McCormick At-a-Glance

 

Consumer Business

Industrial Business

What We Do

Make food taste great with seasoning blends, spices, herbs, extracts, sauces, marinades and specialty foods marketed as our brands and private label products. Help our customers make food taste great with seasoning blends, coating systems, wet flavors, compound flavors and more.

Our Customers

Retail outlets that include grocery, mass merchandise, discount and drug stores. Food manufacturers and food service customers that we serve both directly and indirectly through distributors.

How We’re Doing

Achieving a leading share in our largest markets:
  • Nearly 50 percent market share in the United States, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.
  • More than 50 percent market share in France and Canada.
Achieving category leadership with our brands including:
  • McCormick in the United States and Mexico.
  • Schwartz in the United Kingdom.
  • Ducros in France.
  • Club House in Canada.
  • Silvo in the Netherlands.
Achieving a leading share in key markets:
  • Sales of snack seasonings.
  • Sales to food distributors.
Continually increasing our well-recognized reputation with the industry:
  • Our capabilities and expertise in culinary, sensory and other areas make us stand out from our competitors.

How We’re Growing

Developing innovative new products:
  • Growing consumer demand for great flavors and convenience.
Increasing our marketing effectiveness:
  • Better promotion, advertising and merchandising.
Expanding our distribution:
  • Into new markets in Europe and the Asia/Pacific region.
  • With acquisitions of niche brands and products that complement our existing brands and products.
Supporting the global expansion of our industry-leading customers:
  • Expansion of our capabilities where our customers are growing - Europe and the Asia/Pacific region.
Building current and new strategic partnerships:
  • Focused resources on increased collaboration.
Developing consumer-preferred value-added products:
  • Drive sales and expand margins.
  • Target high-growth trends - wellness, convenience and indulgence.

McCORMICK & COMPANY 2005 ANNUAL REPORT