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Hanover Foods: brands it owns and its ownership tree

Hanover Foods is a privately held company headquartered in Hanover, United States that owns 5 consumer brands.[1]

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.

Company facts

Legal name
Hanover Foods Corporation
Type
privately held company · see all privately held company owners
Headquarters
🇺🇸 Hanover, United States
Founded
1924
Website
hanoverfoods.com
Last verified
· 1 sources

Hanover Foods in numbers

Everything Hanover Foods owns

2026

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Everything Hanover Foods owns Tree of 5 brands under Hanover Foods. Hanover Foods Bickel's Snacks Castleberry's Hanover John Cope's Wege Pretzels

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Frequently asked questions

What brands does Hanover Foods own?

Hanover Foods owns 5 consumer brands tracked here, including Hanover, Castleberry's, John Cope's, Bickel's Snacks and Wege Pretzels.

Is Hanover Foods an American company?

Yes. Hanover Foods is headquartered in Hanover, United States and was founded in 1924.

Who owns Hanover Foods?

Hanover Foods is privately held. Hanover Foods is a family-owned vegetable processor based in Hanover, Pennsylvania.

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. [1] Hanover Foods — Our Brands and Our History — Hanover Foods Corporation, Official document; retrieved 4 October 2026.

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