America's Best Employers In The Food Industry [Infographic]

In 2013, food, soft beverages, alcohol and tobacco accounted for 1 percent of the U.S. GDP, equating to $235.1 billion. Approximately 1.7 million people were employed across this influential sector in January 2015. Just how satisfied are they with their employers?  Forbes and Statista asked over 20,000 American workers at large U.S. companies, nonprofit institutions, government agencies, and U.S. divisions of multinationals this question: how likely would they be to recommend their employer to someone else on a scale of 0-10? Their answers helped formulate America’s Best Employers 2015.

Grocery manufacturer and processor Kraft Foods offers numerous benefits for its employees including insurance and pension plans - it comes first on the list with a score of 8.91. The Altria Group , one of the world's largest tobacco corporations, comes second with a score of 8.89. British-Dutch multinational consumer goods company Unilever completes the top three on the list of employers most highly regarded by employees. It scored 8.56.

Click here to see the full list of America’s Best Employers.

*Click below to enlarge (charted by Statista)