2023 PLP Report 
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GLOBAL FLAVORS. GLOBAL BRAND.
McCormick & Company, Inc. is a global leader in flavor. With our diverse and balanced flavor portfolio, we are ideally positioned to meet the increasing demand for flavor around the world.
Flavor Solutions
Learn how we create unique flavor solutions for food manufacturers, foodservice operations and restaurants.
Global Leader in Flavor
McCormick & Company has been recognized as the #1 Herbs & Spices Brand in the World* and the #1 Hot Sauce Company* in the World.
OUR HISTORY
Through every milestone in McCormick’s history, there’s a common thread: we’ve kept pushing to raise the art, science and passion of flavor to a higher level and improving the universal experience of eating, while always focusing on the importance of people.
1889
BASEMENT BEGINNINGS:
Founder Willoughby M. McCormick and three young workers start the company in a cellar and sell their flavours and extracts door to door.
1921
NEW HOUSE OF MCCORMICK
Our landmark building in Baltimore – the largest steel and concrete structure south of New York City – houses 12.5 acres of daylight floor space, a printing plant, an analytical lab, a mechanic shop, an assembly hall, a cafeteria and a private railroad siding, among other things.
1933
CHANGES AT WORK
In the middle of the Depression, wages are raised, hours are cut, profit sharing begins and a formal Multiple Management Board is launched. C.P. starts the tradition of giving out turkeys on Thanksgiving, and puts an Open Door Policy into effect.
1947
COAST-TO-COAST FLAVOR
Acquisition of Schilling of San Francisco – the largest spice business west of the Mississippi – makes McCormick a U.S. industry leader.
2019
FLAVOR TURNS 130
McCormick celebrated 130 years by committing to provide 1.3 million meals worldwide. Those who participated supported food-insecure communities through local or virtual food drives or volunteering activities, and McCormick committed to match employee donations.
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