Beverage Industry
Top 100 Leaders

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Rank Company Location Product Mix 2000 Sales in US $ Millions 2001 Sales in US $ Millions
1 Coca-Cola Co. Atlanta, Ga. soft drinks, water, sports drinks 20,458 20,092
2 Nestlé SA Vevey, Switzerland coffee, water, juice, dairy, mixes 12,969 16,128
3 Anheuser-Busch Inc. St. Louis, Mo. beer 12,262 12,911
4 PepsiCo Inc. Purchase, N.Y. soft drinks, water, juice, sports drinks 7,488 10,440
5 Suntory International Corp. New York, NY water, spirits NA 8,726
6 Heineken NV Amsterdam, the Netherlands beer, wine, spirits, soft drinks 6,981 8,515
7 Interbrew Leuven, Belgium beer 7,690 6,791
8 Kraft Foods Inc. Northfield, Ill. coffee, powdered drinks 6,600 6,600
9 Seagram Co., The Montreal, Quebec wine, spirits, beer  5,108 5,108
10 Diageo London, U.K. spirits, wine, beer 10,006 5,014
11 Pernod-Ricard Paris, France spirits, wine, soft drinks 2,247 4,418
12 Miller Brewing Co. Milwaukee, Wis. beer 4,375 4,244
13 Allied Domecq Bristol, U.K. spirits, wine 3,229 4,202
14 South African Breweries London, UK beer, wine, spirits, fruit drinks 5,424 4,184
15 Cadbury Schweppes London, U.K. soft drinks, juice 2,798 3,998
16 Danone Group Paris, France water, yogurt drinks 3,566 3,899
17 Grupo Modelo Mexico City, Mexico beer 3,039 3,338
18 Bacardi Ltd. Pembroke, HM Bermuda spirits 2,800 3,000
19 Sara Lee Chicago, Ill. coffee, tea 2,827 2,889
20 Starbucks Corp. Seattle, Wash. coffee, tea 2,169 2,649
21 Molson Inc. Montreal, Quebec beer 1,547 2,483
22 Coors Brewing Co. Golden, Colo. beer 2,414 2,429
23 Constellation Brands Inc. Canandaigua, N.Y. wine, spirits, beer 2,340 2,396
24 Brown-Forman Corp. Louisville, Ky. spirits, wine 1,543 2,180
25 E&J Gallo Modesto, Calif. wine, spirits 1,515 1,600
26 Fosters Products Co. Southbank, Victoria, Australia Beer, wine 285 1,597
27 Jim Beam Brands Deerfield, Ill. spirits 1,229 1,369
28 Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc. Lakeville-Middleboro, Mass. juice 1,300 1,300
29 Red Bull GmbH Fuschl am See, Austria energy drink  1,200 1,200*
30 Unilever London, U.K. tea 1,116 1,116*
31 Cott Corp. Toronto, Ontario soft drinks 991 1,090
32 Barton Inc. Chicago, Ill. beer, spirits NA 1,000
33 New York, NY Schieffelin & Somerset Wine, Spirits  1,000 1,000*
34 Gambrinus Co., The San Antonio, Texas beer 425 810
35 S&P Co. Mill Valley, Calif. beer 900 750
36 Brauerei Beck gmbH & Co. Bremen, Germany beer 811 723
37 Vitality Beverages Tampa, Fla. juice 483 700
38 Smucker Quality Beverage Inc. Orville, Ohio juice 303 651
39 Natn’l Grape Cooperative Assoc./Welch Foods Inc. Concord, Mass. juice 679 620
40 Southcorp Ltd. Melbourne, Australia wine 403 590
41 Florida’s Natural Growers Lake Wales, Fla. juice 605 563
42 Robert Mondavi Corp. Oakville, Calif. wine 428 505
43 National Beverage Corp. Plantation, Fla. soft drinks 426 480
44 Procter & Gamble Cincinatti, Ohio soft drinks, coffee 460 460*
45 Kendall-Jackson Winery Ltd. Santa Rosa, Calif. wine 362 410
46 Tetley USA Shelton, Conn. tea 400 400
47 Lake Success, N.Y. Ferolito, Vultaggio & Sons soft drinks, beer 300 388
48 Heaven Hill Distilleries Inc. Bardstown, Ky. spirits 350 350*
49 Wine Group, The Ripon, Calif. wine 300 300
50 Tree Top Inc. Selah, Wash. juice 280 297
51 Old Brookville, N.Y. Banfi Vintners wine 262 262*
52 Terlato Wine Group, The Lake Bluff, Ill. wine, spirits 260 260*
53 Trincero Family Estates St. Helena, Calif. wine 244 244*
54 Farmer Bros. Co. Torrence, Calif. coffee 218 215
55 Westford, Mass. Veryfine Products Inc. juice 78 200
56 Greenwich, Conn. UST spirits 174 188
57 Boston, Mass. Boston Beer Co. beer 191 186
58 Liverpool, England Halewood International spirits 172 172
59 Nantucket Allserve Cambridge, Mass. juice 42 160
60 Ultimate Juice Co. Stamford, Conn. juice, water 135 149
61 Odwalla Inc. Half Moon Bay, Calif. juice 94 128
62 Sazerac Co. New Orleans, La. spirits, wine 128 128*
63 Northland Cranberries Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. juice 266 125
64 Big Red Inc. Waco, Texas soft drinks 97 99
65 Todhunter International Inc. West Palm Beach, Fla. spirits 93 99
66 Brooklyn Bottling Co. Brooklyn, N.Y. soft drinks 77 99
67 Green Mountain Coffee Waterbury, Vt. coffee 84 97
68 Peet’s Coffee & Tea Emeryville, Calif. coffee NA 94
69 Hansen Natural Corp. Corona, Calif. juice, soft drinks 80 92
70 Apple & Eve L.P. Roslyn, N.Y. juice 83 90
71 Old Orchard Brands Sparta, Mich. juice 80 90
72 United States Distilled Products Co. Princeton, Minn. spirits 85 85*
73 Skyy Spirits San Francisco, Calif. spirits 129 74
74 Deidrich Coffee Irvine, Calif. coffee NA 72
75 White Rock Distilleries Inc. Lewiston, Maine spirits 70 70*
76 Vermont Pure Holdings Ltd. Stamford, Conn. water 35 67
77 Glacier Water Services Inc. Carlsbad, Calif. water 57 60
78 Chalone Wine Group Napa, Calif. wine 51 60
79 Sonoma, Calif. Sabastiani Vineyards wine 58 58*
80 Laird & Co. Scobeyville, N.J. spirits 41 53*
81 D.G. Yuengling & Son Pottsville, Pa. beer 50 50*
82 Tully’s Coffee Corp. Seattle, Wash. coffee 28 42
83 Redhook Ale Brewery Seattle, Wash. beer 34 40
84 Pittsburgh Brewing Co. Pittsburgh, Pa. beer 40 40*
85 Crystal Geyser Roxane Water Olancha, Calif. water 34 34*
86 Ravenswood Winery Sonoma, Calif. wine 33 33*
87 Redco Foods Inc. Windsor, Conn. tea 32 32*
88 Day’s Beverage Springfield, Pa. soft drinks 22 31
89 Pyramid Breweries Seattle, Wash. beer 29 30
90 Wissahickon Mountain Spring Water Co. Philadelphia, Pa. water 29 29*
91 Lion Brewery Inc., The Wilkes-Barre, Pa. beer 28 28*
92 Klarbrunn Inc. Watertown, Wis. water 27 27*
93 R.H. Phillips Inc. Esparto, Calif. wine 26 26*
94 Mountain Valley Water Co. Hot Springs, Ark. water 25 25*
95 Crystal Rock Spring Water Co. Watertown, Conn. water 24 24*
96 Jones Soda Co. Seattle, Wash. soft drinks 30 23
97 Clearly Canadian Vancouver, British Columbia soft drinks, bottled water 28 23
98 Widmer Bros. Brewing Co. Portland, Ore. beer 20 20*
99 Choice USA Beverages Gastonio, N.C. soft drinks, water 17 17*
100  Freixenet USA Sonoma, calif. wine 16 16*

* Beverage Industry estimate

Beverage Industry’s Top 100 list is based on worldwide sales for U.S. companies and foreign-held companies that have significant sales in the United States.

Figures represent published sales for public companies, voluntarily disclosed sales for private companies, and estimates based on industry sources and publicly available business reporting sources.