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F500 Woman-Led Brands
Did you know that we women drive or influence 85% of all purchasing decisions. That's why I'm inviting you to vote for women with your dollars. While I'm not endorsing any products or companies, I'm asking that, if all other things are equal, you consider buying from companies led by women. Here's a sample of what you can buy from woman-led Fortune 500 companies:
- Avon: cosmetics, skin care and more.
- BJs: wholesale shopping club
- Kraft: brands including CapriSun, Chips Ahoy, Gevalia
- Pepsi: Gatorade, Quaker, Tropicana
- Rite Aid: nationwide pharmacy chain
- Sara Lee fresh and frozen, Jimmy Dean, Hillshire Farm
- Sunoco: gasoline, convenience stores and more.
- TJX: TJMaxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods
- Xerox: copiers, printers, business consulting services
As of November, 2009, these are the F500 women CEOs, the companies they lead and the brands they represent:
Patricia Woertz - Archer Daniels Midland
Merckens chocolates, Novasoy, NutriSoy and more...
Andrea Jung - Avon
ANEW, Avon Color, Skin so Soft, mark and more...
Laura Sen - BJs Wholesale Club
Membership warehouse retail stores on the United State's east coast.
Ellen Kullman - DuPont
This is a hard one to search out, but Dupont can help you resurface your bath, keep birds off bushes, keep you safe from carbon monoxide, but Corian in your kitchen and more...
Irene Rosenfeld - Kraft
Too many brands to list, but a sample includes: A-1 Steak Sauce, Breakstones, CapriSun, Chips Ahoy, DiGiorno, Gevalia, Honey Maid, Jell-O, Kool-Aid, Maxwell House, Nabisco and more...
Indra Nooyi - Pepsi
Pepsi, Frito-Lay, Gatorade, Tropicana, Quaker, Dole, SoBe, Aquafina, Ocean Spray and more...
Susan Ivey - R J Reynolds
I'm absolutely not advocating for smoking, but if you can't stop here are some of the Reynolds brands: Camel, Doral, Magna, More, Now, Sterling, and Winston.
Mary Sammons - Rite Aid
One of the nations leading drug store chains
Brenda Barnes - Sara Lee
Ambi Pur, Ball Park, Douwe Egberts, Hillshire Farm, Jimmy Dean, Kiwi, Sanex, Senseo, and of course, their namesake, Sara Lee.
Lynn Elsenhans - Sunoco
Sunoco, the official fuel of Nascar and provider of race fuels, is sold to us through retail stations. The brand encompasses Sunoco APlus convenience stores, Ultra Service Centers for car repairs and Home Comfort Services for heating and A/C needs.
Carol Meyrowitz - TJX
Shop stores including TJMaxx, Marshalls, Winners, HomeGoods, TKMaxx, AJWright, and HomeSense.
Angela Braly - Wellpoint
A health benefits company that covers 1 out every 9 Americans through its affiliated plans.
Christina Gold - Western Union
Use Western Union Money Transfer and Quick Collect services to send money online with pay out at over 170,000 Western Union Agent locations worldwide.
Ursula Burns - Xerox
For document managment, color printers, copiers, business consulting services, business supplies and more...
Carol Bartz - Yahoo!
The world's largest global online network of integrated services with more than 500 million users worldwide.
And rounding out the F1000 consider buying from or doing business with (in alphabetical order):
- Catherine M. Burzik, Kinetic Concepts
- Ilene Gordon, Corn Products International
- Mindy F. Grossman, HSN
- Katherine Krill, Ann Taylor Stores
- Linda A. Lang, Jack in the Box
- Constance H. Lau, Hawaiian Electric Industries
- Tamara L. Lundgren, Schnitzer Steel Industries
- Janet L. Robinson, New York Times
- Anne L. Stevens, Carpenter Technology
- Cindy B. Taylor, Oil States International
- Mary Agnes Wilderotter, Frontier Communications
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