Who owns Van de Kamp's?
Van de Kamp's is owned by High Liner Foods (Canada, TSX: HLF), which has owned the brand since 30 June 2025.[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: High Liner Foods Incorporated 2025 Annual Information Form. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- High Liner Foods Incorporated reported
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇦 Canada, Lunenburg
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Los Angeles
- Founded
- 1915 by Theodore J. Van de Kamp, Lawrence L. Frank
- Category
- Food › Meat, poultry & seafood › Fish & seafood
- Parent ticker
- TSX: HLF
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Van de Kamp's
Van de Kamp's began in 1915 as a Los Angeles potato chip stand run by Theodore J. Van de Kamp, his sisters and Lawrence L. Frank. It grew into baked goods and, by the mid-1950s, a restaurant chain known for batter-fried halibut, before turning to frozen foods. High Liner Foods bought the frozen seafood brand from Conagra Brands on 30 June 2025.
Ownership timeline of Van de Kamp's
- 2025 – present High Liner Foods [1] reported
Where Van de Kamp's sits in High Liner 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 High Liner Foods
High Liner Foods controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in food.
Also in food
- Fisher Boy
- High Liner (1926)
- Mrs. Paul's (1946)
- Sea Cuisine
Other brands in fish & seafood, and who owns them
The 38 brands in fish & seafood on Brandtree belong to 16 owners. The largest is Bakkafrost, with 6; High Liner Foods has 5.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| 18 Islands | Bakkafrost | 🇫🇴 Faroe Islands |
| Isabel | Bolton Group | 🇮🇹 Italy |
| La Monégasque | Unimer | 🇲🇦 Morocco |
| Ōra King | NZ King Salmon | 🇳🇿 New Zealand |
| Mushroom | QL Resources | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Ducktrap River of Maine | Mowi | 🇳🇴 Norway |
| Coln Valley Smokery | PRFoods | 🇪🇪 Estonia |
| Nutaaq | Royal Greenland | 🇬🇱 Greenland |
About the owner: High Liner Foods
High Liner Foods is a publicly listed company headquartered in Lunenburg, Canada, founded in 1899. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control, and it is listed as TSX: HLF.
High Liner Foods is a Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, maker of value-added frozen seafood for retailers and foodservice across North America. It traces its history to W.C. Smith & Company, founded in Lunenburg in 1899, has been listed since 1967 and took its current name at the end of 1998. It runs plants in Lunenburg, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and Newport News, Virginia.
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🇺🇸 Van de Kamp's 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, Van de Kamp's among them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Van de Kamp's?
The parent company of Van de Kamp's is High Liner Foods, a publicly listed company headquartered in Canada.
Is Van de Kamp's American or Canadian?
Van de Kamp's originated in the United States in 1915, but it is owned today by High Liner Foods, which is headquartered in Canada. So Van de Kamp's is an American-origin brand under Canadian ownership.
Since when has High Liner Foods owned Van de Kamp's?
High Liner Foods has owned Van de Kamp's since 30 June 2025.
Is Van de Kamp's still owned by High Liner Foods?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, Van de Kamp's is still owned by High Liner 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] High Liner Foods Incorporated 2025 Annual Information Form — High Liner Foods Incorporated, Annual report; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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