11 Food and Beverage Company Headquarters

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   PepsiCo · Purchase, New York

   A low 1970 headquarters by Edward Durell Stone sits inside a sculpture garden with works by Henry Moore and Alexander Calder — and the public may walk it on weekends.

   • 1965 year the sculpture collection was started
   • 16 weeks minimum pregnancy leave in the U.S.
   • 306,000 employees worldwide, end of 2025

   PepsiCo's world headquarters is a low building by Edward Durell Stone on a former estate in Westchester County, with landscape by his son, Edward Durell Stone Jr. Around it, the Donald M. Kendall Sculpture Gardens — begun in 1965 and later shaped into an arboretum by the garden designer Russell Page — hold works by Henry Moore, Alexander Calder, Arnaldo Pomodoro and David Wynne. The landscape architects EDSA describe courtyards, meadows and woodland as “outdoor living rooms”, with parking hidden beyond the forest so that employees walk through the grounds on the way to their desks.

   Source: Facts: pepsico.com “Sculpture Gardens” · Edward Durell Stone official site (works list) · EDSA project page “PepsiCo World Headquarters” · Form 10-K FY2025, Item 2

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   Nestlé · Vevey, Switzerland

   A listed 1960 modernist landmark on the shore of Lake Geneva, a few minutes' walk from the spot where Henri Nestlé started making infant cereal in 1867.

   • 1960 Jean Tschumi's headquarters building completed
   • 18 weeks fully paid leave for primary caregivers, worldwide
   • 87% employee engagement score, 2025 survey

   Jean Tschumi's Y-shaped headquarters, completed in 1960, is one of the best-known office buildings in French-speaking Switzerland and is listed in the Historical Monument inventory. A second building by Burckhardt followed in the 1970s, with air-conditioning fed by water from the lake. From 1996 to 2000 Richter Dahl Rocha renovated Tschumi's building and added a new element linking the two, and in 2009 a WellNes Centre opened with two staff restaurants, a coffee lounge, a gym and a medical centre.

   Source: Facts: RDR Architectes project pages “Nestlé Headquarters” and “Nestlé WellNes Centre” · Burckhardt project page “Nestlé Administration building, Vevey” · Nestlé press release “WellNes Centre inaugurated in Vevey” (Jan 15, 2009)

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   Mondelēz International · Chicago, Illinois

   The maker of Oreo and Cadbury left the suburbs for Chicago's Fulton Market, where everyone — the CEO included — sits at free-address bench desks.

   • 80,000 sq ft Fulton Market headquarters
   • 50+ meeting rooms in the HQ
   • 10 weeks paid bonding leave for U.S. parents

   SCB designed the 80,000 sq ft headquarters to feel “beautifully imperfect”: brick walls and columns, steel connecting stairs, wood ceilings, murals and art installations. The open office is made entirely of free-address bench workstations, including those of the executive team and the CEO. On the fifth floor a “Connect Zone” holds a company store, a communal kitchen and a stage for all-staff meetings, opening onto one of two large terraces. Employees enter through a public café on the ground floor.

   Source: Facts: SCB project page “Mondelēz International Headquarters” · Skender project page · Continua Interiors project page · HPA project page “905 West Fulton Market”

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   Danone · Paris, France

   A library, a yoga and Pilates room, terraces and more than 70 quiet booths for the 800 people at Danone's new Paris headquarters.

   • 800 people work at the HQ every day
   • 11,000 m² new headquarters, opened 2025
   • 18 weeks paid parental bonding leave (U.S.)

   Danone moved its head office to 59-61 rue La Fayette in 2025 — only its third move in more than fifty years, says CEO Antoine de Saint-Affrique. The building has an auditorium, a library, a restaurant, bar, takeaway and breakfast area, and several terraces, plus breastfeeding and rest rooms, a yoga and Pilates room, a multi-purpose studio and training areas. Archimage designed the fit-out; more than 70 room-in-room booths give quiet zones inside the open-plan floors.

   Source: Facts: Danone press release “Danone inaugurates its new La Fayette headquarters” (Sept 18, 2025) · Sedus project page “Danone HQ La Fayette” (with Archimage and Le Bureau Contemporain; photos Jean-Marc Gourdon).

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   Heineken · Amsterdam, Netherlands

   Four buildings in four styles, a restored villa for meetings, and an in-house bar lined with bottles from Heineken's global family of beers.

   • 8,800 m² four buildings renovated, 2006–07
   • 6 weeks vacation a year (Netherlands)
   • 3 + 2 days in the office + at home

   Heineken International's head office sits in four neighbouring buildings, each in a different style. In 2006–07 they were given one interior: the listed villa on the corner was restored as a meeting and reception centre, a restaurant and café for staff sit by the entrance, and a new pavilion was built on the roof. A later fit-out by Kubik added The World of Heineken at the entrance, an in-house bar and themed zones across four floors — The Lounge, The Garden, The Beach and Back to Africa.

   Source: Facts: Gebouwd in Amsterdam, project “Heineken Awet” (City of Amsterdam) · Kubik project page “Heineken HQ” (thinkubik.com).

   The full Heineken profile →

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   The Coca-Cola Company · Atlanta, Georgia

   A 35-acre campus around the 1979 North Avenue tower, rebuilt inside by Gensler with a “Main Street” of restaurants, a pharmacy and a credit union — and Robert Woodruff’s office moved into the lobby.

   • 35 acres headquarters campus in Atlanta
   • 1.96M sq ft renovated, LEED Silver (≈ 182,090 m²)
   • Since 1920 on North Avenue, next to Georgia Tech

   From 2012 Coca-Cola rebuilt the inside of its Atlanta Office Complex — the North Avenue Tower, the USA Building, the Technical Engineering Center, the Central Reception Building, Coca-Cola Plaza, the Employee Center and the Learning Center. The first phase was a ground-floor “Main Street” corridor linking the buildings, with restaurants, conference centers, shops, a credit union and a pharmacy. The last phase, the Central Reception Building, has a white rotunda with an original 1949 yellow delivery truck, a terrazzo floor made with pieces of recycled Coke bottles, a full-service restaurant named Plum Street after the company’s original headquarters building, and Robert Woodruff’s office, moved here from a remote floor. Outside is a renovated green space employees call “The Backyard”.

   Source: Facts: Newcomb & Boyd project page (AOC Renovation) · Ascension Program Management project page · Gensler project page and AIA Georgia 2020 Design Award entry (Central Reception Building) · coca-colacompany.com, Careers: Locations.

   The full The Coca-Cola Company profile →

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   Carlsberg · Copenhagen, Denmark

   Carlsberg's headquarters stands on the same Valby hill where J.C. Jacobsen started brewing in 1847 — one wing bridges a street, and a staircase with seat pads looks out over Carl Jacobsen's garden.

   • 15,500 m² of offices (≈ 166,840 sq ft)
   • March 2020 moved into the new Central Office
   • 1847 Carlsberg founded on the same hill

   The three wings meet in an atrium that opens onto Carl Jacobsen's Garden and links every floor into one working community. A wide staircase with seating pads is used for short breaks and informal meetings with a view of the garden. Faceted, angled wings give workplaces varied views for both fixed and “touch down” desks. Inside, floors are bamboo or ground concrete, and surfaces are left raw and untreated.

   Source: C.F. Møller project page “Carlsberg Central Office” and press release (Aug 29, 2022) · NIRAS project page · careers.carlsberg.com “Central Office”

   The full Carlsberg profile →

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   Kirin Holdings · Tokyo, Japan

   Kirin's Tokyo head office has a café that serves the group's own drinks — with beer about once a week after hours — next to a ping-pong playground and a nap spot on artificial grass.

   • 20,000 m² head office on 4 connected floors, designed for 3,350 people
   • 50% of head-office staff can be in at once — desks are free-address
   • 123 days off a year (new-graduate terms, Kirin Holdings)

   In 2022 Kirin squeezed its head office from six floors into four and rebuilt it around the idea of a stadium where people share their passion. Each floor got one shared job — guest lounge and Kirin Studio on 18F, meeting “Lab” on 19F, a big café lounge on 20F and a library on 21F — all set around a staircase linking the floors. In January 2026 a second renewal added a café with Kirin drinks, a playground, a nap and stretch corner, a book-sharing shelf and themed spaces called BAR, CAMP and YATAI.

   Source: Facts: Kirin news releases “Kirin Group head office renewal” (Jun 13, 2022) and (Jan 7, 2026) · Kirin careers site “Office” page · Okamura project page.

   The full Kirin Holdings profile →

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   General Mills · Golden Valley, Minnesota

   A 1958 campus with its own “Main Street” — coffee bar, salon, gym, credit union and company store — renovated across 370,000 sq ft in 2025.

   • 500,000 GSF World Headquarters campus (HGA)
   • 18–20 weeks fully paid leave for birth mothers (U.S.)
   • 7 employee networks, running for 30 years

   HGA, General Mills' architect for more than 25 years, took its cues from the original 1958 main building and reinterpreted it with lighter materials in every expansion. Walking paths, landscape and parking are planned as one tranquil campus. Its “Main Street” amenities building, the Champions Center, has a work lounge, a Caribou Coffee café, an Aveda salon, a fitness center, a credit union and the company store; a 370,000 sq ft workplace renovation was completed in 2025.

   Source: Facts: HGA project pages “General Mills World Headquarters” and “General Mills | Champions Center Main Street Renovation” · McGough project pages “General Mills WHQ – Modern Workplace Renovation” and “Main Street Renovation”.

   The full General Mills profile →

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    Asahi Group Holdings · Tokyo, Japan

    A headquarters built to look like a mug of beer — amber glass with white “foam” on top — beside a 44-meter golden flame by Philippe Starck.

    • ≈ 100 m tall, shaped like an overflowing beer mug
    • 44 m · 360 t golden “Flamme d’Or” on the Asahi Group Hall
    • 10 days extra paid leave for new fathers (26 Japanese group companies)

    Asahi built its headquarters for its 100th anniversary on part of the site of its old Azumabashi Brewery. The tower's amber mirrored glass is meant to look like freshly poured beer up to the 20th floor; the 21st and 22nd floors are clad in white like a frothy head, and they house a panoramic restaurant. Next door, the Asahi Group Hall by Philippe Starck carries the golden Flamme d’Or, and inside takes its cues from a luxury cruise ship: columns shaped like beer foam and white marble staircases.

    Source: Facts: asahigroup-holdings.com “Asahi Group Headquarters and Asahi Group Hall” · Obayashi Corporation project page “Asahi Beer Tower, Super Dry Hall”

    The full Asahi Group Holdings profile →

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    Diageo · London, United Kingdom

    A Soho headquarters built around Diageo's brands, with a bar, a restaurant and a shop open to the public.

    • 900 London staff brought under one roof
    • 26 weeks fully paid maternity leave, worldwide minimum
    • 88% of employees proud to work at Diageo (2026)

    Diageo pre-let the whole building in 2019 and the developer reworked the existing structure, widening the floor plates instead of rebuilding. Interior designer MCM set out to make a place where “workspace, brand, hospitality and experiences” meet: there is an immersive customer collaboration centre, bar and entertaining spaces, a commercial kitchen and restaurant, and a Diageo shop open to the public. Diageo said its employees would help design their own workspace.

    Source: Facts: Diageo press release (Jul 30, 2019) · MCM “BCO Awards 2023” page · Lazari property and sustainability pages · PIP project page. Photos are added later with credit to the project team; we remove any photo on request.

    The full Diageo profile →

How we made this: every fact, photo and credit comes from the company profiles on eciffo, which cite the company’s own reports, press releases and architects. We add companies as their profiles are finished, so this list grows.