San Miguel Pure Foods Company, Inc. is the largest Filipino-owned food company, with nearly 3,000 employees deployed in a broad nationwide network of offices, farms, manufacturing, processing and distribution facilities.
It holds in its portfolio the names of some of the most formidable brands in the Philippine food industry, among them, Magnolia, Purefoods, Monterey, Star and Dari Crème. B-Meg and Pure Blend, on the other hand, are the market-leaders in the Animal Feeds industry.
San Miguel Pure Foods integrated operations range from breeding, contract growing, processing and marketing of chicken, pork and beef to the manufacture of refrigerated, canned and ready-to-cook meat products, butter, cheese, margarine, oils and fats, as well as animal and aquatic feeds.
San Miguel Corporation (PSE: SMC and SMCB) is the largest publicly listed food, beverage and packaging company in the Philippines. As of 2001, its business generated 3.6 percent of the Philippines’ gross domestic product and 4.5 percent of the government’s tax revenue.
Founded in 1890 as a brewery, San Miguel now makes nine out of every 10 bottles of beer, 87 percent of the soft drinks, 60 percent of the processed meat and 40 percent of the poultry sold in the Philippines. The trade-name San Miguel originates from St. Michael the archangel.
The company has over 100 facilities in the Philippines, Southeast Asia, China, and Australia. Its major operating facilities include five breweries, four glass plants, two metal closure and lithography plants, two plastic case plants, and a coconut oil mill. San Miguel is one of the Philippines’ biggest private employers, with over 25,900 employees.
RFM Corporation is a Philippine-based company engaged in the processing and manufacture of flour, flour-based products, milk and juice drinks, canned and processes meats, and bottled water. It is also engaged in poultry and livestock production. The Company also operates peripheral non-food business, which includes real estate development, integrated cargo-handling services and insurance brokerage services. The Company has a joint venture with Unilever Philippines Inc., which is engaged in the business of manufacturing, distributing, marketing, importing, exporting and dealing in ice cream, ice cream deserts and ice cream novelties. The Company’s subsidiaries include Philippine Township Inc., Rizal Lighterage Corp., and RFM Insurance Brokers, Inc.
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Universal Robina Corporation (URC) is a Philippines-based food manufacturing company. It operates through divisions and wholly owned subsidiaries that are divided into three segments: branded consumer foods, agro-industrial products and commodity food products. URC’s branded consumer food division manufactures and distributes a mix of snack, chocolate, beverage, bakery and tomato-based products. Through its packaging division, URC is engaged in the manufacture of polypropylene films for packaging companies. Its agro-industrial products segment is engaged in hog and poultry farming, manufacture of animal feeds, glucose and soya products, and the production of animal health products. URC’s commodity food products segment engages in sugar milling and refining. URC’s core subsidiary is JG Summit Holdings, Inc. As of September 30, 2006, branded consumer foods, agro-industrial products and commodity food products segment contributed for 75.6%, 14.4% and 10% of URC’s revenue respectively. Read more
Alaska Milk Corporation is a Philippines-based company that offers a range of milk products beyond the canned evaporated filled and sweetened condensed filled milk, powdered filled milk and plan and chocolate-flavored ultra heat treated (UHT) milk in tetra briks. The Company has three lines of business: liquid canned milk (evaporated and sweetened condensed milk), powdered filled milk, UHT / ready-to-drink (RTD) milk (fresh, low-fat and chocolate-flavored) and UHT / ready-to-use all-purpose cream, which are all marketed under the ALASKA brand name. During the year ended December 31, 2006, liquid canned milk accounted for 48% of the Company’s total revenues while powdered filled milk accounted for about 41%. UHT products accounted for the balance of the revenues and Kellogg’s ready-to-eat cereals. The Company distributes its products to supermarkets and groceries, wholesalers, mini-groceries, market stalls and sari-sari / convenience stores.
