The J. M. Smucker Company was founded in 1897 by Jerome Monroe Smucker when he began selling apple butter out of the back of a wagon on his farm in Orville, Ohio.
The company was incorporated in 1921. Smucker’s is a family company and has been family-run for four generations.
Today Smucker’s is best known for manufacturing the Smucker’s brand fruit spread. The company also manufactures Jif brand peanut butter, Folger’s Coffee, which is the #1 selling brand of coffee in the U.S., Cafe Bustelo espresso, Hungry Jack and Pillsbury baking mixes and frosting, Eagle canned milk, Crisco shortening, and Dunkin’ Donuts premium coffee.
The J. M. Smucker Company trades publicly on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol SJM, is a member of the S&P 500, is #435 in the Fortune 500, has 4,775 employees, and had $5.58 billion in revenue in 2013.
The J. M. Smucker CompanyThe J. M. Smucker Company was founded in 1897 by Jerome Monroe Smucker when he began selling apple butter out of the back of a wagon on his farm in Orville, Ohio.
The company was incorporated in 1921. Smucker’s is a family company and has been family-run for four generations.
Today Smucker’s is best known for manufacturing the Smucker’s brand fruit spread. The company also manufactures Jif brand peanut butter, Folger’s Coffee, which is the #1 selling brand of coffee in the U.S., Cafe Bustelo espresso, Hungry Jack and Pillsbury baking mixes and frosting, Eagle canned milk, Crisco shortening, and Dunkin’ Donuts premium coffee.
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The J. M. Smucker Company trades publicly on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol SJM, is a member of the S&P 500, is #435 in the Fortune 500, has 4,775 employees, and had $5.58 billion in revenue in 2013.