<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>J.M. Smucker ownership changes · Brandtree</title><link>https://brandtree.org/company/jm-smucker</link><atom:link href="https://brandtree.org/company/jm-smucker/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><description>Acquisitions, divestitures and ownership changes involving J.M. Smucker.</description><item><title>Acquisition: J.M. Smucker — Hostess and Twinkies</title><link>https://brandtree.org/deal/smucker-acquires-hostess-2023</link><guid>https://brandtree.org/deal/smucker-acquires-hostess-2023</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>J.M. Smucker acquired Hostess Brands for $34.25 per share in cash and stock, adding Twinkies, CupCakes and Donettes to a portfolio built on coffee, peanut butter and pet snacks. Smucker outbid several other packaged food companies for the business.</description></item><item><title>Acquisition: J.M. Smucker — Folgers</title><link>https://brandtree.org/deal/smucker-acquires-folgers-2008</link><guid>https://brandtree.org/deal/smucker-acquires-folgers-2008</guid><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Smucker acquired Folgers from Procter &amp; Gamble for about $3.3 billion in a Reverse Morris Trust, a structure that let P&amp;G divest the business to shareholders without a large tax charge. It made Smucker the largest packaged coffee company in the United States.</description></item><item><title>Merger: J.M. Smucker — Jif</title><link>https://brandtree.org/deal/smucker-acquires-jif-crisco-2002</link><guid>https://brandtree.org/deal/smucker-acquires-jif-crisco-2002</guid><pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2002 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Smucker acquired Jif and Crisco from Procter &amp; Gamble in a spin-off and merger valued at about $840 million. A company known for jam became the largest peanut butter seller in America, so the two halves of a sandwich came under one owner.</description></item></channel></rss>