Who owns Batchelors?
Batchelors is owned by Premier Foods (the United Kingdom, LSE: PFD).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Premier Foods plc Annual Report for the 52 weeks ended 29 March 2025. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Premier Foods plc reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, St Albans
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Sheffield
- Founded
- 1895
- Category
- Food › Meals & meal components › Soup
- Parent ticker
- LSE: PFD
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Batchelors
Batchelors was founded in Sheffield in 1895 and makes Cup a Soup and Super Noodles, two products that defined British convenience eating in the 1970s and 1980s and remain among the largest in their categories. Premier Foods now owns the brand, and Cup a Soup in particular remains a fixture of British office kitchens.
Ownership timeline of Batchelors
- Current owner Premier Foods [1] reported
Where Batchelors sits in Premier Foods
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full Premier Foods ownership tree →
See the full Premier Foods brand portfolio (8) →
Other brands owned by Premier Foods
Premier Foods controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in food.
Also in food
- Ambrosia (1917)
- Angel Delight (1967)
- Bisto (1908)
- Homepride (1963)
- Mr Kipling (1967)
- OXO (stock cubes) (1899)
- Sharwood's (1889)
Other brands in soup, and who owns them
The 16 brands in soup on Brandtree belong to 12 owners. The largest is Campbell's, with 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| College Inn | B&G Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Campbell's | Campbell's | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Doña Gallina | Quala | 🇨🇴 Colombia |
| Knorr | Unilever | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Bosanska kuhinja | AS Holding | 🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Baxters | Baxters Food Group | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom |
| Hügli | Bell Food Group | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Progresso | General Mills | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Premier Foods
Premier Foods is a publicly listed company headquartered in St Albans, United Kingdom, founded in 1975. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as LSE: PFD.
Premier Foods holds a collection of long-established British grocery brands, many of them acquired from multinationals that had stopped investing in them. It nearly collapsed under debt after buying RHM in 2007 and has spent the years since selling businesses and reviving the brands it kept.
Premier Foods: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇬🇧 Batchelors and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 552 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 291 of them (53%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Batchelors is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Batchelors?
The parent company of Batchelors is Premier Foods, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Batchelors British?
Yes. Batchelors originated in the United Kingdom in 1895 and its owner, Premier Foods, is also headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Batchelors still owned by Premier Foods?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Batchelors is still owned by Premier Foods. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & 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] Premier Foods plc Annual Report for the 52 weeks ended 29 March 2025 — Premier Foods plc, Annual report; retrieved 28 September 2026.
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