Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 24. Chapters: Dairy products companies by country, Parmalat units, Nestle, Sanlu Group, Beatrice Foods, Mengniu Dairy, Condensed Milk Company of Ireland, La Serenisima, National Foods, Fage, Sanyuan Group, Yili Group, Tine, FrieslandCampina, Tara, Irish Dairy Board, Evga S.A., Napolact, Compania Nacional De Chocolates de Peru S.A., Alpina Productos Alimenticios, Lactogal, Kavli Trust, Beatrice Foods Canada, Dutch Mill, Soprole, Nounou, Ault Foods, Clover, Yashili, Noel, Synnove Finden, Seoul Milk, Parmalat Canada, Chilchota Alimentos, Dairibord, Emmi AG, Q. Excerpt: Nestle S.A. (French pronunciation: ) is the largest food and nutrition company in the world. Founded and headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland, Nestle originated in a 1905 merger of the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company, established in 1867 by brothers George Page and Charles Page, and Farine Lactee Henri Nestle, founded in 1866 by Henri Nestle. The company grew significantly during the First World War and again following the Second World War, eventually expanding its offerings beyond its early condensed milk and infant formula products. Today, the company operates in 86 countries around the world, and employs over 280,000 people. Today, in English-speaking countries the French version of "Nestle" is increasingly common ( ). However, the dominant pronunciation in those countries throughout the 20th century was, as in the English verb "nestle." This pronunciation was reinforced in the 1960s television advertisement jingle for "'s Milky Bar." Nestle headquarters in Vevey.The company dates to 1867, when two separate Swiss enterprises were founded that would later form the core of Nestle. In the succeeding decades, the two competing enterprises aggressively expanded their businesses throughout Europe and the United States. In August 1867, Charles and George Page, two...