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      <text xml:space="preserve">{{Infobox Company
  | company_name = The J.M. Smucker Co.
  | company_logo = &lt;!-- Deleted image removed: [[Image:Smucker's Logo.gif|center]] --&gt;
  | company_type = [[Public company]] ({{nyse|SJM}})
  | foundation = 1897
  | location_city = [[Orrville, Ohio|Orrville]], [[Ohio]]
  | location_country = [[USA]]
  | key_people = Jerome Monroe Smucker, Founder
  | products = Fruit spreads, ice cream toppings, coffee, health and natural foods, beverages, shortening, natural peanut butter.
  | homepage = [http://www.smuckers.com 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|Orrville]], [[Ohio]].

==History==
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 &quot;100 Best Companies to Work For in the United States&quot;, 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, ''&quot;With a name like Smucker's, it has to be good!&quot;''. Mason also was the spokesman for most of the [[Kix (cereal)|Kix]] commercials in the 1990s.  [[Willard Scott]] of [[Today (NBC program)|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 &amp; Gamble]] for $3.3 billion.&lt;ref&gt;[http://www.cleveland.com/business/plaindealer/index.ssf?/base/business-6/1212654813175770.xml&amp;coll=2 Smucker's to buy Folgers coffee]&lt;/ref&gt;

==Past and present catch phrases==
*''&quot;With a name like Smucker's, it has to be good!&quot;
*''&quot;Smucker will make you pucker!&quot;
*''&quot;Smucker Company, the brand you can trust&quot;
*''&quot;There ain't no place like Smucker's!&quot;
*''&quot;The only brand of jams that can make a piece of bread lively!&quot;
*''&quot;If you're hungry, Smucker's is the way to go!&quot;
*''&quot;Smucker's may be yummy, your tummy may be too, but your grocer's freezer, is not far from you!''&quot;
*''&quot;Bread, jam and jelly, in your belly, lick your spoon and cut your bread, then you will be Smucker's well fed&quot;''
*''&quot;It's Smuckin'-A!&quot;''

==Products==

* [[Jam]], [[Jelly (fruit preserves)|Jelly]], &amp; [[Preserves]]
** Fruit Butter
** Jam
** Low Sugar 
** Preserves
** Simply Fruit
** Sugar Free
** Organic
* [[peanut butter|Peanut Butter]]
** [[Jif (peanut butter)|Jif Peanut Butter]]
** Jif to Go
** Goober PB&amp;J
** Smucker's Natural Peanut Butter/Natural with Honey
** Adam's Natural Peanut Butter
** Laura Scudder Natural Peanut Butter
** Organic Peanut Butter
* [[Sandwich]]es
** [[Grape]] PB&amp;J
** [[Strawberry]] PB&amp;J
** Grilled [[Cheese]]
** Peanut Butter and Honey on Wheat
** Peanut Butter
**[[Sealed crustless sandwich|Uncrustables]]
* [[Ice Cream]] Toppings
** [[Magic Shell]]
** [[microwave oven|Microwaveable]] Ice Cream Topping
** Specialty Ice Cream Topping
** Spoonable Ice Cream Topping
** Sugar Free Ice Cream Topping
** [[Sundae]] [[Syrup]]s
**Marshmallow Spoonable Ice Cream Topping
* Specialty Items
**[[Crosse &amp; Blackwell]]
** Fruit Syrup
** Plate Scapers Dessert Topping
** Specialty Items
* Oils and shortening
** [[Crisco]]
* Flour and baking mixes
** [[Hungry Jack (Smucker brand)|Hungry Jack]]
** [[Martha White]]
** [[Pillsbury Company|Pillsbury]] ([[General Mills]] [[licensee]])
** [[White Lily]]
* Juices, beverages, &amp; 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 &amp; caramel sauce, &amp; applesauces)

==See also==
* [[Sealed crustless sandwich]], a patented Smucker product

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.smuckers.com/ J.M. Smucker Co.]
*[http://www.crosseandblackwell.com Smucker's Brand of Sauces and Condiments: Crosse &amp; Blackwell]
* {{US patent|6004596}}: Sealed crustless sandwich

[[Category:Companies based in Ohio|Smucker]]
[[Category:J.M. Smucker brands| ]]
[[Category:Family businesses|Smucker]]
[[Category:Companies established in 1897]]
[[Category:Food companies of the United States]]</text>
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