The J.M. Smucker Company

The J.M. Smucker Company
Company typePublic
Industry
Founded1897 (1897) in Orrville, Ohio, U.S.
FounderJerome Monroe Smucker
Headquarters,
U.S.
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
ProductsConsumer foods, pet food, coffee
Revenue US$8.18 billion (2024)
US$1.31 billion (2024)
US$744 million (2024)
Total assets US$20.3 billion (2024)
Total equity US$7.69 billion (2024)
Number of employees
9,000 (2024)
Subsidiaries
Websitejmsmucker.com
Footnotes / references
Financials as of April 30, 2024.

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 Bick's Pickle, Café Bustelo, Carnation Milk (Canada), Crosse & Blackwell, Dunkin', Five Roses (Canada), Folgers, Golden Temple (Canada), Jif, Knott's Berry Farm, Laura Scudder's, Robin Hood (Canada), Santa Cruz Organic, and Smucker's Uncrustables. Pet food brands include Meow Mix and Milk-Bone, among others. In 2023, Smuckers acquired Hostess Brands, the makers of Twinkies, in a $5.6 billion cash and stock deal. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: SJM), J.M. Smucker ranks 426th on the Fortune 500, with an estimated 2022 market value of $14.6 billion.