This year’s top 50 food packagers list includes the biggest and brightest names in food. From Nestle to Tyson, General Mills and Campbell Soup Company, our list features all of the big household names, as well as some of the smaller ones.

Our top 50 beverage packagers list is here once again and as it was last year, Coca-Cola stands tall in the number one position at $48.02 billion in revenue for 2012.

Welcome to our annual top 50 food packaging companies cover story. Food and Beverage Packaging has ranked the top food companies based on 2012 total revenues.

From beer to soft drinks, water and coffee, this year’s list encompasses all of our favorite drinks.

A look at revenue, mergers and acquisitions and new packages that bring these companies to the spotlight.

As is apparent from this year's Top 50 Beverage Packagers chart, the beverage market encompasses the whole world, from Belgium to Bermuda, and all stops in between and beyond.

The more things change the more they stay the same. That’s certainly true in our exclusive, annual rankings of the Top 50 Food Packagers.