The J.M. Smucker Co.

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The J.M. Smucker Co.
Type Public company (NYSE: SJM)
Founded 1897
Headquarters Orrville, Ohio, USA
Key people Jerome Monroe 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.

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The J. M. Smucker Company was founded in 1897 by Jerome 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 111 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.

On June 4, 2008, Smucker's announced that it would purchase the Folgers coffee brand division from Procter & Gamble for $3.3 billion.

[edit] Catch Phrases

  • "With a name like Smucker's, it has to be good!"
  • "Smucker will make you pucker!"
  • "Smucker Company, the brand you can trust"
  • "There ain't no place like Smucker's!"
  • "The only brand of jams that can make a piece of bread lively!"
  • "If you're hungry, Smucker's is the way to go!"

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