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'''Kraft''' (Kraft Foods Inc.) is the largest packaged food company in the U.S. and second only to [[Nestlé]] in terms of world sales. Its North America unit makes the world's top selling cheese brand (Kraft). Other brands under the Kraft label include Nabisco cookies and crackers and Oreos. U.S. brands are also sold internationally. The company's Oscar Mayer[[Altria Group|Altria]] (formerly [[Philip Morris]]), spun off Kraftin 2007. In 2010, Philadelphia, Maxwell House, Nabisco, Oreo, Jacobs, Milka, and LU brands all have Kraft had total revenues of at least $1 49.21 billion and over 50 other brands regularly hit its CEO, Irene Rosenfeld, had a total compensation in the same year of $100 19.3 million mark.<ref>[http://www.hoovers.com/kraft-foods/--ID__103392--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml Company Profile: Kraft Foods, Inc.], ''Hoovers'', accessed April 2010</ref> Some is a member of Kraft's other U.S. brands include: General Foods International, Gevalia, Maxwell House, Sanka, Yuban, Country Time, Crystal Light, Kool-Aid, Tang, Oscar Mayer, Louis Rich, DiGiorno, Jack's, South Beach Diet, Tombstone, Velveeta, Boca veggie burgers, Cheez Whiz, Breakstone's sour cream, Shake ‘n Bake, Cool Whip, Jell-O, Post cereals, Chips Ahoy!, Ritz and Fig Newtons.<ref>the [[http://www.kraftfoodscompany.com/Brands/largest-brands/indexAmerican Legislative Exchange Council]] (ALEC).aspx Our Brands], Kraft, accessed January 2011</ref>

Derek Crawford, District Director for State and Local Government Affairs of Kraft Foods Global, Inc. since 2007, is on the Private Enterprise Board of ALEC as of 2011.<ref>[http://www.alec.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Private_Sector_Chair_Bio Private Enterprise Board],"ALEC.org"</ref> {{about_ALEC}}  '''Products'''The company's Oscar Mayer, Kraft, Philadelphia, Maxwell House, Nabisco, Oreo, Jacobs, Milka, and LU brands all have revenues of at least $1 billion and over 50 other brands regularly hit the $100 million mark.<ref>[http://www.hoovers.com/kraft-foods/--ID__103392--/free-co-factsheet.xhtml Company Profile: Kraft Foods, Inc.], ''Hoovers'', accessed April 2010</ref> Some of Kraft's other U.S. brands include: General Foods International, Gevalia, Maxwell House, Sanka, Yuban, Country Time, Crystal Light, Kool-Aid, Tang, Oscar Mayer, Louis Rich, DiGiorno, Jack's, South Beach Diet, Tombstone, Velveeta, Boca veggie burgers, Cheez Whiz, Breakstone's sour cream, Shake ‘n Bake, Cool Whip, Jell-O, Post cereals, Chips Ahoy!, Ritz and Fig Newtons.<ref>[http://www.kraftfoodscompany.com/Brands/largest-brands/index.aspx Our Brands], Kraft, accessed January 2011</ref> <br>Kraft's $19 billion offer to acquire Cadbury was accepted by a majority of Cadbury shareholders in 2010. [[Warren Buffett]]'s Berkshire Hathaway owns 9.4% of Kraft.

A 19-page, confidential Philip Morris (PM) memo by PM lobbyist [[Kathleen "Buffy" Linehan|Kathleen Linehan]] describes PM's efforts to defeat public interest legislation at all levels of government and in the military. Far beyond solely lobbying on tobacco issues, PM works through its food and drink subsidiaries, like Kraft General Foods and [[Miller Beer]] to defeat a host of different types of laws aimed at protecting and educating consumers, and benefiting the environment.<ref>[http://motherjones.com/politics/1996/05/wilson-memo The Wilson Memo],"Mother Jones" May/June 1996</ref>

Linehan noted that KGF (Kraft General Foods) worked to oppose legislation mandating that milk be labeled as to whether it contains bovine somatotropin (BST), an artificial hormone injected into dairy cows to increase milk production, "because of the precedent this sets for other biotechnologies that may contribute to future food production or processing."<ref>[http://consciouslifenews.com/kraft-confesses-bovine-growth-hormone/115417/ Kraft Confesses Use of Bovine Growth Hormone],"Conscious Life News"</ref>

* [[Irene Rosenfeld]] - Chairman & CEO- $19.3 million<ref>[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=616556&ticker=KFT:US&previousCapId=739693&previousTitle=KRAFT%20FOODS%20INC-CLASS%20A Kraft Executive Profiles],"Bloomberg BusinessWeek"</ref>

* Timothy McLevish - Executive VP & CFO- $4.31 million<ref>[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=181785&ticker=KFT:US&previousCapId=739693&previousTitle=KRAFT%20FOODS%20INC-CLASS%20A Kraft Executive Profiles],"Bloomberg BusinessWeek"</ref>

==Lobbyingand Political Contributions== [http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00077701 Open Secrets] reports that in 2010, Kraft's PAC spent $454,918 on federal candidates and other pro-corporate PACs. In the House, $91,000 was given to Democrats and $70,000 to Republicans. In the Senate, $64,500 was given to Democrats and $76,500 to Republicans.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/pacgot.php?cycle=2010&cmte=C00077701 Federal Candidates],"Open Secrets"</ref> In 2010, [http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000001024&year=2010 Open Secrets] reports that it spent $3 million on lobbying. Lobbying firms include: Capitol Tax Partners; Intl Business-Government Counsellors; Leonard & Co.; Olsson, Frank & Weeda; and Russell & Barron.<ref>[http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientlbs.php?id=D000001024&year=2010 Lobbying Firms - Kraft],"Open Secrets"</ref> A full list of bills lobbied for can be seen [http://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientbills.php?id=D000001024&year=2011 HERE].