Category
Sweets and bakery
Bakeries, ice cream, doughnuts, and confectionery brands.
30 brands with a current stake on record.
- Auntie Anne's
Auntie Anne's is a pretzel brand.
- Portfolio investmentRoark Capitalvia GoTo Foods
- barkTHINS
barkTHINS is a chocolate brand The Hershey Company names in its 2025 Form 10-K.
- Controlling stakeThe Hershey Company
- Baskin-Robbins
Baskin-Robbins is an ice cream brand.
- Portfolio investmentRoark Capitalvia Inspire Brands
- Brookside
Brookside is a chocolate brand The Hershey Company names in its 2025 Form 10-K.
- Controlling stakeThe Hershey Company
- Cadbury Dairy Milk
Cadbury Dairy Milk is a chocolate brand Mondelēz names in its 2025 Form 10-K.
- Controlling stakeMondelēz International
- Carvel
Carvel sells ice cream cakes and soft-serve ice cream.
- Portfolio investmentRoark Capitalvia GoTo Foods
- Cinnabon
Cinnabon is a bakery brand known for cinnamon rolls.
- Portfolio investmentRoark Capitalvia GoTo Foods
- Dairy Queen
Dairy Queen is a quick-service restaurant brand. The 2025 10-K describes a Berkshire service business that franchises a network of Dairy Queen restaurants.
- Controlling stakeBerkshire Hathaway
- Einstein Bros. Bagels
Einstein Bros. Bagels is a bagel chain.
- Controlling stakeJAB Holding Companyvia Panera Brands
- Garoto
Garoto is a confectionery brand in Brazil. Nestlé's 2025 annual review lists it as a regional confectionery brand.
- Controlling stakeNestlé
- GoTo Foods
GoTo Foods is a restaurant platform. Roark's page says it is the parent of Auntie Anne's, Carvel, Cinnabon, Jamba, McAlister's, Moe's Southwest Grill, and Schlotzsky's, and the franchisor of Seattle's Best Coffee in limited markets.
- Portfolio investmentRoark Capital
- Häagen-Dazs
Häagen-Dazs is a trademark General Mills names in its fiscal 2026 Form 10-K. The same filing says the trademark is licensed royalty-free and exclusively to Nestlé and authorized sublicensees for ice cream and other frozen desserts in the United States and Canada, and is also licensed to Häagen-Dazs Japan.
- Controlling stakeGeneral Mills
- Hershey's
Hershey's is a chocolate brand The Hershey Company names in its 2025 Form 10-K.
- Controlling stakeThe Hershey Company
- Hsu Fu Chi
Hsu Fu Chi is a confectionery company in China. Nestlé's 2025 annual review says Nestlé acquired all the outstanding minority interests in 2025.
- Controlling stakeNestlé
- Jell-O
Jell-O is a dessert brand Kraft Heinz lists as a majority-owned trademark.
- Controlling stakeThe Kraft Heinz Company
- Kisses
Kisses is a chocolate brand The Hershey Company names with Hershey's in its 2025 Form 10-K.
- Controlling stakeThe Hershey Company
- KitKat
KitKat is a chocolate bar. Nestlé's 2025 annual review says the confectionery category is led by KitKat.
- Controlling stakeNestlé
- Krispy Kreme
Krispy Kreme is a publicly traded doughnut company.
- Minority stakeJAB Holding Company
- Lily's
Lily's is a brand The Hershey Company names for baking products and toppings in its 2025 Form 10-K.
- Controlling stakeThe Hershey Company
- Milka
Milka is a chocolate brand Mondelēz names in its 2025 Form 10-K.
- Controlling stakeMondelēz International