U.K. Food, Beverage & Tobacco Top Dividend Payers

Coca-Cola HBC

Market Cap: UK£14.1b

Engages in the production, sale, and distribution of non-alcoholic ready-to-drink beverages under franchise in Switzerland, West Coast of Ireland, Central and Eastern Europe, Nigeria, and internationally.

A.G. BARR

Market Cap: UK£763.1m

Manufactures, distributes, and sells soft drinks and cocktail solutions in the United Kingdom and internationally.

Imperial Brands

Market Cap: UK£24.4b

Manufactures, imports, markets, and sells tobacco and tobacco-related products in Europe, the Americas, Africa, the Asia, Australasia, and internationally.

Associated British Foods

Market Cap: UK£16.2b

Operates as a diversified food, ingredients, and retail company worldwide.

Diageo

Market Cap: UK£45.2b

Engages in the production, marketing, and sale of alcoholic beverages in North America, the Europe, the Asia Pacific, Latin America and Caribbean, and the Africa.

Anpario

Market Cap: UK£83.4m

Engages in the manufacturer of natural sustainable feed additives for animal health, nutrition, and biosecurity.

Hilton Food Group

Market Cap: UK£756.1m

Engages in the food packing business.

Shepherd Neame

Market Cap: UK£70.1m

Engages in the brewing and packaging of beer in the United Kingdom and internationally.

Anglo-Eastern Plantations

Market Cap: UK£445.2m

Owns, operates, and develops oil palm plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia.

M.P. Evans Group

Market Cap: UK£673.3m

Through its subsidiaries, owns and develops oil palm plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia.

Nichols

Market Cap: UK£440.7m

Engages in supply of soft drinks to the retail, wholesale, catering, licensed, and leisure industries in the United Kingdom, the Middle East, Africa, and internationally.

British American Tobacco

Market Cap: UK£91.7b

Provides tobacco and nicotine products to consumers in the Americas, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, and the United States.