Thursday, October 25, 2012, Philadelphia
Event Recap
On Thursday, October 25, 2012, the British American Business Council of Greater Philadelphia and the Chilean, French, German, Irish, and Swedish American Chambers of Commerce gathered for an international breakfast meeting with Mars, Incorporated & Mars Drinks NA. The meeting featured Victoria Mars, Corporate Ombudsman and Board Member of Mars, Incorporated; Xavier Unkovic, Regional President of Mars Incorporated; and Lindsey LeGros, Director of Business Development of Mars Drinks NA. More than 140 leading international business executives from the region networked, taste tested Mars products, and learned about Mars, Incorporated, a family owned international company with approximately 70,000 associates worldwide in over 73 countries.
Mars’ diverse company profile and unique structure has net sales of more than $30 billion, and six business segments including: Petcare, Chocolate, Wrigley, Food, Drinks, and Symbioscience. Mars Drinks provides more than a billion beverages to over 35,000 businesses each year. US headquarters are in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and UK headquarters are in Basingstoke.
The event included taste testing Mars Drinks – coffee, tea and chocolate beverages.
