Mars | Company Profile (2024)

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Mars Inc. is an American multinational manufacturer of confectionery, pet food, and other food products and a provider of animal care services, with US$45 billion in annual sales in 2022; that year Forbes ranked the company as the fourth-largest privately held company in the United States.

The Mars Wrigley division manufactures confectionery products, including M&M's candies, Snickers candy bars, Skittles candies, and Orbit chewing gum. Mars Food produces Ben's Original (formerly known as Uncle Ben's) and Abu Siouf rice products, Suzi Wan Asian foods, and Dolmio sauces.

Candy giant Mars said it aims to end the use of child labor in its supply chain after CBS News reported that children in Ghana are harvesting the cocoa that finds its way into the company's M&M's and Snickers.

In the context of digital marketing, Mars only ever targeted their ads at an 18 or over age demographic, which went further than the 16 and over threshold required for high fat, salt and sugar (HFSS) products.

The Mars family own Mars Inc., one of the world's largest candy and pet food companies, with sales of $47 billion. Some family members work at the company and serve on the board of directors. Mars was founded in 1911 when Frank Mars started selling candy out of his kitchen in Tacoma, Washington.

SNICKERS. The world's best-selling candy bar. Packed with peanuts, caramel and nougat then coated with milk chocolate, SNICKERS® bars quickly became one of the planet's favorite treats after its introduction in 1930.

Mars has an overall rating of 4.3 out of 5, based on over 5,484 reviews left anonymously by employees. 86% of employees would recommend working at Mars to a friend and 80% have a positive outlook for the business.

Dangerous amounts of radiation reach Mars' surface despite it being much further from the Sun compared to Earth. Mars has lost its inner dynamo giving it a weaker global magnetosphere than Earth does. Combined with a thin atmosphere, this permits a significant amount of ionizing radiation to reach the Martian surface.

Mars, Inc. is a global enterprise best known for its confectionary brands like SNICKERS®, M&M's®, MILKY WAY® and MALTESERS®. Other well known brands include WHISKAS®, Pedigree and UNCLE BEN'S®. Although many of Mars' products are primarily sold in the UK, the company has its roots in the United States.

Headquartered in McLean, Virginia, the company is entirely owned by the Mars family.

How is Mars, Inc. doing financially? ›

Mars' annual revenue now tops more than $50 billion, the first time its business has crossed that threshold. I've also confirmed that Mars' candy business alone—including Snickers bars, M&Ms and Twix—accounts for $18 billion in annual revenue, and that Mars aims to double that to $36 billion within the next decade.

Mars Wrigley is, without a doubt, the #1 candy producer in the world. In fact, Mars would wear the crown if there were a king of candy! With top-selling brands such as Snickers, Skittles, Dove Chocolate, and M&Ms, it's safe to say that Mars is the most diverse candy producer in the world.

Mars is a valuable place for exploration because it can be reached in 6 ½ months, is a major opportunity for scientific exploration, and has been mapped and studied for several decades.

Introduction. One of the largest privately owned companies in the country, Mars is responsible for many of the candy, gum, and pet food brands you see at the grocery store, like Wrigley's, M&Ms, Twix, and Pedigree.

While it bears the name of its creator, the first chocolate bar to come from Mars, Inc. was actually named the Mar-O-Bar by Frank Mars, and later renamed the Milky Way. Without that particular candy bar, we may not have ever had the Mars Bar—or M&M's, Snickers, Skittles, Starburst, and more.

Mars Wrigley is the world's leading manufacturer of chocolate, chewing gum, mints and fruity confections.

Commenting on the proposed combination, Radvan said: “Mars Wrigley brings together two great businesses, strengthening our ability to create win-win relationships with our customers and improving our opportunities to address dynamic retail and consumer trends together.”

"Mars and Wrigley share a culture of innovation, quality and integrity, as well as a focus on providing consumers with great-tasting products. The combination of our two strong international businesses, with best-in-class global brands, also creates one of the world's leading confectionery companies."

Mars Wrigley is the world's leading manufacturer of chocolate, chewing gum, mints and fruity confections.