Mars, Incorporated

American global food company and manufacturer
Organization food_manufacturer Q695087
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Mars, Incorporated

Summary

Mars, Incorporated is a food manufacturer[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of food_manufacturer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34,528 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Mars, Incorporated is in the country of United States[3].
  • Mars, Incorporated's instance of is recorded as food manufacturer[4].
  • Mars, Incorporated's instance of is recorded as chocolaterie[5].
  • Mars, Incorporated's founder is recorded as Franklin Clarence Mars[6].
  • John Franklyn Mars is named after Mars, Incorporated[7].
  • Mars, Incorporated's headquarters location is recorded as McLean[8].
  • Mars, Incorporated's headquarters location is recorded as United States[9].
  • Mars, Incorporated's has organizational division is recorded as Wrigley Company[10].
  • Mars, Incorporated's child organization or unit is recorded as Banfield Pet Hospital[11].
  • Mars, Incorporated's child organization or unit is recorded as Wrigley Company[12].
  • Mars, Incorporated's child organization or unit is recorded as Pedigree Petfoods[13].
  • Mars, Incorporated's child organization or unit is recorded as Mars (France)[14].
  • Mars, Incorporated's child organization or unit is recorded as Mars (United Kingdom)[15].
  • Mars, Incorporated's child organization or unit is recorded as Iams[16].
  • Mars, Incorporated's child organization or unit is recorded as Mars Wrigley Confectionary[17].
  • Mars, Incorporated's child organization or unit is recorded as Royal Canin[18].
  • Mars, Incorporated's Commons category is recorded as Mars, Incorporated[19].
  • Mars, Incorporated's industry is recorded as food processing[20].
  • Mars, Incorporated's chairperson is recorded as John Franklyn Mars[21].
  • June 23, 1911 marks the founding of Mars, Incorporated[22].
  • Mars, Incorporated's location of formation is recorded as Minneapolis[23].
  • Mars, Incorporated's official website is recorded as http://www.mars.com/[24].
  • Mars, Incorporated's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Mars, Incorporated[25].
  • Mars, Incorporated's product or material produced is recorded as Mars[26].
  • Mars, Incorporated's product or material produced is recorded as Snickers[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Country: US[28]

  • Began / founded: 1911[29]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 1122f915-9f7a-4ec2-8c27-b8347b17f8e2[30]

Body

Founding

Mars, Incorporated's founder is recorded as Franklin Clarence Mars[6]. June 23, 1911 marks the founding of it[22]. Its location of formation is recorded as Minneapolis[23].

Identity

Mars, Incorporated's official name is recorded as it[31]. Its short name is recorded as Mars[32].

Leadership

Mars, Incorporated's chairperson is recorded as John Franklyn Mars[21].

Operations

Headquarters locations include McLean[8], a census-designated place in the United States[33], in United States[34], founded in 1910[35] and United States[9], a sovereign state[36], in United States[37], founded in 1776[38]. Subsidiaries include Banfield Pet Hospital[11], a business[39], in United States[40], founded in 1955[41], headquartered in Portland[42]; Wrigley Company[12], a business[43], in United States[44], founded in 1891[45], headquartered in Chicago[46]; Pedigree Petfoods[13], a subsidiary company[47], in United Kingdom[48], founded in 1934[49], headquartered in McLean[50]; Mars (France)[14], a business[51], in France[52], founded in 1951[53], headquartered in Paris[54]; Mars (United Kingdom)[15], a business[55], in United Kingdom[56], headquartered in Slough[57]; and Iams[16], a subsidiary company[58], in United States[59], founded in 1946[60], headquartered in Mason[61].

Industry

Mars, Incorporated's industry is recorded as food processing[20].

Ownership

Products include Mars[26], Snickers[27], confection[62], chocolate bar[63], mint[64], and candy[65].

Why It Matters

Mars, Incorporated ranks in the top 4% of food_manufacturer entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (34,528 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[66] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[67]

References

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Class ancestry

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [66] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [67] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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