Company Summary
Headquartered in Orrville, OH, the J.M. Smucker Company is a leading marketer and manufacturer of consumer food and beverage products and pet food and pet snacks in North America. Although majority of the company’s operations are concentrated in the United States, it also operates on an international basis.
The company boasts a strong portfolio of iconic food and beverages. It mainly caters in the areas of coffee, pet food, peanut butter, fruit spreads, baking products, ready-to-spread frostings, frozen sandwiches, flour, juices and beverages as well as portion control products.
In consumer foods and beverages, some of the renowned brands include Smucker's, Folgers, Jif, Dunkin' Donuts, Crisco, Pillsbury, R.W. Knudsen Family, Hungry Jack, Café Bustelo, Martha White, truRoots, Sahale Snacks, Robin Hood, and Bick's. In pet food and pet snacks, its brands include Meow Mix, Milk-Bone, Kibbles 'n Bits and 9Lives. We note that the acquisitions of Big Heart Pet Brands (in March 2015) and Ainsworth Pet Nutrition, LLC (in May 2018) have strengthened the company’s portfolio.
The company’s operations are dependent on the effective sourcing of raw materials, which are largely agriculture-based. Some of the primary input materials are green coffee, peanuts, oils and fats, protein meals, sweeteners, grains and fruits among others.
Products of the company are sold to customers through direct sales, brokers to food retailers and wholesalers. Moreover, it also sells products through club stores, pet specialty stores, discount stores, drug stores, natural foods stores, military commissaries, mass merchandisers, online retailers as well as foodservice distributors and operators.
The company has four reportable segments including: U.S. Retail Coffee Market (27.6% of FY20 sales), U.S. Retail Consumer Foods (22.2% of FY20 sales), U.S. Retail Pet Foods (36.8% of FY20 sales) as well as International and Foodservice (13.4% of FY20 sales).