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October 23, 2026
Mars , Snickers
Family Owned Since 1911, Mars is The Largest Family Owned Confectionary Company with $65B in Revenue.
Ahead of The Hershey Company and Ferrero in Confectionery. They also rank #4 among US Private Companies behind Cargill, Koch Industries & Publix Super Markets.
While Mondelēz International runs at $36B, with Oreo and Cadbury, Mars goes further than candy with Mars Petcare and Mars Food & Nutrition.
With Mars Acquisitions of Wrigleys for $23B in 2008 to Kellanova for $36B in 2025, Mars is a company that stays.
In Other News, they just launched a Walgreens Exclusive Banana Nut Bread Flavour on September 18. Which their in house brand M&Ms had debuted earlier this summer.
Will we be seeing more from Mars this coming year, Let's see.