San Miguel Corporation · Mandaluyong, Metro Manila Philippines(Philippine: SMC)

Filipinos filling out grocery lists turn to San Miguel Corporation (SMC). It is the largest beverage and food firm in the Philippines, selling an array of products. Grab one of its Red Horse brewskies and listen up. Its Purefoods unit manufactures just about every food product one's tummy could want -- from burger patties to the cheese and condiments to put on the patties, from butter to put on the bun to ice cream and coffee for dessert, Purefoods makes it. SMC also has real estate, packaging, and agribusiness subsidiaries. The conglomerate is in the process of shedding various operations as part of an effort to diversify into heavy industry, banking, infrastructure, telecommunications, and energy.  To read the full description, subscribe now.