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The J.M. Smucker Co.
The J.M. Smucker Company, also known as Smuckers, is an American manufacturer of food and beverage products. Headquartered in Orrville, Ohio, the company was founded in 1897 as a maker of apple butter. J.M. Smucker currently has three major business units: consumer foods, pet foods, and coffee. Its flagship brand, Smucker's, produces fruit preserves, peanut butter, syrups, frozen crustless sandwiches, and ice cream toppings. Among J.M. Smucker's other food and coffee brands are Knott's Berry Farm, Jif, Laura Scudder's, Santa Cruz Organic, Folgers, Café Bustelo, Dunkin', Smucker's Uncrustables, Bick's Pickle, Carnation, Crosse & Blackwell, Eagle Brand, Five Roses, and Robin Hood. Pet food brands include 9Lives, Gravy Train, Kibbles 'n Bits, Meow Mix, Milk-Bone, and Rachael Ray Nutrish among others. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange, J.M. Smucker ranks 426th on the Fortune 500, with an estimated 2022 market value of $14.6 billion. History Founding (1897–1958) The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Public Company
A public company is a company whose ownership is organized via shares of stock which are intended to be freely traded on a stock exchange or in over-the-counter markets. A public (publicly traded) company can be listed on a stock exchange (listed company), which facilitates the trade of shares, or not (unlisted public company). In some jurisdictions, public companies over a certain size must be listed on an exchange. In most cases, public companies are ''private'' enterprises in the ''private'' sector, and "public" emphasizes their reporting and trading on the public markets. Public companies are formed within the legal systems of particular states, and therefore have associations and formal designations which are distinct and separate in the polity in which they reside. In the United States, for example, a public company is usually a type of corporation (though a corporation need not be a public company), in the United Kingdom it is usually a public limited company (plc), i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Café Bustelo
Café Bustelo is an American coffee brand owned by The J.M. Smucker Company. History Gregorio Menendez Bustelo (born June 21, 1894) traveled from his native Spain to Cuba as a young man, and moved to the United States in 1917. He founded the Café Bustelo coffee company in The Bronx, New York in 1928. His product became popular among Cuban exiles who preferred to prepare it in espresso coffeemakers rather than the then-common method of filtering it through a coffee "sock". The company remained successful throughout the 20th century, and was known for its distinctive yellow and red cans. Café Bustelo was purchased by Rowland Coffee Roasters of Miami in 2000. Rowland was acquired by the Cuban American Souto family the same year, and sold to the J.M. Smucker Company in 2011. Cultural impact Bustelo gained a particular cachet among artistic and hipster subcultures in the 1990s and 2000s. It is referenced by name in the song "Today 4 U" from the 1996 musical ''Rent Rent may ref ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Milk-Bone
Milk-Bone is a brand of dog biscuit. It was created in 1908 by the F.H. Bennett Biscuit Company, which operated a bakery on the Lower East Side of New York City. Originally named "Maltoid", the biscuit was a bone-shaped treat made from minerals, meat products, and milk. The biscuits are made exclusively in Buffalo, New York. History Sometime between 1915 and 1926, the biscuit was simply named "Milk-Bone", owing to the high composition of cow's milk. In 1931, the bakery was acquired by the National Biscuit Company (now Nabisco). The biscuit was the only Bennett product carried over after the acquisition. Over the next few decades, the Milk-Bone was expanded to include a number of different flavors, such as chicken and beef. The marketing focus was also shifted from Milk-Bone being merely a dog treat to a product that promoted cleaner teeth and better breath. Nabisco, under the ownership of Kraft Foods, sold the Milk-Bone rights to Del Monte Foods in May 2006. Del Monte Foods re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meow Mix
Meow Mix is a variety of dry and wet cat food known for its advertising jingle. It is a product of The J.M. Smucker Company as of March 23, 2015. Meow Mix was introduced in 1974 and sells many flavors, including Original Choice and Seafood Medley, among many others. It also is known for selling Alley Cat dry cat food. Their current slogan is "it's the only brand cats ask for by name." Overview The Meow Mix Company operates from a facility in Decatur, Alabama and produces Alley Cat brand cat food products. Originally a product of Ralston Purina, Meow Mix was divested for antitrust reasons in the early 2000s. The brand was acquired by Del Monte Foods in May, 2006. Their most famous slogan is, "Tastes so good, cats ask for it by name." The company was acquired by Cypress Group, a New York-based private equity firm in a $425 million leveraged buyout in 2003. Three years later, Del Monte Foods acquired the company for $705 million. The company had also been owned by J.W. Childs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kibbles 'n Bits
Kibbles 'n Bits is a brand name of dog food currently owned by The J.M. Smucker Company since it acquired its previous owner, Big Heart Pet Brands, in 2015. The brand was originally created in 1981 as the first dual textured dog food, having soft chewy pieces as well as hard crunchy ones. It was developed by Quaker Oats as part of their Ken'l Ration brand. In 1985, more bits ingredients were added to the dog food and the brand was renamed "Kibbles 'n Bits 'n Bits 'n Bits." Their advertising feature a bulldog named Spike that would say "I want my Kibble and Bits." The addition of more bits and it popular creative ads increased it sales by double its sales estimates. The Lawrence KS plant that manufactured the product was also recognized for its "Go for the Gold" group incentive plan. In 1995, Kibbles 'n Bits was acquired by the H.J. Heinz Company, which in turn sold their pet food division to Del Monte Foods later on. It is currently the fifth largest dry dog food brand in th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gravy Train (dog Food)
Gravy Train is an American brand of dog food, currently owned by the J.M. Smucker Company after it acquired Big Heart Pet Brands in 2015. Originally developed by General Foods, the Gravy Train brand was introduced in 1959 and trademarked in 1960. It was the first brand of dog food to have a brown gravy form when warm water is added to the dry kibble, mixing with the kibble's powder coating. The gravy is intended to make the food more palatable. The advertising catchphrase was "the gravy taste dogs can't wait to finish". History Products under the "Gravy Train" brand were originally produced and marketed by General Foods, as part of its ''Gaines'' division which included Gaines Meal, Gaines-Burgers as well as Prime Choice and Top Choice. In 2014, Big Heart Pet Brands, the pet food division of Del Monte Foods, became an independent company, taking over rights to the ''Gravy Train'' brand. In March 2015, it was announced that J.M. Smucker had completed the acquisition of Big Hear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
9Lives
9Lives is the name of a brand of cat food, owned by J.M. Smucker (after it acquired Big Heart Pet Brands, a former division of Del Monte in 2015) and introduced to the market by tuna processor StarKist Foods in 1959. It is best known for its mascot, Morris. 9Lives has four varieties of dry food (Daily Essentials, Plus Care, Indoor Complete and Long Life Formula), and five lines of wet food in various flavors. The brand also promotes adoption of cats from animal shelters. In 2006, 9Lives kicked off the inaugural tour of Morris' Million Cat Rescue, a nationwide bus tour to encourage local cat adoption. 9Lives has recently added a new cat to their advertising, Li'l Mo, an orange kitten who has been adopted from a Los Angeles animal shelter putatively by Morris himself. 9Lives was StarKist's flagship pet food brand. In 1963, Heinz acquired StarKist, and by 1969, the first Morris TV commercials aired. Heinz sold StarKist and 9Lives to Del Monte in 2002. Del Monte spun off the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robin Hood Flour
Robin Hood Flour is a brand of flour made by the Horizon Milling division of Cargill. The brand is marketed to the food service and industrial section by Horizon Milling and the consumer retail sector by The J.M. Smucker Company. History Originally established as a brand of the Moose Jaw Milling Company by miller Donald Mclean in 1900. New Prague Flouring Mill (of Minnesota), owned by Francis Atherton Bean of Minneapolis, purchased the mill in 1909. The company manufactured flour under the brand names Keynote, Saskana and Robin Hood. Acquisitions Through a series of acquisitions and restructurings, the company became ''International Multifoods Corporation'' in 1970. The Moose Jaw mill closed in 1966 due to excess capacity; the mill was demolished but the grain bins and elevator are still in use as an inland terminal owned and operated by Parrish and Heimbecker Ltd. The newer Saskatoon mill (built in 1928) continues to manufacture the Robin Hood brand flour. In June 2004, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Five Roses Flour
Five Roses Flour is a Canadian brand of flour originally established and owned by the Lake of the Woods Milling Company in 1888. In 1954, the Five Roses brand with the Lake of the Woods Milling Company were taken over by Ogilvie Flour Mills. ADM bought the company in 1994, and the Five Roses brand was sold to The J.M. Smucker Company in 2006. Five Roses sign The Farine Five Roses sign is a feature of the Montreal skyline, first erected above the Ogilvie flour mill in 1948. The sign faced uncertainty when the Five Roses brand was sold in 2006, as ADM still owned the mill and had little interest in promoting a brand it no longer owned. However, Smucker has spent nearly a million dollars to maintain the sign and keep it lit. The sign was designated by the Montreal borough of Ville-Marie as a protected architectural feature in 2020. Five Roses Cookbook The Five Roses Cook Book was first published in 1913 by Lake of the Woods Milling Company The Lake of the Woods Milling Company Limit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eagle Brand
Eagle Family Foods Group LLC, is an American food manufacturer based in Cleveland, Ohio. The company was established in 2015 by Paul Smucker Wagstaff after acquiring ownership of the Borden canned milk brands (Eagle Brand, Magnolia, Milnot, PET). Eagle Family Foods' product line include condensed and evaporated milk, popcorn, french fries, sweet onion sticks, and pasta dishes. History Roots to Eagle Brand can be traced to 1856, when Gail Borden introduced Eagle Brand in 1856 to develop a refrigeration and food preservation system, with its condensed milk as the flagship of the company. Then Borden established his own company, Borden, Inc., one year later. In 1874, Eagle Brand became the first registered trademark in the then-British colony of Hong Kong. In East Asian markets (exclude South Korea), Eagle Brand products are currently produced by Nestlé. The J.M. Smucker Company bought the canned milk business from Borden in 2007. Eagle Family Foods Group LLC was established ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Crosse & Blackwell
Crosse & Blackwell is a British food brand. The original company was established in London in 1706, then was acquired by Edmund Crosse and Thomas Blackwell in 1830. It became independent until it was acquired by Swiss conglomerate Nestlé in 1960. Food preservation products branded by Crosse & Blackwell include condiments, marmalades, meat sauces, seafood sauces, mincemeats, mustard, pickles, and pickled onions, among others. The Crosse & Blackwell brand for North America was discontinued by J.M. Smucker in December, 2022. History Early history Jackson's, a colonial produce business, was established in London in 1706, later becoming West & Wyatt and specialising in pickles, sauces and condiments, plus salted fish, and it held Royal appointments to George III, George IV and William IV. Described as "oilmen and salters," West & Wyatt had factory premises at 11 King Street (now Shaftesbury Avenue) in Soho in 1818, packaging and supplying sweet oils, foods preserved in oil, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carnation (brand)
Carnation is a brand of food products. The brand was especially known for its evaporated milk product created in 1899, then called Carnation Sterilized CreamHistory of Carnation from HistoryLink and later called Carnation Evaporated Milk. The brand has since been used for other related products including milk-flavoring mixes, flavored beverages, flavor syrups, mixes, s, |
