Conagra Brands, Inc. (CAG)
Packaged foods maker. Read October 19, 2026 from the annual report for the period ending May 31, 2026, filed July 15, 2026. Ranked 34 of the 42 Consumer Defensive companies read so far, by the share within reach now.
Within reach now
14%
End of 2028
22%
Employees, annual report
17,400
Leading staffing pattern
Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing
Share of the working time within reach, long-run pace, four times in five
- Now14%
- End of 202720%
- End of 202822%
- End of 203023%
What changes for its people by the end of 2028, by its industries' figures
- Stays with people 76%
- Becomes checking a model's work 19%
- Handed over with lighter checks 4%
17,400 employees, 48% under collective bargaining agreements, making frozen, refrigerated and shelf-stable foods and snacks, split by description since the filing counts no employees by segment.
The figures on this page come from the company's own annual report and from BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. They are estimates with a stated method. Nothing here says what the company will do: within reach is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings.
What follows from the reading
Share of working time within reach of AI, on the long-run pace at four in five: 14% now, 20% at the end of 2027, 22% at the end of 2028, 23% at the end of 2030. By the patterns, the work is about 23% desk work, 9% people work and 68% body work. These are the site's industry estimates weighted by the shares below: estimates with a stated method and range, not a forecast of what the company will do. By the same patterns, at the end of 2028 about 76% of the working time stays with people (conversation, in-person and hands-on work), 19% becomes checking a model's work and 4% could be handed over with lighter checks, from the industries' own figures, not the company's roles.
Headcount
17,400 employees as of May 31, 2026 (stated). The filing says employees are primarily in the United States and states no count by country.
The filing: “We leverage our six timeless values, which form the framework of our Company culture, to guide our approach to human capital management: ● Integrity: Do the right things and do things right ● External Focus: Center on the consumer, customer, competitor, and investor ● Broad-Mindedness: Seek out and respect varied perspectives; embrace collaboration and assume positive intent ● Agility: Convert...”
The workforce as industry patterns
| Pattern | Share | Reason, from the filing |
|---|---|---|
| Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing | 55% | The Refrigerated and Frozen segment (41% of revenue) and the canned vegetables and tomatoes within Grocery, frozen meals and preserved foods that NAICS places in this group, read by description (c) since the filing counts no employees by segment. |
| Other Food Manufacturing | 45% | The snacks and shelf-stable grocery lines within Grocery and Snacks (41% of revenue), foodservice and international, read at other food manufacturing by description (c). |
What the filing says about the workforce: About 17,400 employees at May 31, 2026, primarily in the United States; approximately 48% parties to collective bargaining agreements; OSHA incident rate 1.24 per 100 full-time workers in fiscal 2026.
Companies read with the same leading pattern
Other companies whose largest staffing pattern is also Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing, largest first, each read from its own annual report. Within reach now and at the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
- The Kraft Heinz Company (KHC, 35,000 employees)14% now, 21% by 2028
What the filing says about AI
18 sentences in the filing name AI. The filing names AI in eighteen sentences: a commitment to invest in automation, connected data, improved equipment and artificial intelligence to upgrade its operations, on-demand employee learning on using AI, and a risk factor on inaccurate information in shopping and product applications that may use AI outputs.
- “Employees' skills are assessed at least annually against the framework and the data is leveraged to provide tailored learning opportunities for each employee as well as drive programs to enhance organizational capabilities. ● Employees have access to on-demand learning covering a wide range of topics from improving time management to using artificial intelligence (AI). ● In addition to these le...”
- “We have committed to investing in automation, connected data, improved equipment, and artificial intelligence to upgrade our operations and increase productivity.”
- “Negative or inaccurate posts or comments about us, our brands, or our products on social or digital media or inaccurate information contained in shopping, health or product evaluation applications which may use outputs derived from artificial intelligence applications could seriously damage our brands and reputation.”
- “Failure to modernize and adopt new technologies, including artificial intelligence technology and solutions, could disadvantage us competitively. 13 Table of Contents Our success may increasingly depend on driving increased productivity and efficiency by effectively leveraging new technologies, including artificial intelligence technology and solutions (AI).”
- “Our competitors may adopt new technologies, modernize their operations, and incorporate AI into their businesses analysis and processes more quickly than we do, driving increased productivity and efficiencies, speeding innovation, and allowing for faster responses to consumer trends, which could have an adverse effect on our competitive position.”
Its annual reports, year by year
Sentences naming AI in each annual report, counted by one rule, beside the median report in the Index that year. Each count links its filing. Every company, by year and sector
- Fiscal 20210median 0
- Fiscal 20220median 0
- Fiscal 20233median 1
- Fiscal 20247median 4
- Fiscal 202518median 10
Headcount by filing year
As reported in each year's annual report, with the filing. A year marked not read had no figure the reading could take from the report's text.
| Period | Employees | Filed | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | 17,400 | 2026-07-15 | 10-K |
| 2025-05-25 | 18,300 | 2025-07-10 | 10-K |
| 2024-05-26 | 18,500 | 2024-07-11 | 10-K |
| 2023-05-28 | 18,600 | 2023-07-13 | 10-K |
| 2022-05-29 | 18,000 | 2022-07-21 | 10-K |
| 2021-05-30 | 18,600 | 2021-07-23 | 10-K |
| 2020-05-31 | 16,500 | 2020-07-24 | 10-K |
| 2019-05-26 | 18,000 | 2019-07-19 | 10-K |
| 2018-05-27 | 12,400 | 2018-07-20 | 10-K |
| 2017-05-28 | 12,600 | 2017-07-21 | 10-K |
| 2016-05-29 | 20,900 | 2016-07-15 | 10-K |
| 2015-05-31 | 32,900 | 2015-07-17 | 10-K |
| 2014-05-25 | 32,800 | 2014-07-16 | 10-K |
| 2013-05-26 | 34,840 | 2013-07-19 | 10-K |
| 2012-05-27 | 26,100 | 2012-07-20 | 10-K |
| 2011-05-29 | 23,200 | 2011-07-19 | 10-K |
| 2010-05-30 | 24,400 | 2010-07-22 | 10-K |
| 2009-05-31 | 25,600 | 2009-07-24 | 10-K |
| 2008-05-25 | 25,000 | 2008-07-23 | 10-K |
| 2007-05-27 | 24,500 | 2007-07-25 | 10-K |
| 2006-05-28 | 33,000 | 2006-07-28 | 10-K |
| 2005-05-29 | 38,000 | 2005-08-12 | 10-K |
| 2004-05-30 | 39,000 | 2004-08-05 | 10-K |
| 2003-05-25 | 63,000 | 2003-08-08 | 10-K |
| 2002-05-26 | 89,000 | 2002-08-23 | 10-K |
| 2001-05-27 | 89,000 | 2001-08-24 | 10-K405 |
| 2000-05-28 | 85,000 | 2000-08-25 | 10-K |
| 1999-05-30 | 80,000 | 1999-08-25 | 10-K405 |
| 1998-05-31 | 80,000 | 1998-08-28 | 10-K |
| 1997-05-25 | 80,000 | 1997-08-22 | 10-K |
| 1996-05-26 | 80,000 | 1996-08-26 | 10-K |
| 1995-05-28 | 90,871 | 1995-08-24 | 10-K |
| 1994-05-29 | 87,000 | 1994-08-26 | 10-K |
Limits of this reading
- The filing counts no employees by segment, so the split is by description (c); the data service's geography table shows International at 100%, which is not the company's business, and is not used.
Source: the company's annual report on EDGAR, accession 0001104659-26-083905, the filing. Read by Claude Fable 5.1 under rubric version 1, by the method. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
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Questions about this company
- How much of Conagra Brands, Inc.'s working time is within reach of AI?
- An estimated 14% now and 22% by the end of 2028, on METR's long-run pace at four in five, from the workforce Conagra Brands, Inc.'s own annual report describes and BLS staffing patterns for its industries, never from a roster. It is an estimate with a stated method. It is not a forecast of jobs lost or of savings, and it says nothing about what the company will do.
- How many people does Conagra Brands, Inc. employ?
- 17,400 as of May 31, 2026, as its annual report for the period ending May 31, 2026 states.
- What kinds of work make up Conagra Brands, Inc.'s workforce?
- Read from its annual report as a blend of 2 industry staffing patterns, the largest Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing; by those patterns the work is about 23% desk work, 9% people work and 68% body work. Each share has a one-sentence reason on this page that can be checked against the filing.
- What does Conagra Brands, Inc.'s annual report say about AI?
- 18 sentences in the filing name AI. Its annual reports for fiscal 2021 to 2025 name it in 0, 0, 3, 7 and 18 sentences, year by year. They are counted and quoted on this page, never judged: a count says how much a filing talks about AI, not what the company does with it.
- How is this estimated?
- Claude Fable 5.1 read the annual report under the Index's written rubric (version 1) on October 19, 2026: the stated headcount, the share in the U.S. when stated, and the workforce as a blend of industry staffing patterns. The estimates are the site's industry estimates weighted by those shares, from O*NET tasks with estimated lengths and METR's measurements of how long a task AI models can finish. A company can write to info@stratussc.com to have its reading checked against its filing.
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