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Hillshire Brands: brands it owns and its ownership tree

Hillshire Brands is a publicly listed company headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States that is tracked here as an owner of consumer businesses, and has 1 recorded transaction.[1]

Hillshire Brands was the North American meat business left behind when Sara Lee split in 2012, owning Jimmy Dean, Ball Park and Hillshire Farm. Tyson Foods acquired it in 2014 after outbidding Pilgrim's Pride.

Status: merged

Company facts

Legal name
The Hillshire Brands Company
Type
publicly listed company · see all publicly listed company owners
Headquarters
🇺🇸 Chicago, Illinois, United States
Founded
2012
Last verified
· 1 sources

Divestitures and spin-offs by Hillshire Brands

Brands Hillshire Brands no longer owns

Hillshire Brands controlled these 5 brands in the past. Each row shows when the ownership ended and who holds the brand now, so a page that once said Hillshire Brands owned it still shows why it no longer does.

BrandOwned untilOwner today
Hillshire Farm Aug 2014 Tyson Foods
Ball Park Aug 2014 Tyson Foods
State Fair Aug 2014 Tyson Foods
Aidells Aug 2014 Tyson Foods
Wright Brand Aug 2014 Tyson Foods

Full ownership and deal history for Hillshire Brands →

Hillshire Brands in the global legal-entity registry

The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) keeps an open register of legal entities. Each entity reports its own parents. We show it as a cross-check on the ownership recorded on this page, which is built from filings.

Legal entity identifier (LEI)
549300PD5U9Z7V553M03
Registered name
The Hillshire Brands Company (US)
Registration status
Lapsed · record updated 4 August 2023
Retrieved
· GLEIF record (JSON)

Frequently asked questions

What brands does Hillshire Brands own?

Hillshire Brands is tracked as an owner of consumer businesses; see the ownership tree for its holdings.

Is Hillshire Brands an American company?

Yes. Hillshire Brands is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, United States and was founded in 2012.

Who owns Hillshire Brands?

Hillshire Brands is a publicly listed company owned by its shareholders.

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] Tyson Foods, Inc. Annual Report on Form 10-K — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K; retrieved 16 September 2026.

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