Who owns B&M?
B&M is owned by B&G Foods (the United States, NYSE: BGS), which has owned the brand since 1999.[1][2]
Evidence: B&G Foods, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-03-03, SEC EDGAR, 3 March 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- B&G Foods, Inc. verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Parsippany, New Jersey
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1927
- Category
- Food › Meals & meal components › Canned & shelf-stable meals
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: BGS
- Trademark registrant
- B&G Foods North America, Inc. (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 3 sources
About B&M
B&M was introduced in 1927 and sells baked beans and brown bread, a canned New England staple that is steamed rather than baked. B&M is a separate brand from B&G itself: the company's own name comes from Bloch & Guggenheimer, a pickle, pepper and relish brand dating from 1889 that is still a leading name in the New York area.
What B&G Foods's annual report says about B&M
Sentences about B&M from B&G Foods's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
The B&M line includes a variety of baked beans and brown bread.
How often B&G Foods names B&M in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central.
Trademark record for B&M
The USPTO record for the B&M mark lists B&G Foods North America, Inc. as the owner of record (serial number 71666629). That name matches the owner named above.[3]
Ownership timeline of B&M
Where B&M sits in B&G Foods
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by B&G Foods
B&G Foods controls 13 brands on Brandtree, 13 of them in food.
Also in food
- Clabber Girl
- College Inn
- Cream of Wheat (1893)
- Crisco (1911)
- Dash (1983)
- Kitchen Basics
- Las Palmas (1922)
- Maple Grove Farms (1915)
- Ortega (1897)
- Polaner (1880)
- Spice Islands (1941)
- Victoria (1929)
Other brands in canned & shelf-stable meals, and who owns them
The 80 brands in canned & shelf-stable meals on Brandtree belong to 46 owners. The largest is Thai Union, with 13.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken of the Sea | Thai Union | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Albert Heijn | Ahold Delhaize | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Anny | Mutandis | 🇲🇦 Morocco |
| Bonduelle | Bonduelle | 🇫🇷 France |
| Heinz Baked Beans | Kraft Heinz | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Aunt Nellie's | Seneca Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Aldi (Nord) | Aldi Nord | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Aldi (Süd) | Aldi Süd | 🇩🇪 Germany |
About the owner: B&G Foods
B&G Foods is a publicly listed company headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey, United States. Brandtree records 13 brands under its control, and it is listed as NYSE: BGS.
B&G Foods is a New Jersey food company built almost entirely by buying established grocery brands from larger owners; it says it has acquired and integrated more than 50 brands since 1996. It sells shelf-stable and frozen foods and household products across the United States, Canada and Puerto Rico through Specialty, Meals, Frozen & Vegetables and Spices & Flavor Solutions segments. Since 2025 it has been selling off its vegetable business, including the Green Giant U.S. frozen business to Seneca Foods in March 2026, while buying College Inn and Kitchen Basics broths.
🇺🇸 B&M and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,570 brands that began in the United States. 501 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; B&M is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of B&M?
The parent company of B&M is B&G Foods, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is B&M American?
Yes. B&M originated in the United States in 1927 and its owner, B&G Foods, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has B&G Foods owned B&M?
B&G Foods has owned B&M since 1999.
Is B&M still owned by B&G Foods?
Yes. As of 29 October 2026, B&M is still owned by B&G Foods. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (3) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] B&G Foods, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-03-03 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 3 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
- [2] B&G Foods, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2008-03-06 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 6 March 2008; retrieved 3 October 2026.
- [3] USPTO: B & M, serial 71666629 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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