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Newell

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Newell (formerly Jarden): The home canning giant.

Newell is a company that produces most of the Mason jars and Mason jar lids for North America. They do so under the following brand names: Ball, Bernardin, Golden Harvest, and Kerr.

  • Ball jars are mostly sold in the eastern-half of the United States;
  • Bernardin jars are in Canada;
  • Golden Harvest are sold throughout North America;
  • Kerr jars are mostly found on the west coast of the United States.

Newell also produces associated supplies for the home canning market, as well as the Ball and Bernardin canning recipe books which are regarded as reputable and authoritative.

Newell was known as “Jarden” from 2002 to 2016.

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  • 1 Newell around the world
    • 1.1 Newell in Australia
    • 1.2 Newell in Canada
    • 1.3 United States
  • 2 Background information on Newell
  • 3 Name history summary
  • 4 Further reading

Newell around the world

Newell in Australia

https://www.freshpreserving.com.au/

Newell in Canada

https://www.bernardin.ca (English)

https://www.bernardin.ca/french_pages/accueil/1.php (French)

United States

Newell operates a combined web-site for Ball and Kerr at: https://www.freshpreserving.com/

There is no website for Golden Harvest.

Background information on Newell

Newell also owns many other well-known companies outside the home-preserving field, such as Coleman (the camping people), Brevil, Crock-Pot, Foodsaver, Mr Coffee, Oster, Rival, Rubbermaid, Sunbeam, etc.

Newell is the third name for the corporate conglomerate. The company was originally called Alltrista. Alltrista was created in April of 1993 as a spin off company from Ball Corporation to own and make Ball products under licence. Nine years later, in May 2002, the name was changed to the invented name of “Jarden.”

The Wikipedia entry for Jarden (as of 17 March 2015) explains the meaning of the corporation’s first two names, Alltrista and Jarden:

The company was renamed in May 2002. The company’s previous name, Alltrista, was created by dropping the “B” from Ball and the “Minne” from Minnetrista, the street on which the Ball family had grown up in Muncie, IN. Between 1993 and 2001, as a public company, Alltrista did not perform well and, after Martin E. Franklin and Ian G.H. Ashken joined the company in 2001, Mr. Franklin decided to change the name of the company to something that represented not only the company’s heritage, but also its future. The company did not hire any consultants to assist with the naming process. Martin Franklin conceived the Jarden name by combining the heritage of the Ball “Jar” with the concept of products being used in the home (the “den”). The coinage of “Jarden” also invoked the connotation of the French word for garden (jardin), since the company planned to expand its product range outside the home.”

In 1994, the company acquired Bernardin in Canada, and the Fruit-Fresh brand product line.

In 1996, the company acquired the Kerr company, closing production in Jackson, Tennessee and consolidating Kerr and Ball production in Muncie, Indiana.

In 1998, the Golden Harvest line of canning products was introduced.

In 2013, Jarden bought a company called Penley which amongst other things was selling some Mason jars (made in China for them), but Jarden shut down Penley’s Mason jar line.  [1] “He said he said he was surprised to find the Penley lids, since the company had decided to get into making fruit jars and shipped in a supply made in China, but before they could be sold they were bought out by Jarden. The inventory sat in the warehouse for a while before the decision was made to destroy the inventory.” — Midwest Antique Fruit Jar & Bottle Club. Midwest Glass Chatter – October 2013. Accessed March 2015 at http://www.leaderjar.com/glasschatter/Glass%20Chatter%20October%202013.pdf

Jarden’s headquarters were first in Muncie, Indiana; then in Indianapolis, Indiana;  [2] Company history of Alltrista Corporation, International Directory of Company Histories. Accessed March 2015 at https://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/alltrista-corporation-history/ then in Rye, New York, and then as of 2014, in Boca Raton, Florida.  [3] “After years of moving its employees south, Jarden Corp. has officially switched its headquarters to Boca Raton to give the city another major corporate player to boast about. Formerly based in Rye, N.Y., the company (NYSE: JAH) changed its headquarters address in public filings to 1800 North Military Trail several months ago, spokeswoman Rachel Wilson said. It still has offices in both cities, but its larger workforce is in Boca Raton, she said.” — Bandell, Brian. Company with $7B in sales now calls Boca Raton home. South Florida Business Journal. 13 March 2014. Accessed March 2015 at https://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2014/03/13/company-with-7b-in-sales-now-calls-boca-raton-home.html?page=all

Tidbit for Canadians: Jarden had a contract to supply penny blanks to the Royal Canadian Mint until 2016.  [4] Jarden Corporation Annual Report filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. 31 December 2013. Commission File Number: 001-13665.

In 2016, Jarden was acquired by Newell Rubbermaid in a move that was branded a “merger.” The “merged” company renamed itself to “Newell Brands.”

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Name history summary

  • 1993 and prior: Ball, Kerr and Bernardin jars all made by their respective brands
  • 1993: Ball spins off its home canning jar division, naming it “Alltrista”
  • 1994: Bernardin bought and merged into Alltrista
  • 1996: Kerr bought and merged into Alltrista
  • 1998: Alltrista introduces fourth economy line of jars, “Golden Harvest”
  • 2002: Alltrista becomes “Jarden”
  • 2016: Jarden becomes “Newell Brands”

Further reading

Canning Around the Globe! Jarden Home Brands Presents First Ever International Can-It-Forward Day. Press release. 4 August 2014.

Company history of Alltrista Corporation, International Directory of Company Histories.

References[+]

References
↑1 “He said he said he was surprised to find the Penley lids, since the company had decided to get into making fruit jars and shipped in a supply made in China, but before they could be sold they were bought out by Jarden. The inventory sat in the warehouse for a while before the decision was made to destroy the inventory.” — Midwest Antique Fruit Jar & Bottle Club. Midwest Glass Chatter – October 2013. Accessed March 2015 at http://www.leaderjar.com/glasschatter/Glass%20Chatter%20October%202013.pdf
↑2 Company history of Alltrista Corporation, International Directory of Company Histories. Accessed March 2015 at https://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/alltrista-corporation-history/
↑3 “After years of moving its employees south, Jarden Corp. has officially switched its headquarters to Boca Raton to give the city another major corporate player to boast about. Formerly based in Rye, N.Y., the company (NYSE: JAH) changed its headquarters address in public filings to 1800 North Military Trail several months ago, spokeswoman Rachel Wilson said. It still has offices in both cities, but its larger workforce is in Boca Raton, she said.” — Bandell, Brian. Company with $7B in sales now calls Boca Raton home. South Florida Business Journal. 13 March 2014. Accessed March 2015 at https://www.bizjournals.com/southflorida/news/2014/03/13/company-with-7b-in-sales-now-calls-boca-raton-home.html?page=all
↑4 Jarden Corporation Annual Report filing with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. 31 December 2013. Commission File Number: 001-13665.

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Comments

  1. Hazel

    April 12, 2021 at 8:38 am

    Can someone point me in the right direction to purchase wide mouth Ball jars? I am in need of 500 quarts and 500 pints. Thank you in advance. Hazel Hamilton, Murfreesboro, TN.

    Reply
  2. ellen nieminen

    March 09, 2021 at 6:17 pm

    Oregon is also suffering from the lack of canning lids and ect. Those purchased from amazon were to say the least counterfeit to say the least, I am hoping that is the case. They are the cheapest, flimsyest lids I have ever seen. Has the canning lids been pirated or have you sold the line to China. They dont even put the correct lids in the boxes. The shelves are bare so what gives? We need to know before the next season begins , please give this your attention, I have canned for over 50yrs with your products and would like to continue.

    Reply
  3. JoAnn Kugler

    December 14, 2020 at 5:29 pm

    Please let us know if jar lids will be available for the 2021 season. My business depends upon canning.

    Reply
  4. Denise Davison

    December 08, 2020 at 5:13 am

    Monopoly, that’s what we have going on! Stockpiling the jars for next seasons canning is a lame answer to this situation. I see the price increase on the wall!

    Reply
  5. Sue Yopek

    October 06, 2020 at 10:19 am

    A Chinese company has started advertising as “Ball” such as “Ballofficial” and so on. I got scammed by their product…shipped from China, no branding on the lids which were white on the inside, thin…definitely not a Jarden/Newell brand. They have been adding new url’s daily. I sent an email direct with images and detail, yet didn’t even receive a “gee thanks for letting us know” letter. Having been using your products in my farm and prior for over 45 years…it would be nice to know that the same consideration for your customers was still in place today that there was back then. It seems since the pandemic, Newell (Rubbermaid, Jarden et al) has dropped the ball on answering customer inquiries and concerns. Please make us feel like you still care…

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    • Barb Brewster

      January 30, 2021 at 5:04 am

      Sue Yopek, I also got scammed on these Chinese knockoffs on Amazon sold in ball boxes. I let Amazon and Ball know. Neither of them acknowledged my comments either. Very frustrating! I have been canning 30 years and now cannot find lids or jars locally. I am very frustrated!!

      Reply
  6. Patrick Bradshaw

    August 26, 2020 at 11:53 pm

    Since Newell owns ALL the jar making Companies in North America, why has there been such a shortage of product available for store shelves for the last two years? You wouldn’t be trying to introduce a false Market condition to support raising prices would you? I would prefer to think you would be doing everything possible to assist the homeowners to cut their expenses. Considering the amount of home gardens started this year due to the Pandemic, I would expect you will want to assist all of us by keeping our costs of preserving down. Have you seen Amazons jar prices? They will make you sick.

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    • CliffOnTheRoad

      October 30, 2020 at 12:10 am

      Patrick, Amazon lists items which are totally handled by 3rd parties. Might be the case with jars. When I needed a manual can opener, several were listed at $24.95. Then I found a restaurant supply web site — less than eight dollars. Identical photo. IMO, those sellers accept orders through Amazon THEN they order the product from the actual vendor. Profit while sitting in their at-home office and possibly never actually touching the item. If the real vendor is out of stock, you get an email from the Amazon reseller.
      Same situation existed with the N95 masks, I must legally say IMO, during the crisis this year.
      As for shortages of jars, one commentor someplace believes the the upswing of home canning by newbies will result in spoilage by next summer. Defective products are but one cause.
      Want more trivia? When Rubbermaid closed down and sold everything (2nd hand story that Wal-Mart dictated what they would pay and RM lost money on each item but needed the retail outlet. The equipment was shipped to China. I know not if the brand currently exists.)

      Reply
    • Robert Woodward

      December 10, 2020 at 8:04 pm

      Excellent question. I would like to see an answer.

      Reply
    • Mrs. Watcher

      January 09, 2021 at 8:20 am

      Hear hear. This is the single most appalling danger of globalist concentration of this sort. One supplier, no competition, no incentive to serve captive customers, nowhere to go when they drop the ball because they were busy listening to their PR companies’ focus groups instead of just producing what frugal, self sufficient Americans have always bought to care for their families as our ancestors did.

      Canning jars, lids, and bands have been my go-to example for why this sort of corporate monopoly is terrible–and I’ve been arguing this since the 1990s! Now we get to see it play out in real time. Appalling! Add to that the cheesy quality of the Made In China jars and lids. Disgusting that a long standing, high quality American tradition of self sufficiency should be ruined like this…all because speculation is placed at higher value over producing and building good things well!

      And I’ll bet if some good American entrepreneur started a canning lid business, to serve this captive but not-much-cared-about market, Alltrista/Jarden/Newell or whatever they’re calling themselves this week would drive them out of business with lawsuits. Terrible terrible mess, to have speculators, usurers, gamblers, and lawyers in charge of EVERYTHING!

      Reply
    • Mark faber

      February 09, 2021 at 1:07 am

      I have been wondering the same thing. These are made in us. WHY ARE THEY STILL MISSING ON THE SHELVES?

      Reply
  7. Janean Winter

    August 13, 2020 at 11:55 am

    Curious as to why the extreme shortage in canning lids right now. Unable to find in MN or WI. I understand that we’re in a Pandemic but it still makes no sense. There’s not THAT many new gardeners…

    Reply
    • Rose W Bradford

      January 29, 2021 at 11:36 pm

      can’t get them in Tennessee , on line or in a catalogue.

      Reply
  8. James Barrett

    August 05, 2020 at 2:40 pm

    There seem to be shortages of canning jars and lids in my area, Dayton PA. The Amish community relies on its canned foods for the winter. Is there a way to get more supplies here?

    Reply
  9. Pam Crimmins

    July 14, 2020 at 8:44 pm

    I have a gallon Ball jar I found at a yard sale, unfortunately he does not have a lid! Can I purchase one please? Any help would be appreciated!

    Reply
  10. Elizabeth Ball Tyra

    May 24, 2020 at 6:39 pm

    Can you verify that all jars and lids are made in the United States now. Several lid failures has me concerned. Is quality control slipping or product quality? I can have lids from three years ago and new lids in the same canner I marked my older lids to check if they were good when they came out they sealed and the two of the three new lids failed.

    Reply
    • Judy

      February 02, 2021 at 1:35 pm

      The lid failure is mostly due to the change in the composition of the sealing product to eliminate possible cancer causing agents . Thus, a new way to prepare the lids for canning. Do not boil your lids! That is a practice that had “assured” successful canning for decades and few of us actually read the directions on the lid box. After 30 years of canning, why would you? Instead, wash them with soapy water and hold them in warm water until ready to can. I lost 15 quarts of peaches before I researched this problem. But, after realizing what the problem really was, I reprocessed the last 60 quarts of peaches with the “new directions” and had no failures, as was the usual for so many years.

      Reply
  11. Diane L Hall

    April 16, 2018 at 3:17 pm

    When I inspected my lids from Golden Harvest, one seems irregular and not sure whether to use it or not. Please advise.

    Reply
    • Healthy Canning

      April 22, 2018 at 1:09 pm

      Hi Diane. If the lid seems irregular, and you don’t feel comfortable about it, then don’t use it for canning. You can use it for dry storage instead, rather than risking have a jar on the shelf lose its seal and the food in it go bad.

      Reply
      • Carol

        October 01, 2020 at 3:33 pm

        I am appalled that Ball lids are now manufactured in China with extremely poor quality. In fact, they don’t work at all! Ball’s reputation has always been about good quality. Grandma always said that Ball lids are the best. Not any more. And for this company to have a monopoly on the canning lid market! Sinful!

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  12. Stephanie

    December 07, 2017 at 12:45 pm

    The new “sure tight” lids are not good. They fail daily. But yet the golden harvest and Jarden do not. Makes no sense if they are made by the same company. Then there is the mini jars. They are sold at Walmart and take different lids called mininlids but the lids are not sold at Walmart. This is just an observation of course.

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  13. Gay stephen

    September 22, 2016 at 3:54 pm

    I would like to buy canning jars of quality, not made in China they break in the pressure cooker. Do you have an outlet store in Quebec City. Do your jars withstand 10 degrees of pressure for 50 minutes. Quality please.

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    • Healthy Canning

      September 22, 2016 at 5:08 pm

      Hi Gay, all jars made and sold by Jarden — Ball, Bernardin, Golden Harvest, and Kerr — are made in America.

      I’m going to direct you to Bernardin for your other questions. You can contact them here: https://www.bernardin.ca/en/contact-us.htm

      Reply
  14. Ann Mathis

    April 14, 2016 at 6:10 pm

    I’m trying to find a quart jar wide mouth lid. I want it with a light kit on it. Thank you so much.

    Reply
    • Healthy Canning

      April 14, 2016 at 7:59 pm

      Not able to picture what you mean Ann…..

      Reply
    • Mary

      March 27, 2021 at 1:19 am

      Try: mason jar lifestyle

      Reply
  15. Langley Joyner

    October 31, 2015 at 1:16 am

    Trying to contact the CEO or President of the Jarden ball lid company for I am having a problem with the consumer affairs division for over two months and I am still not satisfied . Please help. Langley Joyner Concord,N.C. 28028 . 704-782-2385, Thanks

    Reply
    • Healthy Canning

      October 31, 2015 at 10:51 am

      This page lists how to contact the board: https://www.jarden.com/for-investors/governance/contact-the-board. Here’s the list of people on the board: https://www.jarden.com/for-investors/governance/board-directors.

      Hope that helps.

      Reply
If you need FAST or relatively immediate canning help or answers, please try one of these Master Food Preserver groups; they are more qualified than we are and have many hands to help you. Many of them even operate telephone hotlines in season.

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