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Food & Foodservice Industries: Company Research

Resources on both the food and foodservice (restaurants) industries.

Best Resources for Companies

D&B Hoovers
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- Database features one-stop shopping that includes strategic initiatives, business and geographic segments, strengths/weaknesses, and ratio comparisons.
- Covers over 30 million U.S. and global companies and offers over 17,000 detailed company profiles
- Provides some industry reports (Datamonitor and Fredonia Focus Reports) which can be viewed by selecting the SIC and NAICS codes in the company record or by searching in the industry box.
- When looking at an industry, "Peer Analysis" in the left menu will provide a list of leading firms. Use SIC or NAICS codes to search for other similar industries.
Orbis
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- Information on over 100 million companies worldwide including 6 million in South and Central America, 4 million in Japan and 400,000 in China. More detailed profiles of over 60,000 companies listed on various global exchanges.
- Identifies competitors and customers and provides business and geographic segment information for selected companies
- Companies can be sorted by industry using the list building function
Technical Notes: Use of scripts or automated methods to download data from Orbis is strictly prohibited. If you require access to a larger dataset, please contact us at kresge_library@umich.edu.

Additional Resources for Companies

Mergent Online
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Current and historical financial information on 15,000 US and 20,000 foreign companies, both active and inactive. Also very easy access to SEC filings, annual reports and Mergent Industry Reports
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