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| foundation = Orrville, Ohio, United States () | founder = Jerome Monroe Smucker | hq_location = | hq_location_city = Orrville, Ohio | hq_location_country = United States | key_people = | products = | slogan = With a name like Smucker's, it has to be good | subsid = Big Heart Pet Brands | homepage = }} The J. M. Smucker Company is an American manufacturer of fruit spreads, ice cream toppings, beverages, shortening, natural peanut butter, and other products in North America. Smucker's headquarters are located in Orrville, Ohio.〔() 100 Best Companies to Work For 2008: J. M. Smucker snapshot〕 == History == The Smucker Company was founded by Jerome Monroe Smucker. The company produces many types of jellies, jams, and other food items. Jerome was born on December 5, 1858 in Orrville, Ohio. Much of his life was spent as a farmer in Orville. In 1897 Jerome built a cider mill that was located in Orrville. Fruit that was used was from trees that Johnny Appleseed had planted in the early nineteenth century.〔http://www.jmsmucker.com/smuckers-corporate/smuckers-history〕 Apple cider was made at the mill and so was apple butter.〔http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Jerome_M._Smucker〕 Smucker's 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 was incorporated in 1921.〔(Smucker Company Timeline )〕 The J. M. Smucker Company is a marketer and manufacturer of fruit spreads, peanut butter, shortening and oils, ice cream toppings, sweetened condensed milk, and health and natural foods and beverages. J.M. Smucker company brands include Smucker's, Santa Cruz Organic, Jif, Laura Scudder's, Crisco, Pillsbury, Eagle Brand, R.W. Knudsen Family, Hungry Jack, White Lily, and Martha White in the United States, along with Bick's, Five Roses, Robin Hood, and Shirriff in Canada. The J. M. Smucker Company has been headquartered in Orrville, Ohio, since its founding, 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.〔(Fortune 100 Best Companies to work for 2004 list )〕 In May 2008, Smucker's announced it had bought the food division of Knott's Berry Farm from ConAgra Foods, but not the theme park, which Cedar Fair owns. On June 4, 2008, Smucker's announced it would purchase the Folgers coffee brand division from Procter & Gamble for $3.3 billion.〔(Smucker's to buy Folgers coffee )〕〔("The Marketing Doctor Says: Smuckers Buys Folgers" ) Marketing Doctor Blog. June 6, 2008.〕 Completion of the sale was announced on November 6, 2008.〔(The J. M. Smucker Company Announces Completion of Folgers Merger )〕 Throughout 2012, Smucker's contributed $485,000 to a $46-million political campaign known as the "Coalition Against The Costly Food Labeling Proposition, sponsored by Farmers and Food Producers". This organization was set up to oppose a citizen's initiative, known as Proposition 37, demanding mandatory labeling of foods containing genetically modified ingredients. About 70% of the funding for the initiative was provided by a PAC and by companies with financial interests in the organic foods industry, with most of the remainder coming from a handful of wealthy individuals.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Chico News & Review — Follow the money — Feature Story — Local Stories — December 13, 2012 )〕 Following rejection of the proposition in the November 2012 referendum, organizers called for a boycott of companies funding the campaign to defeat the referendum. On August 6, 2014, Smuckers announced they are buying Sahale Snacks. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The J.M. Smucker Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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