a brand of coffee sold in the us a division of the j.m. smucker company . the company sells whole bean and ground coffee in retail settings and on its website . history edit the company was founded in everett washington in 1981 . founder phil johnson sold 100 pound sacks of arabica beans to high end coffee shops in the greater seattle area and pioneered the idea of selling whole beaned coffees to supermarkets . johnson sold the company to procter & gamble in 1996 which closed down most of the everett operation and runs the company out of ohio . johnson took the assets p & g did not purchase and created the cascade coffee company which continues to do business in everett . in january 2008 procter & gamble announced plans to create an independent company named the folgers coffee company . the company consisted of three segments retail commercial and millstone . 1 on november 6 2008 the j. m. smucker company announced the completion of its merger with the folgers coffee company . 2 references edit p & g announces plan to create stand alone coffee company the j. m. smucker company announces completion of folgers merger external links edit official website cascade coffee has to know beans about business the everett herald cascade coffee company founded by millstone founder phil johnson v t e the j.m. smucker company human food crisco crosse & blackwell dunkin donuts coffee eagle brand five roses flour folgers goober hungry jack jif knott s berry farm martha white millstone pet pillsbury robin hood flour r.w. knudsen family smucker s big heart pet brands meow mix kibbles n bits milk bone 9lives natural balance pup peroni gravy train nature s recipe canine carry outs milo s kitchen this food and or confectionery corporation or company related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title millstone coffee & oldid 737294400 categories coffee brandscompanies established in 1981the j.m. smucker co. brandsfood company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 1 september 2016 at 21 29 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view