Who owns Crosse & Blackwell?
Crosse & Blackwell is owned by Princes Group (the United Kingdom, LSE: PRN), which has owned the brand since 2011.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Princes Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2025, 24 April 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Princes Group plc reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom, Liverpool
- Origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- Founded
- 1819
- Category
- Food › Meals & meal components › Soup
- Parent ticker
- LSE: PRN
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Crosse & Blackwell
Soup brand whose website dates its story to 1819, when a farmer and a chef came together to make soup. The range shown there includes cream of tomato, minestrone, broccoli and Stilton, roast chicken and vegetable, and a mixed bean chilli. Princes Group acquired Crosse & Blackwell in 2011 together with major canning production sites at Wisbech and Long Sutton, according to its annual report timeline.
Ownership timeline of Crosse & Blackwell
- 2011 – present Princes Group [1] reported
Where Crosse & Blackwell sits in Princes Group
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Princes Group
Princes Group controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 8 of them in food.
Also in food
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: Princes Group
Princes Group is a publicly listed company headquartered in Liverpool, United Kingdom, founded in 1880. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as LSE: PRN.
Liverpool-based maker of canned fish, tomatoes, pulses, soups, edible oils and pasta, founded in 1880 as a canned fish business and listed on the main market of the London Stock Exchange on 31 October 2025. It was owned by Mitsubishi Corporation from 1989 until 2024, when Newlat Food S.p.A. (now NewPrinces S.p.A.) bought it; NewPrinces S.p.A. holds 82.70% of the shares. Besides its own brands it is a large supplier of retailers' own-label products. It also runs brands under licence (Flora, Branston, Capri-Sun) that are not listed here, and its oils business, Edible Oils Limited, is a 50% joint operation with Archer Daniels Midland (UK).
Princes Group: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇬🇧 Crosse & Blackwell and other British brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 543 brands that began in the United Kingdom. 282 of them (52%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Crosse & Blackwell is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Crosse & Blackwell?
The parent company of Crosse & Blackwell is Princes Group, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Is Crosse & Blackwell British?
Yes. Crosse & Blackwell originated in the United Kingdom in 1819 and its owner, Princes Group, is also headquartered in the United Kingdom.
Since when has Princes Group owned Crosse & Blackwell?
Princes Group has owned Crosse & Blackwell since 2011.
Is Crosse & Blackwell still owned by Princes Group?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Crosse & Blackwell is still owned by Princes Group. 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] Princes Group plc Annual Report and Accounts 2025 — Princes Group plc, Annual report, published 24 April 2026; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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