The J. M. Smucker Company (NYSE: SJM) is a manufacturer of fruit spreads, ice cream toppings, health and natural foods, beverages, shortening, and natural peanut butter in North America. Smucker's headquarters are located in Orrville, Ohio.
The J. M. Smucker Company was founded in 1897 by Jerome Monroe Smucker who sold his first product apple butter from the back of a horse-drawn wagon. The company was incoporated in 1921.