Who owns Fisher?
Fisher is owned by John B. Sanfilippo & Son (the United States, NASDAQ: JBSS), which has owned the brand since 1995.[1]
Evidence: John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-08-19, SEC EDGAR, 19 August 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. verified
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Elgin, Illinois
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, St. Paul, Minnesota
- Founded
- 1920 by Sam Fisher
- Category
- Food › Snacks › Nuts & seeds
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: JBSS
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Fisher
Fisher is a nut brand that started with the salted in-shell peanuts Sam Fisher made in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1920, which became popular at baseball parks. John B. Sanfilippo & Son bought the brand in 1995. Fisher now sells snack nuts and recipe nuts for baking, and it is the company's largest brand, making up about 68 per cent of its branded sales in fiscal 2026.
What John B. Sanfilippo & Son's annual report says about Fisher
Sentences about Fisher from John B. Sanfilippo & Son's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
In recent years, we have developed Fisher recipe nuts among the leading brands in the category through strong marketing campaigns, merchandising, and promotional support to retailers.
How often John B. Sanfilippo & Son names Fisher 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 less often than it was three years earlier.
Ownership timeline of Fisher
- 1995 – present John B. Sanfilippo & Son [1] verified
Where Fisher sits in John B. Sanfilippo & Son
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by John B. Sanfilippo & Son
John B. Sanfilippo & Son controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in food.
Also in food
- Orchard Valley Harvest
- Southern Style Nuts (1922)
- Squirrel Brand (1888)
Other brands in nuts & seeds, and who owns them
John B. Sanfilippo & Son has more brands in nuts & seeds on Brandtree than any other owner: 4 of 20.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Earth Control | Midsona | 🇸🇪 Sweden |
| Abu Auf | Agthia | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates |
| Al Rifai | Al Rifai | 🇱🇧 Lebanon |
| Simbat | BİM | 🇹🇷 Turkey |
| Blue Diamond | Blue Diamond Growers | 🇺🇸 United States |
| ChaCha | ChaCha | 🇨🇳 China |
| FMF Peas | FMF | 🇫🇯 Fiji |
| Garuda | Garudafood | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
About the owner: John B. Sanfilippo & Son
John B. Sanfilippo & Son is a publicly listed company headquartered in Elgin, Illinois, United States, founded in 1922. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: JBSS.
John B. Sanfilippo & Son is one of the largest processors of peanuts, pecans, cashews, walnuts and almonds in the United States, and it also makes private-label snack and nutrition bars. It started in 1922 as a pecan shelling storefront in Chicago run by Gaspare Sanfilippo and his son John, and is now based in Elgin, Illinois. Most of its $1.18 billion of fiscal 2026 sales were private-label goods: its own brands made up only about 15 per cent of consumer sales. Walmart alone bought about 41 per cent of everything it sold. The Sanfilippo family controls about 50.5 per cent of the votes through ten-vote Class A shares.
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🇺🇸 Fisher 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; Fisher is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Fisher?
The parent company of Fisher is John B. Sanfilippo & Son, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Fisher American?
Yes. Fisher originated in the United States in 1920 and its owner, John B. Sanfilippo & Son, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has John B. Sanfilippo & Son owned Fisher?
John B. Sanfilippo & Son has owned Fisher since 1995.
Is Fisher still owned by John B. Sanfilippo & Son?
Yes. As of 29 October 2026, Fisher is still owned by John B. Sanfilippo & Son. 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] John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-08-19 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 19 August 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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