McCormick & Company makes spices, seasonings, condiments and flavoring products sold under its namesake McCormick brand along with other brands, one of the largest spice and seasoning companies in the world. Its products span consumer retail spices and seasonings sold in grocery stores, along with a separate flavor solutions business that supplies flavoring ingredients to food manufacturers and restaurants for use in packaged foods and menu items. McCormick's consumer spice business benefits from strong brand recognition built over more than a century, with many home cooks defaulting to its branded spices rather than switching to store-brand alternatives despite typically higher prices. The company's revenue tends to be relatively stable through economic cycles, since spices and seasonings are recurring grocery purchases, though its flavor solutions business is more directly tied to food manufacturer and restaurant industry demand trends.