Top snack and bakery companies worldwide in 2023

Nestlé S.A. had sales of approximately 103.9 billion U.S. dollars in 2023, making them the leading snack and bakery product company in the world by a comfortable margin. By comparison, PepsiCo stood in second place that year, with sales of about 86.4 billion dollars.Dollar sales growth of chocolate nibblesMilk chocolate was unrivaled in terms of U.S. confectionery dollar sales growth: compared to the previous year, milk chocolate sales in the United States grew by over 300 million U.S. dollars. Ranking second, sales of chewy candy grew by roughly 65 million U.S. dollars. Several product categories, such as non-chocolate bars and hard candy, generated fewer sales in 2019 than in 2018.Meaty snacks in c-storesJack Link’s, a meat snacks company best known for making beef jerky, accounted for nearly half of all meat snack sales in U.S. convenience stores in 2019. Roughly a fifth of the dollar sales was accounted for by Slim Jim, Jack Link’s top competitor. Each of the brands generated over 300 million U.S. dollars’ worth of dried meat sticks sales in American c-stores that year.

瑞士雀巢公司于2023年实现了约1039亿美元的销售额，使其在全球休闲食品和烘焙产品行业中以显著的差距位居榜首。相较之下，百事公司当年位居第二，销售额约为864亿美元。就巧克力碎屑的美元销售额增长而言，牛奶巧克力在美国糖果市场的表现无出其右，相较于前一年，其销售额在美国增长了超过3亿美元。紧随其后的是口香糖类糖果，其销售额增长了约6500万美元。2019年，非巧克力棒和硬糖等几个产品类别的销售额较2018年有所下降。在便利店肉类零食方面，以生产牛肉干著称的Jack Link’s肉类零食公司占据了2019年美国便利店肉类零食市场近一半的份额。大约五分之一的销售额由Jack Link’s的主要竞争对手Slim Jim贡献。当年，这两个品牌在美国便利店中的干肉棒销售额均超过了3亿美元。