Brand Name Trivia

Who doesn’t like a bit of food-related trivia? Below are a few fun facts from Top 10 of Everything 2008 by Russell Ash. This weekend, you can dazzle friends and family with your obscure food-brand-related knowledge. i.e., “You’d think Pepsi and Coke would be neck-and-neck in international sales, but they’re actually separated by quite a wide margin.”

…Not that everyone wasn’t already aware of your amazing intellectual prowess, but a little reminder never hurt.


Top 10 International Food, Drink and Restaurant Brands


1. Coca-Cola
$67,000,000,000 (Brand Value)

2. McDonald’s
$27,501,000,000

3. Pepsi
$12,690,000,000

4. Nescafé, Switzerland
$12,507,000,000

5. Budweiser
$11,662,000,000

6. Kellogg’s
$8,776,000,000

7. Heinz
$6,223,000,000

8. Wrigley’s
$5,449,000,000

9. KFC
$5,350,000,000

10. Nestlé, Switzerland
$4,932,000,000



Top 10 Soft-Drink Brands in the USA


1. Coca-Cola Classic 4,848,200,000 gal./year

2. Pepsi 3,124,900,000

3. Mountain Dew 1,301,300,000

4. Dr. Pepper 1,168,200,000

5. Sprite 993,700,000

6. Gatorade 958,000,000

7. Minute Maid 672,000,000

8. Tropicana 632,000,000

9. Aquafina 506,100,000

10. Dasani 448,000,000


Top 10 Brewers, World-Wide


1. InBev, Belgium
12.6% of world total

2. SABMiller, UK
11.0%

3. Anheuser-Busch, USA
10.9%

4. Heineken, Netherlands
7.4%

5. Carlsberg, Denmark
3.0%

6. Molson Coors, USA/Canada
3.0%

7. Modelo, Mexico
2.9%

8. Baltik Beverage, Russia
2.6%

9. Tsingtao, China
2.6%

10. Yan Jing, China
2.0%