TreeHouse Foods to Purchase Pickled Condiment Brands from The J.M. Smucker Co.

Oct. 18, 2023

TreeHouse acquiring Canadian brands Bick’s, Habitant, Woodman’s and McLarens for $20 million.

TreeHouse Foods Inc. has announced a definitive agreement has been reached with The J.M. Smucker Co. for TreeHouse to acquire the Bick’s pickles, Habitant pickled beets, Woodman’s horseradish and McLarens pickled onions brands for approximately $20 million, subject to a working capital adjustment.

TreeHouse says in a release that the acquisition of the fermented food condiment brands enhances the company’s depth in its growing pickles category and allows it to expand into Canada. TreeHouse has had a co-packing arrangement with Bick’s for many years, the release adds.

J.M. Smucker said in its own release that the divestiture will allow the company to enhance its focus on the coffee, spreads, frozen handheld and pet categories in Canada and support continued leadership in the baking category.

The purchased brands generated net sales of approximately $60 million for Smucker in its latest fiscal year, and the transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of TreeHouse’s current fiscal year.

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Andy Hanacek has covered meat, poultry, bakery and snack foods as a B2B editor for nearly 20 years, and has toured hundreds of processing plants and food companies, sharing stories of innovation and technological advancement throughout the food supply chain. In 2018, he won a Folio:Eddie Award for his unique "From the Editor's Desk" video blogs, and he has brought home additional awards from Folio and ASBPE over the years. In addition, Hanacek led the Meat Industry Hall of Fame for several years and was vice president of communications for We R Food Safety, a food safety software and consulting company.