Who owns Hefty?
Hefty is owned by Reynolds Consumer Products (the United States, NASDAQ: REYN).[1]
Evidence: Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-04, SEC EDGAR, 4 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Lake Forest, Illinois
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1960
- Category
- Home care › Household goods & storage › Food storage
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: REYN
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Hefty
Hefty makes waste bags, food storage bags and disposable tableware, and its long-running advertising contrasted its strength against a competitor whose bags split. It is one of the two largest bin liner brands in the United States. Reynolds Consumer Products owns it, and it competes principally with Glad, which belongs to Clorox.
What Reynolds Consumer Products's annual report says about Hefty
Sentences about Hefty from Reynolds Consumer Products's latest annual filing[1], copied word for word.
We sell our products under iconic brands such as Reynolds and Hefty, and also under store brands that are strategically important to our retail partners.
Our Reynolds and Hefty brands have preeminent positions in their categories and carry strong brand recognition in household aisles.
Hefty Waste & Storage : Through our Hefty Waste & Storage segment, we produce both branded and store brand trash and food storage bags.
How often Reynolds Consumer Products names Hefty 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.
Ownership timeline of Hefty
- Current owner Reynolds Consumer Products [1] verified
Where Hefty sits in Reynolds Consumer Products
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Reynolds Consumer Products
Reynolds Consumer Products controls 3 brands on Brandtree, 3 of them in home care.
Also in home care
- Presto (1966)
- Reynolds Wrap (1947)
Other brands in food storage, and who owns them
The 16 brands in food storage on Brandtree belong to 8 owners. The largest is Melitta, with 3; Reynolds Consumer Products has 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Cuki | Melitta | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| YETI | YETI | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Glad | Clorox | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Coleman | Newell Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Snapware | Corelle Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Ziploc | SC Johnson | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Tupperware | Tupperware Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Domopak | Melitta | 🇩🇪 Germany |
About the owner: Reynolds Consumer Products
Reynolds Consumer Products is a publicly listed company headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois, United States, founded in 2020. Brandtree records 3 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: REYN.
Reynolds Consumer Products was listed in 2020, separating the household foil, waste bag and tableware brands from the packaging conglomerate that had assembled them. New Zealand billionaire Graeme Hart retains a majority stake through Packaging Finance Limited.
Reynolds Consumer Products: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 Hefty and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Hefty is not one of them.
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Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Hefty?
The parent company of Hefty is Reynolds Consumer Products, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Hefty American?
Yes. Hefty originated in the United States in 1960 and its owner, Reynolds Consumer Products, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is Hefty still owned by Reynolds Consumer Products?
Yes. As of 11 October 2026, Hefty is still owned by Reynolds Consumer Products. 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] Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-04 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 4 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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