Who owns Piller's?
Piller's is owned by Premium Brands (Canada, TSX: PBH), which has owned the brand since 12 September 2011.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Premium Brands Holdings Corporation Annual Information Form for the fiscal year ended December 27, 2025, 18 March 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Premium Brands Holdings Corporation reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇦 Canada, Richmond
- Origin
- 🇨🇦 Canada, Waterloo
- Founded
- 1957 by Wilhelm Huber, George Piller
- Category
- Food › Meat, poultry & seafood › Processed & packaged meat
- Parent ticker
- TSX: PBH
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Piller's
Piller's began on 1 April 1957, when master butcher Wilhelm Huber and George Piller put 500 dollars each into a small butcher shop in Waterloo, Ontario. Huber's brothers bought out Piller in 1959, and the first packaged retail Piller's meat was sold in 1968. Premium Brands completed its purchase of the business, then with about 180 million dollars in sales, on 12 September 2011.
Ownership timeline of Piller's
- 2011 – present Premium Brands [1] reported
Where Piller's sits in Premium Brands
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by Premium Brands
Premium Brands controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in processed & packaged meat, and who owns them
The 103 brands in processed & packaged meat on Brandtree belong to 45 owners. The largest is Atria, with 8; Premium Brands has 4.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| 3-Stjernet | Atria | 🇫🇮 Finland |
| Dalsjöfors | Danish Crown | 🇩🇰 Denmark |
| Fantino & Mondello | Maple Leaf Foods | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Bar-S | Sigma Foods | 🇲🇽 Mexico |
| Aidells | Tyson Foods | 🇺🇸 United States |
| KMOTR | AGROFERT | 🇨🇿 Czech Republic |
| Abraham | Bell Food Group | 🇨🇭 Switzerland |
| Família | Bonafarm | 🇭🇺 Hungary |
About the owner: Premium Brands
Premium Brands is a publicly listed company headquartered in Richmond, Canada. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSX: PBH.
Premium Brands Holdings is a Richmond, British Columbia, company that buys and builds specialty food manufacturers and food distribution businesses in Canada and the United States. It had consolidated revenue of 7.48 billion Canadian dollars in fiscal 2025. It bought Stampede Culinary Partners on 2 January 2026 and sold its 73.72 per cent stake in Shaw Bakers in April 2026.
Premium Brands: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇨🇦 Piller'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; Piller's is not one of them.
- Alexis de Portneuf — Saputo 🇨🇦
- Baby Gourmet — Hero Group 🇨🇭
- EnviroKidz — Nature's Path 🇨🇦
- Fantino & Mondello — Maple Leaf Foods 🇨🇦
- Gardein — Conagra Brands 🇺🇸
- High Liner — High Liner Foods 🇨🇦
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Piller's?
The parent company of Piller's is Premium Brands, a publicly listed company headquartered in Canada.
Is Piller's Canadian?
Yes. Piller's originated in Canada in 1957 and its owner, Premium Brands, is also headquartered in Canada.
Since when has Premium Brands owned Piller's?
Premium Brands has owned Piller's since 12 September 2011.
Is Piller's still owned by Premium Brands?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Piller's is still owned by Premium Brands. 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] Premium Brands Holdings Corporation Annual Information Form for the fiscal year ended December 27, 2025 — Premium Brands Holdings Corporation, Annual report, published 18 March 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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