"We think about miles, piles and idles when moving our product," said Steve Yucknut, Vice President, Sustainability. "We're finding ways to drive fewer miles, reduce inventory piles and eliminate idling trucks. We're collaborating with customers and suppliers. And we're using a number of high-tech innovations for our trucks and warehouses to reduce energy and CO2 emissions."

Following are examples from Kraft Foods operations around the globe:

Riding the Waves (and Rails) to Environmental Efficiency

    --  In North America, Kraft Foods saved more than a million miles (1.6
        million km), replaced 10,000 truck shipments and reduced 2,000 tons of
        CO2 emissions by shipping wheat via waterways to its Toledo, Ohio, flour
        mill.  Now, ships make bigger deliveries less frequently.
    --  In Brazil, employees saved nearly 250,000 miles (390,000 km) and reduced
        300 tons of CO2 emissions by using boats to send products to
        distribution centers.  In just six months, the change saved more than
        125 truck shipments.
    --  In Germany, Kraft Foods transports coffee beans from Bremen to its
        Berlin roasting plant, saving about 1.8 million miles (2.8 million km)
        and eliminating 2,300 tons of CO2 emissions.  And the project took 7,000
        trucks off the road.
    --  In Austria, Kraft Foods saved more than 150,000 miles (nearly 250,000
        km) by sending products in refrigerated containers on railcars,
        eliminating 400 truck shipments and reducing 250 tons of CO2 emissions.

    --  In the United Kingdom, the company now sends products to one of its key
        customers by train instead of truck, saving more than 40,000 miles
        (nearly 70,000 km) and eliminating 120 truck shipments.

Fewer, Faster and More Fuel-Efficient Deliveries

    --  In Europe, Kraft Foods is modernizing its transportation network by
        establishing a single hub in Bratislava, Slovakia to make 20 percent
        fewer trips between its European plants and distribution centers.  And
        in the Philippines, the company now uses a national distribution center
        so customers receive shipments 20 percent faster than before, saving
        miles and fuel.

    --  In North America, Kraft Foods has purchased 11 hybrid direct store
        delivery vehicles for frozen products.  The hybrid power train and
        electric refrigeration technology use up to 30 percent less fuel than a
        traditional truck.  And in Mexico, the company has pioneered a
        double-decker transport system that allows trucks to safely carry up to
        56 pallets in one load - twice as many as before.

Deploying Smarter Technology

    --  Kraft Foods has been working with the U.S. Environmental Protection
        Agency to benefit from the latest technology and share best practices.
        Earlier this month, the EPA awarded Kraft Foods for its environmental
        excellence, innovation and creativity.  As part of its participation in
        the EPA's SmartWay Transport Partnership (www.epa.gov/smartway), the
        company has adopted no-idle engine policies at its shipping locations,
        piloted a hybrid frozen delivery truck program and increased its use of
        intermodal (rail and barge) transport.
    --  Using Oracle(R)* Transportation Management to create Project MOST
        (Management of Optimized Sustainable Transportation), Kraft Foods
        measures truck movements and designs new trip segments to minimize
        "empty miles," eliminating more than 500,000 miles (800,000 km) last
        year.  Now, Kraft Foods' private fleet and its top 50 carriers use the
        software and Oracle has recognized the company for its work with its
        2009 "Enable the Eco-Enterprise" award.  *Oracle is a registered
        trademark of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates.
    --  Kraft Foods' 20 largest plants and distribution centers in North America
        use software from Transportation/Warehouse Optimization to maximize
        product per truckload, taking the equivalent of 1,500 trucks off the
        road and more than a million miles

    --  (1.6 million km) off the highway system.

About Kraft Foods

Kraft Foods (www.kraftfoodscompany.com) makes today delicious in 150 countries around the globe. Our 100,000 employees work tirelessly to make delicious foods consumers can feel good about. From American brand icons like Kraft cheeses, dinners and dressings, Maxwell House coffees and Oscar Mayer meats, to global powerhouse brands like Oreo and LU biscuits, Philadelphia cream cheeses, Jacobs and Carte Noire coffees, Tang powdered beverages and Milka, Cote d'Or, Lacta and Toblerone chocolates, our brands deliver millions of smiles every day. Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT) is the world's second largest food company with annual revenues of $42 billion. The company is a member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Standard & Poor's 500, the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and the Ethibel Sustainability Index. For more details on the company's sustainability focus and progress, please visit www.kraftfoodsbetterworld.com.

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