Who owns Great Jack's?
Great Jack's is owned by China Pet Foods (China, SZSE: 002891).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: 烟台中宠食品股份有限公司 2025 年年度报告 (Yantai China Pet Foods — 2025 Annual Report), Yantai China Pet Foods Co., Ltd, 24 April 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Yantai China Pet Foods Co., Ltd. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇳 China, Yantai
- Origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada
- Category
- Pet & animal care › Pet food › Pet treats & supplements
- Parent ticker
- SZSE: 002891
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Great Jack's
Great Jack's is a pet treat brand from China Pet Foods' factory in Canada, which the company built for US$16 million in 2018 and describes as the largest pet treat plant in the country. With its sister brand BuddyJack's, it is sold through North American chains including Costco, PetSmart and Petco. China Pet Foods counts it among the own brands it uses to sell abroad, with Wanpy, ZEAL, Jerky Time and TRULY.
Ownership timeline of Great Jack's
- Current owner China Pet Foods [1] reported China Pet Foods holds 94.97% of Canadian Jerky Company, which runs the Canadian factory the brand comes from. Its annual report does not say which group company holds the trademark.
Where Great Jack's sits in China Pet 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 China Pet Foods
China Pet Foods controls 4 brands on Brandtree, 4 of them in pet & animal care.
Also in pet & animal care
Other brands in pet treats & supplements, and who owns them
China Pet Foods has more brands in pet treats & supplements on Brandtree than any other owner: 3 of 14.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Jerhigh | CP Foods | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| BARK | BARK | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Kaytee | Central Garden & Pet | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Dog Joy | Freshpet | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Zesty Paws | H&H Group | 🇭🇰 Hong Kong |
| CIAO Churu | Inaba Foods | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Milk-Bone | J.M. Smucker | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Delickcious | Kormotech | 🇺🇦 Ukraine |
About the owner: China Pet Foods
China Pet Foods is a publicly listed company headquartered in Yantai, China, founded in 1998. Brandtree records 4 brands under its control, and it is listed as SZSE: 002891.
China Pet Foods is a pet food maker based in Yantai, Shandong, which began in 1998 by exporting chicken jerky treats to Japan and in 2017 became the first Chinese pet company listed on the main board of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. It makes dry food, wet food and treats for dogs and cats under its own brands and for other companies, with factories in China, the United States, Canada, New Zealand, Mexico and Cambodia. Revenue was RMB 5.22 billion in 2025, 64% of it from outside China.
China Pet Foods: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇨🇦 Great Jack's and other Canadian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 179 brands that began in Canada. 46 of them (26%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country, Great Jack's among them.
- Air Canada — Air Canada 🇨🇦
- Air Transat — Transat 🇨🇦
- Alexis de Portneuf — Saputo 🇨🇦
- Algoma Central — Algoma Central 🇨🇦
- Algoma Tubes — Tenaris 🇱🇺
- Arc'teryx — Amer Sports 🇫🇮
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Great Jack's?
The parent company of Great Jack's is China Pet Foods, a publicly listed company headquartered in China.
Is Great Jack's Canadian or Chinese?
Great Jack's originated in Canada, but it is owned today by China Pet Foods, which is headquartered in China. So Great Jack's is a Canadian-origin brand under Chinese ownership.
Is Great Jack's still owned by China Pet Foods?
Yes. As of 25 October 2026, Great Jack's is still owned by China Pet 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] 烟台中宠食品股份有限公司 2025 年年度报告 (Yantai China Pet Foods — 2025 Annual Report) — Yantai China Pet Foods Co., Ltd., Annual report, published 24 April 2026; retrieved 25 October 2026.
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