Who owns John Cope's?
John Cope's is owned by Hanover Foods (the United States).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Hanover Foods — Our Brands and Our History, Hanover Foods Corporation. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Hanover Foods Corporation reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Hanover
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1900
- Category
- Food › Meals & meal components › Canned & shelf-stable meals
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About John Cope's
John Cope's is a brand of Pennsylvania Dutch corn products that the Hanover Foods site dates to 1900, saying it was founded by Martin Cope to capture the flavors of Lancaster County. The products on its page include white cut corn in a steam-in-bag, golden sweet corn in a can and dried sweet corn, all made from corn the company says is picked at the height of the growing season.
Ownership timeline of John Cope's
- Current owner Hanover Foods [1] reported
Where John Cope's sits in Hanover 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 Hanover Foods
Hanover Foods controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in food.
Also in food
- Bickel's Snacks
- Castleberry's (1926)
- Hanover (1924)
- Wege Pretzels
Other brands in canned & shelf-stable meals, and who owns them
The 73 brands in canned & shelf-stable meals on Brandtree belong to 42 owners. The largest is Thai Union, with 13; Hanover Foods has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Chicken of the Sea | Thai Union | 🇹🇭 Thailand |
| Albert Heijn | Ahold Delhaize | 🇳🇱 Netherlands |
| Bonduelle | Bonduelle | 🇫🇷 France |
| Heinz Baked Beans | Kraft Heinz | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Aunt Nellie's | Seneca Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Aldi (Nord) | Aldi Nord | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| Aldi (Süd) | Aldi Süd | 🇩🇪 Germany |
| 365 by Whole Foods Market | Amazon | 🇺🇸 United States |
About the owner: Hanover Foods
Hanover Foods is a privately held company headquartered in Hanover, United States, founded in 1924. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control.
Hanover Foods is a family-owned vegetable processor based in Hanover, Pennsylvania. Its own history says Harry Virgil Warehime founded the Hanover Canning Company there in 1924, canning peas, beans and tomatoes grown by local farmers and processing sauerkraut in winter. The company sells canned and frozen vegetables under the Hanover name and lists five further brands on its site: Bickel's Snacks, Castleberry's, John Cope's, Spring Glen and Wege Pretzels. Spring Glen, a deli-salad maker, has no category in the Brandtree taxonomy and is not recorded.
Hanover Foods: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 John Cope's and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,399 brands that began in the United States. 461 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; John Cope's is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of John Cope's?
The parent company of John Cope's is Hanover Foods, a privately held company headquartered in the United States.
Is John Cope's American?
Yes. John Cope's originated in the United States in 1900 and its owner, Hanover Foods, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is John Cope's still owned by Hanover Foods?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, John Cope's is still owned by Hanover 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] Hanover Foods — Our Brands and Our History — Hanover Foods Corporation, Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.
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