Nestle family history?

Question

I am doing a thing.. and i need the backround of nestle.. like all the buisness.. why.. ect..

Answer 1

All About Nestlé

Since Henri Nestlé developed the first milk food for infants in 1867, and saved the life of a neighbor’s child, the Nestlé Company has aimed to build a business as the world's leading nutrition, health and wellness company based on sound human values and principles.

While our Nestlé Corporate Business Principles will continue to evolve and adapt to a changing world, our basic foundation is unchanged from the time of the origins of our Company, and reflects the basic ideas of fairness, honesty, and a general concern for people.

Nestlé is committed to the following Business Principles in all countries, taking into account local legislation, cultural and religious practices:

    * Nestlé's business objective is to manufacture and market the Company's products in such a way as to create value that can be sustained over the long term for shareholders, employees, consumers, and business partners.

    * Nestlé does not favor short-term profit at the expense of successful long-term business development.

    * Nestlé recognizes that its consumers have a sincere and legitimate interest in the behavior, beliefs and actions of the Company behind brands in which they place their trust, and that without its consumers the Company would not exist.

    * Nestlé believes that, as a general rule, legislation is the most effective safeguard of responsible conduct, although in certain areas, additional guidance to staff in the form of voluntary business principles is beneficial in order to ensure that the highest standards are met throughout the organization.

    * Nestlé is conscious of the fact that the success of a corporation is a reflection of the professionalism, conduct and the responsible attitude of its management and employees. Therefore recruitment of the right people and ongoing training and development are crucial.

    * Nestlé continues to maintain its commitment to follow and respect all applicable local laws in each of its markets.

Answer 2

Nestlé is a multinational packaged food company founded and headquartered in Vevey, Switzerland. It resulted from a merger in 1905 between the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company for milk products established by the Page Brothers in Cham, Switzerland, in 1866 and the Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé Company set up in 1867 by Henri Nestlé to provide an infant food product. Several of Nestlé's brands are globally renowned, which made the company a global market leader in many product lines, including milk, chocolate, confectionery, bottled water, coffee, ice cream, food seasoning and pet foods.[1] The company stock is listed on the SWX Swiss Exchange. Some of Nestlé's business practices have been considered unethical, especially the manner in which infant formula has been marketed in developing countries, which led to the Nestlé boycott from 1977.

Contents [hide]

1 Pronunciation

2 History

3 Products

4 Business

4.1 Management

4.2 Earnings

4.3 Joint ventures

5 Controversy Regarding Nestlé

5.1 Baby Milk Marketing

5.2 Ethiopian Government

5.3 Nestlé Purina in Venezuela

5.4 Nestlé water

5.5 Genetically-Modified Organisms

5.6 Use of Slave Labour

5.7 Partners Blend

6 See also

7 Footnotes

8 External links

8.1 Data



[edit] Pronunciation

Some people in the English-speaking countries pronounce Nestlé's IPA: //ˈnɛsəlz//, as in the English verb nestle. This was the pronunciation used in company merchandising in Australia and the UK for much of the 20th century, e.g. Nestlé's Milkybar, and is still used today in some regions such as the Black Country.

In TV ads in the United States, Nestlé's is pronounced /ˈnɛstliːz/ or /ˈnɛsliːz/. The common pronunciation of Nestlé in Australia is now [ˈneslæɪ], due to the alteration of its pronunciation in advertising over recent years. However, the brand is derived from the founder's family name from the French-speaking part of Switzerland, where Nestlé is properly pronounced [nɛsle] (this pronunciation used in Vietnam also). In China, Nestlé is called 雀巢 (què cháo) in pinyin. In Thailand, it is เนสเล่.



Nestle HQ, Vevey, Switzerland.

[edit] History

Nestlé was founded in 1860. In the 1860s Henri Nestlé, a pharmacist, developed a food for babies whose mothers were unable to breastfeed. His first success was a premature infant who could not tolerate his own mother's milk nor any of the usual substitutes. The value of the new product was quickly recognized when his new formula saved the child's life, and soon, Farine Lactée Henri Nestlé was being sold in much of Europe.

In 1905 Nestlé merged with the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company. By the early 1900s, the company was operating factories in the United States, United Kingdom, Germany and Spain. World War I created new demand for dairy products in the form of government contracts. By the end of the war, Nestlé's production more than doubled.

The first Nestlé factory to begin production in the United States was opened in Fulton, Oswego County, New York. The factory however was closed in 2001, after the company decided that the cost of restoring, and updating the factory could not financially be justified[citation needed]. Employees of the factory were furious, and raised the company flag upside down the day the closing was announced.

After the war, government contracts dried up and consumers switched back to fresh milk. However, Nestlé's management responded quickly, streamlining operations and reducing debt. The 1920s saw Nestlé's first expansion into new products, with chocolate the company's second most important activity.

Nestlé felt the effects of World War II immediately. Profits dropped from US$20 million in 1938 to US$6 million in 1939. Factories were established in developing countries, particularly Latin America. Ironically, the war helped with the introduction of the company's newest product, Nescafé, which was a staple drink of the US military. Nestlé's production and sales rose in the wartime economy.

The end of World War II was the beginning of a dynamic phase for Nestlé. Growth accelerated and companies were acquired. In 1947 came the merger with Maggi seasonings and soups. Crosse & Blackwell followed in 1950, as did Findus (1963), Libby's (1971) and Stouffer's (1973). Diversification came with a shareholding in L'Oréal in 1974. In 1977, Nestlé made its second venture outside the food industry by acquiring Alcon Laboratories Inc.



The Brazilian president, Lula da Silva, inaugurates a factory in Feira de Santana (Bahia), February, 2007.In 1984, Nestlé's improved bottom line allowed the company to launch a new round of acquisitions, notably American food giant Carnation and the British confectionery company Rowntree Mackintosh in 1988, which brought the Willy Wonka Brand to Nestlé.

The first half of the 1990s proved to be favorable for Nestlé: trade barriers crumbled and world markets developed into more or less integrated trading areas. Since 1996 there have been acquisitions including San Pellegrino (1997), Spillers Petfoods (1998), and Ralston Purina (2002). There were two major acquisitions in North America, both in 2002: in June, Nestlé merged its U.S. ice cream business into Dreyer's, and in August a US$2.6 billion acquisition was announced of Chef America, the creator of Hot Pockets. In the same time frame, Nestlé came close to purchasing the iconic American company Hershey's, though the deal fell through.[2] Another recent purchase includes the Jenny Craig fitness firm for US$600 million.

In December 2005 Nestlé bought the Greek company Delta Ice Cream for €240 million. In January 2006 it took full ownership of Dreyer's, thus becoming the world's biggest ice cream maker with a 17.5% market share.[3]

In November 2006, Nestle purchased the Medical Nutrition division of Novartis Pharmaceutical for $2.5B, also acquiring in 2007 the milk flavoring product known as Ovaltine. In April 2007 Nestlé bought baby food manufacturer Gerber for $5.5 billion.[4]

[edit] Products

Nestlé has a wide range of products across a number of markets including coffee (Nescafé), water, other beverages, ice cream, infant foods, performance and healthcare nutrition, seasonings, frozen and refrigerated foods, confectionery and pet food. For a list of some of these brands, see List of Nestlé brands.

[edit] Business



The Nestlé Tower in Croydon. This serves as their headquarters in the United Kingdom

[edit] Management

The executive board, a distinct entity from the board of directors, includes:

Peter Brabeck-Letmatheand Shaun Roe Chairman & CEO

Carlo Donati, EVP, Chairman, and CEO of Nestlé Waters

Frits van Dijk, EVP of Asia, Oceania, Africa, Middle East divisions

Lars Olofsson, EVP of Strategic Business Units and Marketing

Francisco Castañer, EVP of Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic Products, Liaison with L'Oréal, Human Resources

Michael Powell, EVP of United Kingdoms Diivision

Paul Bulcke, EVP of Americas divisions

Paul Polman, EVP of Finance, Control, Legal, Tax, Purchasing, Export

Luis Cantarell, EVP of Europe divisions

Richard T. Laube, Deputy EVP of Nutrition Strategic Business units

Werner J. Bauer, EVP of Research and Development, Technical, Production, Environment.

Current members of the board of directors of Nestlé are: Günter Blobel, Peter Böckli, Daniel Borel, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Edward George, Rolf Hänggi, Nobuyuki Idei, Andreas Koopmann, André Kudelski, Jean Pierre Meyers, Carolina Müller-Möhl, Kaspar Villiger. Secretary to the Board Bernard Daniel.

Nestlé has a good business reputation among Switzerland's largest companies.[5][6][7]

[edit] Earnings

In 2003, consolidated sales were CHF87.979 billion and net profit was CHF6.213 billion. Research and development investment was CHF1.205 billion.

Sales by activity breakdown: 27% from drinks, 26% from dairy and food products, 18% from ready-prepared dishes and ready-cooked dishes, 12% from chocolate, 11% from pet products, 6% from pharmaceutical products.

Sales by geographic area breakdown: 32% from Europe, 31% from Americas (26% from US), 16% from Asia, 21% from rest of the world.

[edit] Joint ventures

Nestlé holds 26.4% of the shares of L'Oréal, the world's largest company in cosmetics and beauty. The Laboratoires Inneov is a joint venture in nutritional cosmetics between Nestlé and L'Oréal, and Galderma a joint venture in dermatology with L'Oréal. Others include Cereal Partners Worldwide with General Mills, Beverage Partners Worldwide with Coca-Cola, and Dairy Partners Americas with Fonterra.

[edit] Controversy Regarding Nestlé

Some of Nestlé's business practices have been controversial, especially the manner in which baby formula has been marketed in developing countries. The controversy ultimately led to the widespread Nestlé boycott, starting in 1977. Nestlé has since launched several Fairtrade products across the world, including Partners Blend in the UK[8] and several grind-at-home Fairtrade coffees in Sweden, which led to a new round of criticism. In December 2007 Nestlé was found guilty of colluding with other milk producers to fix prices in Greece [1].

[edit] Baby Milk Marketing

See also: Nestlé boycott and International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes

Since the late 1970s, Nestlé has attracted much criticism for its artificial baby milk marketing policies in developing countries. This has centered on its apparent recommendations for breastfeeding mothers to switch to its infant formula milk products, leading to the alleged deaths of numerous babies each year as a result of formula being mixed with contaminated water[citation needed]. Nestlé has allegedly violated the widely agreed-upon International Code of Marketing o