- Business
- The J. M. Smucker Company manufactures and markets a diverse portfolio of branded food and beverage products, pet foods, and snacks across North America and select international markets; its core offerings span consumer foods such as fruit spreads, peanut butter, syrups, ice cream toppings, and frozen crustless sandwiches under brands including Smucker's, Jif, Uncrustables, and Smucker's Goober PB&J; coffee products encompassing Folgers, Café Bustelo, and Dunkin' packaged coffee; sweet baked snacks featuring Hostess Brands icons like Twinkies, CupCakes, Ding Dongs, Ho Hos, and Fruit Pies following the 2023 acquisition; and pet foods including dog snacks and cat food under Milk-Bone, Meow Mix, and Rachael Ray Nutrish. Headquartered in Orrville, Ohio, the company traces its origins to 1897 when Jerome Monroe Smucker established a cider mill producing apple butter; it operates manufacturing facilities across North America and trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker SJM (also listed as JM2.DE in Germany). Recent strategic changes include the November 2023 completion of the $5.6 billion acquisition of Hostess Brands, bolstering its sweet baked snacks segment with added production facilities and distribution; divestiture of the Voortman cookie brand to Second Nature Brands in December 2024; sale of certain Sweet Baked Snacks value brands in March 2025; closure of the Indianapolis manufacturing facility in 2025 as part of sweet baked snacks optimization; and divestiture of the Canada condiment business in January 2024 alongside other non-core assets like Sahale Snacks in 2023 to sharpen focus on high-growth platforms in coffee, pet food, frozen handhelds, and spreads.