Brief History

Nestle (founded by Henri Nestle) was originally the first European condensed milk factory opened in Switzerland by the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company in 1866. Later in 1905, The Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company (founded by Americans Charles and George Page), combined with Nestl after a couple of decades as fierce competitors to form the Nestl and Anglo-Swiss Milk Company. Since then, Nestle has nourished across the globe starting from World War 1. It is now a multinational food and beverage company with various products including breakfast cereals, baby food, dairy products etc.

Size & Profit

As mentioned earlier, Nestle has expended its branch throughout the world. Nestle offices can be found from countries starting from alphabets A-Z, which is EVERYWHERE. Since the day it was founded up till today, Nestle now has approximately 470 factories, operating in more than 86 countries, and around 330,000 employees. It is no doubt a for profit business. Main competitors of Nestle include PepsiCo, Krafts Food, Mars Incorporated and many more but this still cant stop Nestle from being the worlds top food and beverage company as they made an astonishing total profit of $11.55 Billion last year. Nestle has around 8,000 brands with a wide range of product including coffee, seasonings, chocolate, pet food and many more. In the year end 2010, Nestle held 29.7% of the shares of L'Oral.

Types of Ownership & Channels of Distribution

The Nestle Corporation is headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland. It has the largest Research and Department network of any food company in the world, with 34 R&D facilities (3 Science & Research centres and 31 Product Technology Centres and R&D centres worldwide), and over 5,000 people involved in Research and Development. Nestle also has corporate venture funds and research partnerships with business partners and universities. Nestle products could be found almost in any shopping mall, markets and almost any place. Its all around us, making it extremely easy for consumers to find and buy.

Roles in Community & Jobs

Nestle did not only put their thoughts into making profit for the company but is also helping the community. Nestle launched the Good Nutrition Programs in several countries to help children adopt healthy nutrition habits as a component of a healthy lifestyle. Nestl also announced to invest more than $500 million between 2011 and 2020 to develop health and wellness products to help prevent and treat major diseases like diabetes and Alzheimers. Also, they need sufficient employees in order to keep the business going as it is a worldwide business. Jobs like mechanic maintenance and project engineer are included but I prefer to work in the R&D to improve food and beverages that could improve the lives of others. The slogan Good Food, Good Life says it all. Nestle wants to help. Its not about size, its about trust.

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