The food industry spends $40 billion on advertising food every year
The heaviest advertising comes from American global brands like Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and Pepsi. Coca-Cola spends $1.5 billion advertising every year, making it and McDonald’s the two most globally recognized brands. About a quarter of this is spent in the USA, of course, but in recent years Coca-Cola and the other food giants like Nestlé, Procter & Gamble and Mars have been targeting the ex-Soviet countries with a vengeance.
Source: 101 FACTS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT FOOD, Farndon