U.S.-listed consumer staples company · mega-cap · sells packaged food and snacks · distributed in over 150 countries.
Clue 2 · The Numbers
Annual revenue around $36 billion, with some of the world's most recognizable snack brands under one roof — think cookies, crackers, and chocolate.
Clue 3 · The History
Born in 2012 when a century-old food giant spun off its global snack business, separating it from the North American grocery brands that kept the original name.
Clue 4 · The Secret
Its parent company was itself the result of one of the largest leveraged buyouts in history — a $25 billion 1988 deal that inspired a famous book and HBO movie: "Barbarians at the Gate."
Clue 5 · The Lore
It owns Cadbury chocolate and is the world's largest maker of biscuits — including a certain cream-filled sandwich cookie that is the best-selling cookie on the planet.
Clue 6 · The Giveaway
Oreo. Ritz. Toblerone. If your snack cabinet looks like an international flight's duty-free cart, you've basically been their unpaid brand ambassador.