The J.M. Smucker Company
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| Company type | Public company (NYSE: SJM) |
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| Founded | 1897 |
| Headquarters | , |
Key people | J.M. Smucker, Founder |
| Products | Fruit spreads, ice cream toppings, health and natural foods, beverages, shortening, natural peanut butter. |
| Website | www.smuckers.com |
The J. M. Smucker Company (NYSE: SJM) is a manufacturer of fruit spreads, ice cream toppings, health and natural foods, beverages, shortening, and natural peanut butter in North America.
Headquarters for Smucker's are in Orrville, Ohio.
History
The J. M. Smucker Company was founded in 1897 by James Monroe Smucker, who sold his first product -- apple butter -- from the back of a horse-drawn wagon. The company has been family run for five generations.
Today, over a century later, The J. M. Smucker Company is the leading marketer and manufacturer of fruit spreads, peanut butter, shortening and oils, ice cream toppings, sweetened condensed milk and health and natural foods beverages in North America. Its family of brands includes Smucker's®, Jif®, Crisco®, Pillsbury®, Eagle Brand®, R.W. Knudsen Family®, Hungry Jack®, White Lily® and Martha White® in the United States, along with Robin Hood®, Five Roses® and Bick's® in Canada. The Company remains rooted in the Basic Beliefs of Quality, People, Ethics, Growth and Independence established by its founder and namesake more than a century ago.
For over 108 years, The J. M. Smucker Company has been headquartered in Orrville, Ohio, and has been family run for four generations. Since 1998, the Company has appeared on FORTUNE Magazine's annual listing of the 100 Best Companies to Work For in the United States, ranking number one in 2004.
For almost thirty years until his death in 2005, actor Mason Adams was the TV commercial spokesman for their line of jams, jellies and preserves, ending with the famous line, "With a name like Smucker's, it has to be good!". Mason also was the spokesman for most of its Kix commercials in the 1990s. Willard Scott of Today Show fame is the current spokesman.
Products
- Jam, Jelly, & Preserves
- Fruit Butter
- Jam
- Low Sugar
- Preserves
- Simply Fruit
- Sugar Free
- Organic
- Peanut Butter
- Jif Peanut Butter
- Jif to Go
- Goober PB&J
- Smucker's Natural Peanut Butter/Natural with Honey
- Adam's Natural Peanut Butter
- Laura Scudder Natural Peanut Butter
- Organic Peanut Butter
- Sandwiches
- Grape PB&J
- Strawberry PB&J
- Grilled Cheese
- Peanut Butter and Honey on Wheat
- Peanut Butter
- Uncrustables
- Ice Cream Toppings
- Magic Shell
- Microwaveable Ice Cream Topping
- Specialty Ice Cream Topping
- Spoonable Ice Cream Topping
- Sugar Free Ice Cream Topping
- Sundae Syrups
- Marshmallow Spoonable Ice Cream Topping
- Specialty Items
- Crosse & Blackwell
- Fruit Syrup
- Plate Scapers Dessert Topping
- Specialty Items
- Oils and shortening
- Flour and baking mixes
- Juices, beverages, & sauces (Natural and Organic)
- After the Fall
- Natural Brew (Real Brew in Canada)
- R.W. Knudsen Family (also apple butter and cranberry sauce)
- Santa Cruz Organic (also peanut butter, chocolate & caramel sauce, & applesauces)
See also
- Sealed crustless sandwich, a patented Smucker product
External links
- J.M. Smucker Co.
- Smucker's Brand of Sauces and Condiments: Crosse & Blackwell
- U.S. patent 6,004,596: Sealed crustless sandwich