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Nestle, S.A.

address
avenue Nestle 55
Vevey 1800
Switzerland
Web site

CORPORATE GENEALOGY
Subsidiaries: Nestle USA

MANAGEMENT

André Kudelski
Board of Directors

Andreas Koopmann
Board of Directors

Arthur Dunkel
Board of Directors

George Simpson
Board of Directors

Jean-Pierre Meyers
Board of Directors

Nobuyuki Idei
Board of Directors

Peter Böckli
Board of Directors

Vernon R. Young
Board of Directors

Vreni Spoerry
Board of Directors

Rainer E. Gut
Board of Directors - Chair

Types of business
Food Processor, Retail

Products and services
Retail food distribution, Snack Foods

Financials figures in U.S. dollars

2002
Net Sales: 64.208 billion

2002
Total Assets: 63.068 billion

2001
Net Sales: 61.151 billion

2001
Total Assets: 67.713 billion

2000
Net Sales: 58.786 billion

2000
Total Assets: 47.308 billion

1999
Net Sales: 53.904 billion

1999
Total Assets: 42.553 billion

1998
Net Sales: 51.801 billion

1998
Total Assets: 40.939 billion

Headlines

Nov. 16, 2005: WHO Urges Food Industry To Step Up Obesity Fight Associated Press

Jul. 14, 2005: Human Rights Watchdog and Civil Rights Firm Sue Nestle, ADM, Cargill, for Using Forced Child Labor International Labor Rights Fund

May. 5, 2005: Multinational Food Companies Could Face Tougher Ingredient Labeling Center for Science in the Public Interest

Jun. 4, 2004: Nestlé sets sights on General Mills Star Tribune

Jul. 10, 2003: Food Makers Trim Fat as Lawsuits and Regulations Loom New York Times/David Barboza

More headlines about Nestle, S.A.

Jun. 18, 2003: Nestle Sued for Falsely Advertising 'Poland Spring' Water Hagens-Berman
May. 14, 2003: Federal Antitrust Enforcers Reach Tentative Accord on Nestle Buyout Wall Street Journal/JOHN R. WILKE and SARAH ELLISON
May. 1, 2003: GM protest targets Nestle The Nation (Thailand)/Kamol Sukin
Apr. 11, 2003: Greenpeace Activists Stage GMO Protest Outside Nestle Plant By Anchalee Kongrut - Bankok Post

Library

Mar. 31, 2006: The Food Industry, Diet, Physical Activity and Health: A Review of Reported Commitments and Practice of 25 of the World's Largest Food Companies PDF

Jul. 14, 2005: Lawsuit Against Cargill, ADM and Nestle for Child Labor Violations in Africa PDF

Jan. 25, 2005: Power Hungry: Six Reasons to Regulate Global Food Corporations PDF

Jun. 18, 2003: Lawsuit Against Nestle Waters for Mislabeling PDF

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