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The $2.2 Billion Candy Machine Hiding in Plain Sight
Ferrara turned a Chicago almond shop into a global portfolio of 40-plus candy brands. Its real advantage is not nostalgia - it is a repeatable system for turning texture, retail data and old names into new growth.
The Beer Giant Learning to Think Local Again
Molson Coors spent two centuries getting very good at scale. Its next act depends on making that global machine move at the speed of a neighborhood bar.
Mondelēz International
The company that turned Oreo, Cadbury and Toblerone into a $38.5 billion snacking empire has one job: be the thing you reach for between meals - in 150 countries, at any hour.
The HEINEKEN Company
HEINEKEN sells beer, but its harder-to-copy product is a global machine for making a local ritual travel. Now that machine is being rebuilt around alcohol-free occasions, connected breweries and a sharper portfolio of brands.
Restaurant Brands International
Behind four familiar counters sits a less familiar machine: a mostly franchised platform turning coffee, burgers, chicken and subs into royalties, data and global restaurant growth.