Who owns College Inn?
College Inn is owned by B&G Foods (the United States, NYSE: BGS), which has owned the brand since 19 March 2026.[1]
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
- Category
- Food › Meals & meal components › Soup
- Parent ticker
- NYSE: BGS
- Trademark registrant
- B&G Foods North America, Inc. (USPTO)
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About College Inn
College Inn is a broth and stock brand that B&G Foods bought out of the Del Monte Foods bankruptcy, closing the acquisition on 19 March 2026. The broth and stock business, which also included Kitchen Basics, was bought for about $110 million in cash through a competitive court-supervised auction, and B&G funded it partly with proceeds from its vegetable divestitures.
What B&G Foods's annual report says about College Inn
Sentences about College Inn from B&G Foods's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
January 2026 Agreement to acquire the broth and stock business of Del Monte Foods Corporation II Inc. and its affiliates, including the College Inn and Kitchen Basics brands, referred to as the " College Inn and Kitchen Basics acquisition" in the remainder of this report.
On January 15, 2026, we entered into an agreement to acquire the broth and stock business of Del Monte Foods Corporation II Inc. and its affiliates, including the College Inn and Kitchen Basics brands.
We refer to this pending acquisition as the " College Inn and Kitchen Basics acquisition." This acquisition is expected to be accounted for using the acquisition method of accounting and, accordingly, the assets acquired and liabilities assumed and results of operations of the acquired business will be included in our consolidated financial statements from the date of acquisition.
How often B&G Foods names College Inn 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. The brand is named more often than it was three years earlier.
Trademark record for College Inn
The USPTO record for the College Inn mark lists B&G Foods North America, Inc. as the owner of record (serial number 85680164). That name matches the owner named above.[2]
Ownership timeline of College Inn
Where College Inn 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
- B&M (1927)
- Clabber Girl
- 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 soup, and who owns them
The 16 brands in soup on Brandtree belong to 12 owners. The largest is Campbell's, with 2; B&G Foods has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Podravka soups | Podravka | 🇭🇷 Croatia |
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.
🇺🇸 College Inn 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; College Inn is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of College Inn?
The parent company of College Inn is B&G Foods, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is College Inn American?
Yes. College Inn originated in the United States and its owner, B&G Foods, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has B&G Foods owned College Inn?
B&G Foods has owned College Inn since 19 March 2026.
Is College Inn still owned by B&G Foods?
Yes. As of 29 October 2026, College Inn is still owned by B&G Foods. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & 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] USPTO: COLLEGE INN, serial 85680164 — United States Patent and Trademark Office, Trademark registry; retrieved 3 October 2026.
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