Sargento: brands it owns and its ownership tree
Sargento is a family-owned company headquartered in Plymouth, Wisconsin, United States that owns 1 consumer brand.[1]
Sargento was founded in Wisconsin in 1953 and invented the resealable cheese package and the practice of selling shredded cheese in bags, both of which reshaped the American dairy case. It is still owned and run by the founding Gentine family and remains one of the largest privately held food companies in the country.
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Company facts
- Legal name
- Sargento Foods Inc.
- Type
- family-owned company · see all family-owned company owners
- Headquarters
- 🇺🇸 Plymouth, Wisconsin, United States
- Founded
- 1953
- Wikidata
- Q7422204
- Website
- www.sargento.com
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
Sargento in numbers
- Sargento owns 1 consumer brands tracked here across 1 top-level categories; the largest is food with 1 brands.[1]
Everything Sargento owns
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Frequently asked questions
What brands does Sargento own?
Sargento owns 1 consumer brands tracked here, including Sargento.
Is Sargento an American company?
Yes. Sargento is headquartered in Plymouth, Wisconsin, United States and was founded in 1953.
Who owns Sargento?
Sargento is privately held. Sargento was founded in Wisconsin in 1953 and invented the resealable cheese package and the practice of selling shredded cheese in bags, both of which reshaped the American dairy case.
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] Sargento — our story — Sargento Foods Inc., Official document; retrieved 6 September 2026.
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