.

Coca Cola Enterprise

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Chances are you're probably drinking a Coke right now. Incorporated in 1944, Coca-Cola Enterprises Inc. (NYSE: CCE), based in Atlanta GA, produces, markets, distributes, bottles and cans nonalcoholic beverages, waters, sports drinks and energy drinks, having sold about 42 billion bottles and cans during fiscal 2008. Brands include Coca-Cola, Sprite, Dasani, Fanta, Schweppes, Vault, FUZE, Campbell V8, Powerade and Dr Pepper. The company's North American bottling territories are located in 46 US states, the District of Columbia, the US Virgin Islands and certain other Caribbean islands, and all ten provinces of Canada; the European bottling territories consist of Belgium, continental France, Great Britain, Luxembourg, Monaco, and the Netherlands. It also purchases and distributes other non-carbonated beverages such as teas and juice drinks in finished form. As the world's largest Coca-Cola bottler, the company had 2008 revenue of about $21.8 billion and has about 72,000 employees. INDUSTRY TYPE: Marketer, Bottler & Distr of Beverages; 40% owned by The Coca Cola Company