Food and Beverages

Nestlé Philippines, Inc. Over a hundred years after it first started operations in the country, Nestlé Philippines, Inc. (NPI) today is a robust and stable organization, proud of its role in bringing the best food and beverage throughout the stages of the Filipino consumers’ lives [71]. The company employs 3,700 men and women all over the country, and is among the Philippines’ top corporations. Its products are No. 1 or strong No. 2 brands in their respective categories. Although Nestlé products were already available in the Philippines as far back as 1895, it was not until 1911 when The Nestlé and Anglo Swiss Condensed Milk Company was established in the country. Nestlé has manufacturing facilities in Cabuyao (Laguna), Cagayan de Oro, Lipa (Batangas), and Tanauan (Batangas) to meet the growing demand for Nestlé products in the country [72]. Driven by its mission to nurture generations of Filipino families, Nestlé today produces and markets products under some of the country’s well known brands such as Nescafé, Nido, Milo, Nestea, Maggi, Bear Brand, Nestlé, and Purina, among others. Its product range has expanded to include coffee, milk, beverages, non-dairy creamer, food, infant nutrition, ice cream and chilled dairy, breakfast cereals, confectionery, and pet-care [72].

Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines, Inc. Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines Inc. (PCPPI) is the exclusive manufacturer of PepsiCo beverages in the Philippines and was established in 1989. PCPPI's principal stockholders are Lotte Corporation, Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co. Ltd., and Quaker Global Investments B.V. PCPPI manufactures and sells well-known beverage brands: Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, 7-Up, Mirinda, Mug, Gatorade, Tropicana, Lipton, Sting, Premier, Milkis, and Aquafina. It has established 13 operations across the country, serving more than 700,000 outlets and providing employment through its extensive distribution network [73].

Century Pacific Food, Inc. Century Pacific Food, Inc. (CNPF) was incorporated on October 25, 2013. The company is primarily engaged in the business of buying and selling, processing, canning, packaging, and manufacturing all kinds of food and food products. CNPF is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Century Pacific Group, Inc. It is the Philippines’ largest canned food company, engaged in the development, marketing, and distribution of processed fish, meat, and dairy products [74].The company's main business segments are the canned and processed fish segment which produces tuna, sardines, and other fish and seafood-based products; the canned meat segment which produces corned beef, meat loaf, luncheon meat, and other meat-based products; the dairy and mixes segment which comprises of evaporated milk, condensed milk, and other dairy products as well as coffee mixes and flavor mixes; the tuna export segment which produces private label canned, pouched, and frozen tuna products for export; and the coconut segment which produces retail-packaged coconut water, organic virgin coconut oil, desiccated coconuts, coconut flour, and coconut milk. Recognizable brands under these segments include Century Tuna, 555, Blue Bay, Argentina, Swift, Angel, Birch Tree, and Kaffe de Oro [74].

Zenith Foods Corp. Zenith Foods Corporation (ZFC) is the Central Commissary of Jollibee Foods Corporation and operates a food processing plant and serves more than 800 Jollibee and Greenwich stores in and outside the Philippines. Established in 2003, the company is based in Calamba, Laguna, Philippines. ZFC is the biggest and most advanced in the country and among Asia’s best. Aided by custom-made mechanized equipment, the production lines are for the marinated Chicken Joy, frozen patties and pies, breads, sauces, hotdogs and other meat products, and dry blended goods [75]. The chicken marination line can produce as many as 150,000 pieces a day while about 480,000 hamburger patties a day are turned out by the frozen patty line. The breadline is designed to match the volume output of patties, i.e. also about 480,000 pieces a day. The pie line can produce as much as 157,000 pocket pies in a 20-hour operating day. Currently, pies are exported to Jollibee stores in Hong Kong, Guam, Saipan, Brunei, and the USA. Various sauce products are processed in the ZFC sauceline including those for the Jollibee bestsellers, spaghetti and palabok [75].