Who owns Wege Pretzels?
Wege Pretzels is owned by Hanover Foods (the United States), which has owned the brand since 2001.[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
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Hanover
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States, Hanover
- Category
- Food › Snacks › Salty snacks
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About Wege Pretzels
Wege Pretzels is a Hanover, Pennsylvania pretzel maker that Bickel's Snack Foods acquired in 2001, which places it within Hanover Foods. Its page says the Wege family stopped making rolls and bread to concentrate on a sourdough hard pretzel, and dates the pretzel to 1874. The range covers little pretzels, minis, party sticks, pretzel O's and rods, with whole wheat, organic, all-natural and kosher varieties.
Ownership timeline of Wege Pretzels
- 2001 – present Hanover Foods [1] reported
Where Wege Pretzels 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)
- John Cope's (1900)
Other brands in salty snacks, and who owns them
The 100 brands in salty snacks on Brandtree belong to 47 owners. The largest is PepsiCo, with 12; Hanover Foods has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Cheetos | PepsiCo | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Calbee Potato Chips | Calbee | 🇯🇵 Japan |
| Boyki | Siantar Top | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
| Cape Cod | Campbell's | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Bonitas | Vitaminka | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia |
| Act II | Conagra Brands | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Diana | Diana | 🇸🇻 El Salvador |
| Chiki | Indofood | 🇮🇩 Indonesia |
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 →
🇺🇸 Wege Pretzels 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; Wege Pretzels is not one of them.
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of Wege Pretzels?
The parent company of Wege Pretzels is Hanover Foods, a privately held company headquartered in the United States.
Is Wege Pretzels American?
Yes. Wege Pretzels originated in the United States and its owner, Hanover Foods, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has Hanover Foods owned Wege Pretzels?
Hanover Foods has owned Wege Pretzels since 2001.
Is Wege Pretzels still owned by Hanover Foods?
Yes. As of 4 October 2026, Wege Pretzels 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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