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Jenny Craig, Inc.
Jenny Craig, Inc. was an American weight loss company founded in 1983 by Jenny and Sid Craig, sold to Nestlé in 2006, bankrupt in 2023, and relaunched online by Nutrisystem owner Wellful.
Jerry Baldwin
Jerry Baldwin (born 1942) is an American specialty-coffee entrepreneur who co-founded and led Starbucks as president from 1971 to 1987, then bought and ran Peet's Coffee until 2001.
Joe Coulombe
Joe Coulombe (Joseph Hardin Coulombe, 1930–2020), American retailer who founded Trader Joe's in Pasadena in 1967 after running Pronto Markets; sold the chain to Aldi's Theo Albrecht in 1979 and pioneered its all-private-label model.
John Cadbury
John Cadbury (1801–1889) was an English Quaker grocer and tea dealer who founded the cocoa business that became Cadbury, opening his first Birmingham shop in 1824.
John Catsimatidis
John Catsimatidis (born 1948, Nisyros, Greece) is a Greek American billionaire who owns Gristedes supermarkets, United Refining, and Red Apple Media's 77 WABC; 2013 NYC mayoral candidate and Cats Roundtable radio host.
John Lewis Partnership
John Lewis Partnership: British employee-owned retail group running John Lewis department stores and Waitrose supermarkets (founded 1864; trust settlement 1950); FY2023 sales £12.25bn, loss before tax £234m.
John Mackey (businessman)
John Mackey (born 1954) is the American co-founder and longtime CEO of Whole Foods Market, which he started via SaferWay in Austin in 1978, led through its 2017 $13.7 billion Amazon sale, and left in 2022; author of Conscious Capitalism.
John Paul DeJoria
John Paul DeJoria (born 1944, Los Angeles) is an American self-made billionaire who co-founded John Paul Mitchell Systems hair care in 1980 with $700 and Patrón Tequila in 1989, sold to Bacardi for $5.1 billion in 2018, and signs his motto 'success unshared is failure' to his philanthropy.
Jolly Rancher
Jolly Rancher: American hard candy brand founded 1949 in Golden, Colorado, by Bill and Dorothy Harmsen as an ice cream shop; owned by The Hershey Company since its 1996 Leaf acquisition; known for intense fruit flavors.
Jose Cuervo
Jose Cuervo is the world's best-selling tequila brand, produced in Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico, since a 1758 land grant and the 1795 royal tequila license. Owned by the Beckmann family's Becle, it spans Especial, Tradicional, 1800, Gran Centenario, and Reserva de la Familia.
Josh Ostrovsky
Josh Ostrovsky, known as The Fat Jew or The Fat Jewish (@thefatjewish), is an American Instagram personality, author of Money Pizza Respect, and co-founder of White Girl Rosé and Babe Wine, sold to Anheuser-Busch InBev.
Journal of Food Science
The Journal of Food Science, founded in 1936 as Food Research, is the flagship peer-reviewed journal of the Institute of Food Technologists, publishing over 700 articles yearly.
Juicero
Juicero was a San Francisco startup founded by Doug Evans in 2013 that sold a $699 Wi-Fi-connected cold-press juicer and subscription produce packs, shutting down in 2017.
Juicy Fruit
Juicy Fruit is a fruit-flavored chewing gum brand introduced in 1893 by William Wrigley Jr.'s Chicago company at the World's Columbian Exposition, the oldest Wrigley brand, now owned by Mars, with a 31 percent worldwide gum share in the early 2000s.
Just Eat
Just Eat is the European food-ordering brand of Just Eat Takeaway.com, formed when Takeaway.com (founded 2000, Netherlands) merged with Just Eat (Denmark, 2001) in 2020; sold Grubhub for $650m after a $7.3bn purchase, and was taken private by Prosus for €4.1bn in 2025.
Karl Albrecht
Karl Hans Albrecht (1920–2014), German entrepreneur who with brother Theo turned their mother's Essen grocery shop into the Aldi discount empire; after the 1961 split he led Aldi Süd, expanding it internationally, and died Germany's richest person.
Kaufland
Kaufland, a German hypermarket chain of Schwarz Group (which also owns Lidl), headquartered in Neckarsulm; over 1,600 stores in 8 countries, 36.7 billion euros revenue in fiscal 2025, kaufland.de marketplace in 9 countries.
Kellogg's
Kellogg's, brand of the Kellogg Company founded 1906 in Battle Creek, Michigan by W.K. Kellogg; maker of Corn Flakes and Frosted Flakes. Split in 2023 into Kellanova and WK Kellogg Co; WK Kellogg being bought by Ferrero for about $3.1 billion.
Ketchup chips
Ketchup chips are ketchup-flavoured potato chips, an iconic Canadian snack probably invented in the 1970s by Hostess (merged with Lay's in 1988), though Herr's of Pennsylvania claims an early-1980s origin; 46% of Canadians call ketchup the signature chip flavour.
Keurig Dr Pepper
Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP), formed July 9, 2018 by merging Keurig Green Mountain with Dr Pepper Snapple Group, is a North American beverage company with 150+ brands including Dr Pepper, 7UP, Snapple, and Keurig brewers; it acquired JDE Peet's in 2026 and plans to split into coffee and beverage companies in 2027.
Kinder Bueno
Kinder Bueno is a Ferrero chocolate snack bar launched in 1990 (some Ferrero documents say 1992): crispy wafer, hazelnut cream filling, milk chocolate coating with dark chocolate drizzle; variants include White, Dark, and ice cream lines.
Kinder Surprise
Kinder Surprise (Kinder Sorpresa, kinder Überraschung) is Ferrero's 1974 chocolate egg with a toy in a plastic capsule inside, sold in over 70 countries but banned in the US, where Kinder Joy is the compliant alternative.
Kit Kat
Kit Kat, chocolate-covered wafer bar created 1935 by Rowntree's as Chocolate Crisp, renamed 1937; owned by Nestlé since 1988, made in the US by Hershey under license; sold in 80+ countries.
Kit Kats in Japan
Kit Kats in Japan (キットカット): Nestlé's chocolate-wafer bar launched there in 1973 via Fujiya, renamed 'kitto katsu' good-luck exam gift, with 450+ flavors, regional souvenir editions since 2002, and the first KitKat Chocolatory.
Kraft Dinner
Kraft Dinner (KD) is the Canadian name for Kraft's boxed macaroni and cheese, introduced in 1937 and renamed Kraft Mac & Cheese in the US in 2022; a Canadian staple with 225 g boxes and its own product line.
Kraft Foods
Kraft Foods, the historic American packaged food company, split in 2012 into Mondelēz International and Kraft Foods Group, which merged with Heinz in 2015 to form Kraft Heinz.
Kraft Foods Inc.
Kraft Foods Inc., also known simply as Kraft (KFT), was the American packaged food company incorporated in Virginia in 2000, acquired Nabisco, listed in 2001, bought Cadbury in 2010, and split in 2012 into Mondelez International and Kraft Foods Group.
Kraft Heinz
Kraft Heinz (Nasdaq: KHC), also The Kraft Heinz Company, is the food company formed by the 2015 merger of Kraft Foods Group and H.J. Heinz; ~$25 billion 2025 net sales, Berkshire Hathaway's 325 million shares, and a paused 2025 split plan distinguish it.
Kroger
Kroger (The Kroger Co., NYSE: KR) is America's largest supermarket chain, founded in Cincinnati in 1883 by Barney Kroger. Known for banners like Ralphs, Fred Meyer, and Harris Teeter, its $24.6 billion Albertsons merger was blocked in 2024.
Kurkure (कुरकुरे)
Kurkure (कुरकुरे), PepsiCo India's homegrown puffed rice-and-corn snack brand launched in 1999, flagship Masala Munch, about 60% share of the 'bridge' snack segment, Jowar Puffs millet line added in 2025.