What B&G Foods does

B&G Foods, Inc. (NYSE: BGS) is a publicly traded, Parsippany, New Jersey-headquartered packaged food manufacturer and distributor that sells more than 50 iconic, predominantly shelf-stable consumer brands across the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. Its portfolio spans baking ingredients (Clabber Girl, Crisco), hot cereal (Cream of Wheat), Mexican foods (Ortega, Las Palmas), spices and seasonings (Spice Islands, Tone's, Durkee, Mrs. Dash/Dash), syrups and spreads (Maple Grove Farms, Polaner, Grandma's Molasses), snacks (New York Style, Old London, TrueNorth), broths and stocks (College Inn, Kitchen Basics — acquired March 2026 from Del Monte), and household items (Static Guard). The underlying technology is conventional food manufacturing and co-packing across U.S. plants and a retained facility in Irapuato, Mexico; the company has no disclosed software, AI, or platform technology assets, and operates no public API or partner integrations.

B&G Foods makes money by selling branded packaged food products at retailer-set prices across three channels: (1) retail grocery, mass, club, drug, dollar, and e-commerce; (2) food-service and hospitality, accessed through a dedicated "Away From Home" site; and (3) e-commerce through its own brand sites and third-party platforms. It serves two horizontal end-segments — individual grocery consumers and food-service operators — and has historically grown through 26 acquisitions between 1997 and 2022 that took net sales from $129M to a $2.16B peak in FY2022. It was formally incorporated in 1996 by Bruckman, Rosser, Sherrill & Co. to acquire Bloch & Guggenheimer (founded 1889) and Burns & Ricker; it completed its IPO in October 2004 and trades separately as common stock on the NYSE since 2007.

The company is currently mid-execution of a portfolio reshaping: it divested Green Giant U.S. shelf-stable (Nov 2023), Don Pepino/Sclafani (May 2025), Le Sueur U.S. (Aug 2025), announced Green Giant Canada (Oct 2025), and sold Green Giant U.S. frozen to Seneca Foods for $63.2M (March 2026); concurrently it acquired College Inn and Kitchen Basics for ~$110M (March 2026) and refinanced its capital structure with $475M of 11.00% senior notes due 2031 (June 2026), more than doubling the coupon on the redeemed 2027 notes. FY2025 revenue was $1.83B, down 5.4% YoY, and the company cut its quarterly dividend by approximately 50% in May 2026 after 87 consecutive quarterly payments.

Name

B&G Foods

Legal name

B&G Foods, Inc.

Website

https://bgfoods.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1996

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

B&G Foods (NYSE: BGS) manufactures and distributes 50+ iconic shelf-stable food brands — including Cream of Wheat, Ortega, Crisco, Mrs. Dash, and Clabber Girl — through retail grocery, food-service, and e-commerce channels across North America, currently mid-portfolio-restructuring to reduce debt.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Packaged Foods

NAICS

Food Manufacturing (311), Fruit and Vegetable Preserving and Specialty Food Manufacturing (3114)

SIC

Food And Kindred Products (2000), Miscellaneous Food Preparations & Kindred Products (2090), Wholesale-Groceries, General Line (5141)

akta.pro primary industry

Shelf-Stable Pantry Staples (Grains, Pasta, Rice, Beans, Canned Foods) (CRADAAAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Breakfast Foods & Cereals (Cereal, Granola, Oatmeal) (CRADAAAE), Baking Ingredients & Desserts (Flour, Mixes, Frosting, Gelatin) (CRADAAAD), Shelf-Stable Packaged Foods Wholesale (Canned, Dry, Snacks) (AFAIABAB)

Keywords

• Packaged food manufacturing
• Shelf-stable food brands
• Consumer packaged goods
• Branded food distribution
• Food retail products

Headquarters

HQ city

Parsippany

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Others, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Packaged Food Products Sales: B&G Foods generates revenue primarily through the sale of packaged food products to retail grocery chains, mass merchants, food service companies, and online/e-commerce channels. The company manufactures and distributes a diverse portfolio of over 50 iconic food brands including spices, seasonings, condiments, snacks, cereals, syrups, and vegetables.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

B&G Foods manufactures, sells and distributes a diversified portfolio of more than 50 shelf-stable and frozen branded food products across North America and Puerto Rico. Its portfolio spans spices, seasonings, condiments, baking ingredients, hot cereals, syrups, Mexican foods, snacks, broths and stocks, and vegetables sold through retail grocery, mass merchants, club stores, food service, and e-commerce channels.

Product overview

B&G Foods is a diversified food manufacturing, sales and distribution company offering more than 50 iconic consumer brands across North America. The portfolio spans multiple categories including baking ingredients (Clabber Girl, Crisco), hot cereals (Cream of Wheat), Mexican foods (Ortega, Las Palmas, Buena Vida), spices and seasonings (Spice Islands, Durkee, Tone's), syrups and spreads (Maple Grove Farms, Polaner, Grandma's Molasses), snacks (New York Style, Old London), meats and spreads (Underwood), meal solutions (Bear Creek Country Kitchens), and household products (Static Guard). The company recently expanded into broths and stocks through the acquisition of College Inn and Kitchen Basics brands. The products are sold through retail grocery stores across the United States and Puerto Rico, with operations including manufacturing facilities in the U.S. and Mexico.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Cream of Wheat: Hot cereal brand, America's #1 hot wheat cereal, introduced in 1893
• Ortega
• Crisco
• Mrs. Dash
• Clabber Girl
• Spice Islands
• Victoria
• Green Giant
• B&M
• Underwood
• Polaner
• Maple Grove Farms
• College Inn
• Kitchen Basics
• Weber Sauces & Seasonings
• Einstein Bros
• Crock-Pot Seasoning Mixes
• New York Style
• Wright's
• Tone's
• TrueNorth
• Bear Creek Country Kitchens
• Las Palmas
• Mama Mary's
• Trappey's
• Brer Rabbit
• Grandma's Molasses
• Cary's
• Henri's
• Skinnygirl
• Static Guard

Products and services

• Cream of Wheat America's #1 hot wheat cereal brand since 1893, available in Original, Whole Grain, Maple Brown Sugar, instant packets and instant To Go cups for at-home breakfast consumption.
• Crisco Shortening, vegetable oil and cooking spray brand, the #1 brand of shortening and vegetable oil in the United States since 1911, sold to retail consumers for baking and cooking.
• Ortega Mexican food brand since 1897 offering America's #1 selling taco sauce, taco shells, tortillas, salsas, seasonings, dinner kits, refried beans, and jalapeño and chile peppers for at-home Mexican meal preparation.
• Mrs. Dash (Dash) Salt-free seasoning brand with over a dozen blends, introduced in 1983 and rebranded as Dash in 2020 for modern consumers seeking low-sodium flavoring.
• Clabber Girl Baking powder and ingredients brand including America's #1 baking powder since 1850, along with Rumford, Davis, Royal, KC and Fleischmann's Baking Powder for retail baking.
• Spice Islands Premium globally sourced spices, seasonings, dried herbs and extracts since 1941, including Saigon Cinnamon, Cumin and Bay Leaves for retail and foodservice customers.
• College Inn Broths and stocks brand providing flavorful products for home cooks to prepare comforting meals, acquired by B&G Foods from Del Monte Foods in March 2026.
• Kitchen Basics Cooking stocks and broths crafted for home cooks to create meals with depth and quality ingredients, acquired by B&G Foods from Del Monte Foods in March 2026.
• B&G (Bloch & Guggenheimer) Pickles, peppers, relishes, olives, sauerkraut and specialty items brand originating in New York in 1889, the foundational B&G Foods brand.
• B&M Brick oven baked beans and brown bread brand originating from 1867, producing one of the few authentic slow-cooked brick oven baked beans for retail and foodservice.
• Polaner Fruit spreads and jarred wet spices since 1880, including Polaner All Fruit (Non-GMO Project Verified) and sugar-free preserves with fiber, established as a leader in naturally sweetened fruit spreads.
• Maple Grove Farms One of the largest packers and marketers of pure maple syrup in the United States since 1915, also offering gourmet salad dressings and pancake syrups.
• Grandma's Molasses Leading brand of premium quality molasses in the United States since 1890, used in baking and cooking, and donated annually to The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee since 2008.

Quantifiable outcome

• Net sales of $1.83 billion in fiscal 2025
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered major and minor.

• Seneca Foods CorporationmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 2 March 2026Seneca Foods acquired B&G Foods' Green Giant U.S. frozen vegetable product line including manufacturing operations in Yuma, Arizona for $63.2 million. B&G Foods retained frozen manufacturing operations in Irapuato, Mexico and entered into a co-pack agreement to continue producing certain Green Giant frozen products for Seneca Foods. This reunites the Green Giant U.S. frozen line with the shelf-stable line under Seneca's ownership.
• Nortera FoodsmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 October 2025Nortera Foods agreed to acquire the Green Giant and Le Sueur frozen and shelf-stable vegetable product lines in Canada from B&G Foods. The transaction was expected to close in late 2025 or early 2026 pending regulatory approval, as part of B&G Foods' strategy to divest non-core brands and reduce debt.
• McCall FarmsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMcCall Farms acquired the Le Sueur US vegetable brand from B&G Foods as part of the portfolio reshaping strategy.
• America's Grow-a-Row (AGAR)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerB&G Foods partnered with America's Grow-a-Row in 2022 to provide fresh produce to communities in need. In 2023, B&G Foods donated $250,000 to AGAR, resulting in the planting, growing, harvesting and distribution of 1.25 million servings of fresh produce. Employees volunteer to help harvest produce that is donated locally.
• The Culinary Institute of America (CIA)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerB&G Foods founded the B&G Foods Culinary Leaders of Tomorrow Scholarship at the CIA in 2021, awarding five $10,000 grants to eligible students each year with a total commitment of $1,000,000 in scholarships over eight years. Recipients who continue in good standing receive the award each year until graduation.
• The Elephant SanctuaryminorGTM or Marketing PartnerPartnership between Grandma's Molasses (brand owned by B&G Foods) and The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee. Grandma's Molasses donates a year's supply of molasses annually to help elephants take their dietary supplements and medications, since 2008.
• Schafer Condon CarterminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCreative agency partner that developed Ortega's brand refresh including the new logo, packaging, and 'Now It's a Fiesta' brand platform launched February 2026. Also developed the 'Seis de Mayo' marketing initiative.
• Food Network Celebrity Chef Kelsey MurphyminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCollaborated with Ortega brand to create the 'Chicago Taco Dog' limited-time product for the Seis de Mayo launch event in Chicago.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves11 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Market position

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles7 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds4 records

Investors

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M&A9 records

Investments

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