While flat sales growth and falling margins have been warning signs for Kraft Foods, it is not the only food company facing such difficulties. To find companies in similar plight, we screened through U.S. food and beverage companies with at least $1 billion market cap looking for those with less than 20% operating income margin and 1% one-year sales growth. From Kellogg to General Mills, these companies represent some of America’s prominent but struggling, slow-growth food brands that could benefit from cost synergies and the potential of overseas growth that a merger could bring.
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