J.M. Smucker (NYSE: SJM) is a publicly listed company headquartered in Orrville, Ohio, United States that owns 9 consumer brands across 3 categories, and has 3 recorded transactions.[1]
J.M. Smucker was founded in 1897 in Orrville, Ohio, where Jerome Smucker pressed cider and made apple butter, selling it from a wagon with his signature on each lid as a guarantee. It is now built on three legs: coffee, pet food and consumer spreads, and the family still holds significant voting power.
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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J.M. Smucker acquired Hostess Brands for $34.25 per share in cash and stock, adding Twinkies, CupCakes and Donettes to a portfolio built on coffee, peanut butter and pet snacks. Smucker outbid several other packaged food companies for the business.
Smucker acquired Folgers from Procter & Gamble for about $3.3 billion in a Reverse Morris Trust, a structure that let P&G divest the business to shareholders without a large tax charge. It made Smucker the largest packaged coffee company in the United States.
Smucker acquired Jif and Crisco from Procter & Gamble in a spin-off and merger valued at about $840 million. A company known for jam became the largest peanut butter seller in America, so the two halves of a sandwich came under one owner.
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1 recall notice from government regulators matched to J.M. Smucker. Each applies to the specific products, sizes and lot codes named in the notice, not to every product sold under the name.
Reason given: Mold. The firm noticed an increase in customer complaints. They conducted a root cause investigation and discovered that one of their coolers had malfunctioning.
Recalling firm: The J.M. Smucker Company · Brand: Hostess
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J.M. Smucker owns 9 consumer brands tracked here, including Folgers, Smucker's, Twinkies, Hostess, Milk-Bone and Smucker's Uncrustables.
Yes. J.M. Smucker is headquartered in Orrville, Ohio, United States and was founded in 1897.
J.M. Smucker is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders; it trades as SJM on the NYSE.
The most recent completed acquisition recorded here is Hostess and Twinkies on 7 November 2023.
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
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