"Henry J. Heinz Henry John Heinz (October 11, 1844 – May 14, 1919) was a German-American entrepreneur who founded the H. J. Heinz Company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was born in that city, the son of German immigrants from the Palatinate who came independently to the United States in the early 1840s. Heinz developed his business into a national company which made more than 60 food products; one of its first was tomato ketchup. He was influential for introducing high sanitary standards for food manufacturing. He also exercised a paternal relationship with his workers, providing health benefits, recreation facilities,"
"John Heinz began packing foodstuffs on a small scale at Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1869. There he founded Heinz Noble & Company with a friend, L. Clarence Noble, and started marketing packaged horseradish. The company went bankrupt in 1875. The following year Heinz founded another company, F & J Heinz, with his brother John Heinz and a cousin Frederick Heinz. One of this company's first products was tomato ketchup. The company continued to grow, and in 1888 Heinz bought out his other two partners and reorganized as the H. J. Heinz Company, the name carried to the present day. The company's"
"all ages."" In 1905, H. J. Heinz was incorporated, and Heinz served as its first president, holding that position for the rest of his life. Under his leadership, the company pioneered processes for sanitary food preparation, and led a successful lobbying effort in favor of the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906. In 1908 he established a processing plant in Leamington, Ontario, Canada for tomatoes and other products. Heinz operated it until 2014, when it was sold. Heinz was a pioneer in both scientific and ""technological innovations to solve problems like bacterial contamination."" He personally worked to control the"
"with a blend of flavors between sweet and sour that was first produced commercially in 1869 by entrepreneur and chef Henry John Heinz in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania. His company was originally called the ""Anchor Pickle and Vinegar Works"", but in 1888 it was renamed F. & J. Heinz. The use of ketchup by American consumers grew quickly after this date, and it was not long before hamburgers were almost universally accompanied by ketchup by the end of the nineteenth and into the early 20th century. Mustard is a significantly older condiment, as it is thought that the ancient Romans used a"
"first products was Heinz Tomato Ketchup. The company continued to grow. In 1888, Heinz bought out his other two partners and reorganized the company as the H. J. Heinz Company. Its slogan, ""57 varieties"", was introduced by Heinz in 1896. Inspired by an advertisement he saw while riding an elevated train in New York City (a shoe store boasting ""21 styles""), Heinz picked the number more or less at random because he liked the sound of it, selecting ""7"" specifically because, as he put it, of the ""psychological influence of that figure and of its enduring significance to people of"
"Oscar Mayer The Oscar Mayer Company is an American meat and cold cut production company, owned by the American food company Kraft Heinz. It is known for its hot dogs, bologna, bacon, ham and Lunchables products. German immigrant Oscar F. Mayer (1859–1955), born in Kösingen, Germany, began working at a meat market in Detroit, Michigan, and later in Chicago, Illinois. In 1883, Mayer and his brother Gottfried leased the Kolling Meat Market on the near-northside of Chicago. The Mayer brothers sold bratwurst, liverwurst, and weißwurst which was popular in the predominantly German neighborhoods around their Chicago meat market. As the"
"began packing foodstuffs on a small scale at Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1869. There he founded Heinz Noble & Company with a friend, L. Clarence Noble, and began marketing horseradish. The first product in Heinz and Noble's new Anchor Brand (a name selected for its biblical meaning of hope) was his mother Anna Heinz's recipe for horseradish. The young Heinz manufactured it in the basement of his father's former house. The company went bankrupt in 1875. The following year Heinz founded another company, F & J Heinz, with his brother John Heinz and a cousin, Frederick Heinz. One of this company's"
"to six of the television series ""Mad Men"", landing and losing the Heinz Baked Beans advertising account served as an ongoing plot line, with a fictional Heinz executive, Raymond Geiger, becoming one of the firm's more difficult clients. Heinz Baked Beans Heinz Baked Beans are a brand of baked beans produced by the H. J. Heinz Company, and sold in the United Kingdom and other countries. They have been sold as Heinz Beanz since 2008. Heinz Beanz were launched in 1901 as ""Heinz Baked Beans"" and were produced in the United States until 1928. In 1901, Heinz Baked Beans were"
"a realistic light green matte to the darker and shinier cucumber green used today The pickle pin was envisioned by Heinz company founder H. J. Heinz, and predates even the ""57 varieties"" slogan for which Heinz is famous. The first Heinz pickle pins were given away at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, also known as the World's Columbian Exposition, where a simple and inexpensive gift was thought to be necessary to draw visitors toward Heinz's relatively out-of-the-way booth in the upper gallery of the Agricultural Building. Heinz believed that the public could help advertise the Heinz brand by wearing a"
"transformed into a joint-stock company. Since 1997, most of its shares are held by Heinz. Pudliszki (company) Pudliszki Sp. z o.o. is a brand and producer in the food industry of fruit and vegetables. Presently, the brand is under the American company Heinz, which holds considerable shares in the company. Pudliszki focuses on the production of tomato goods (ketchup and concentrate) and vegetable (peas, beans and corn). The beginning of the production plant in Pudliszki began with Józef Łubieński, who in 1847 opened one of the first sugar refineries in Greater Poland. The proceeding owner, Kennemann liquidated the sugar refinery"
"of the longest-running TV commercials in the country. Oscar Mayer is known for its Wienermobile, which has toured the United States for over 70 years. The first Wienermobile was created in 1936. Oscar Mayer The Oscar Mayer Company is an American meat and cold cut production company, owned by the American food company Kraft Heinz. It is known for its hot dogs, bologna, bacon, ham and Lunchables products. German immigrant Oscar F. Mayer (1859–1955), born in Kösingen, Germany, began working at a meat market in Detroit, Michigan, and later in Chicago, Illinois. In 1883, Mayer and his brother Gottfried leased"
"slogan, ""57 varieties,"" was introduced by Heinz in 1896; by then the company was selling more than 60 different products. Heinz said he chose ""5"" because it was his lucky number and the number ""7"" was his wife's lucky number. H. J. Heinz Company was incorporated in 1905, and Heinz served as its first president, leading in the position for the rest of his life. Under his tutelage, the company was noted for fair treatment of workers and for pioneering safe and sanitary food preparation. He provided his employees with free medical care; recreation facilities such as gyms, swimming pools,"
"Planters Planters is an American snack food company, a division of Kraft Heinz based in Chicago, best known for its processed nuts and for the Mr. Peanut icon that symbolizes them. Mr. Peanut was created by grade schooler Antonio Gentile for a 1916 contest to design the company's brand icon. The original design was modified by a commercial artist and has continued to change over the years. Planters was founded by Italian immigrant Amedeo Obici in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. He started his career as a bellhop and fruit stand vendor in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Obici later moved to Wilkes-Barre, opened his own"
"Heinz 57 Heinz 57 is a shortened form of a historical advertising slogan ""57 Varieties of Pickles"" by the H. J. Heinz Company located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It has come to mean anything that is made from a large number of parts or origins. It was developed from the marketing campaign that told consumers about the numerous pickle products available from the Heinz company. Henry J. Heinz introduced the marketing slogan ""57 pickle Varieties"" in 1896. He later claimed he was inspired by an advertisement he saw while riding an elevated train in New York City (a shoe"
"Baker's Chocolate Baker's Chocolate is a brand name for the line of baking chocolates owned by the Kraft Heinz Company (formerly Kraft Foods). Products include a variety of bulk chocolates, including white and unsweetened, and sweetened coconut flakes. It is one of the largest national brands of chocolate in the United States. The company was originally named Walter Baker & Company. In 1764, John Hannon (or alternatively spelled ""Hannan"" in some sources) and the American physician Dr. James Baker started importing beans and producing chocolate in the Lower Mills section of Dorchester, Massachusetts. After Hannon never returned from a 1779"
"six children of a winegrower and a second cousin of Henry J. Heinz, the founder of Heinz. Friedrich learned the profession of hairdresser. In 1885, at the age of 16, Friedrich emigrated from Kallstadt to the United States. As he did not yet serve the mandatory military duty of two years in the Kingdom of Bavaria, this emigration was illegal. He anglicized his name to ""Frederick"" in 1892 when he became a U.S. citizen. During the Alaska Gold Rush, he amassed a fortune by opening restaurants and hotels for gold seekers on their way to the region. While visiting home,"
"the father of Henry John Heinz who founded the H. J. Heinz Company in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, emigrated from Kallstadt, Palatinate, to the United States in 1840. Friedrich Trump, the grandfather of Donald Trump, was also born in Kallstadt and emigrated to New York City in 1885. He later married Elisabeth Christ, a former neighbor's daughter from Kallstadt. Arguably the most famous dish in Palatinate is the saumagen, literally ""sow's stomach"", a dish that consists of a thick, crispy-fried casing (sow stomach) stuffed with a mixture of pork, potatoes, and seasonings. Other traditional meat dishes of the region include bratwurst, Palatinate"
"beverage company. The companies completed the merger on July 2, 2015. The company's world headquarters are in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where the company has been located since 1890. The company's ""keystone"" logo is based on that of Pennsylvania, the ""keystone state"". A majority of its ketchup is produced in Fremont, Ohio. Heinz Field was named after the Heinz company in 2001. Heinz opened a pickle factory in Holland, Michigan, in 1897, and it is the largest such facility in the world. The Heinz Portion Control subsidiary is located in Jacksonville, Florida, and produces single-serving containers of ketchup, mustard, salad dressings, jams,"
"Jack Heinz Henry John Heinz II (July 10, 1908 – February 23, 1987) was an American business executive and CEO of the H. J. Heinz Company based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. His grandfather Henry J. Heinz founded the company in the nineteenth century, and he worked in a variety of positions within the company before becoming CEO. Heinz II was the father of John Heinz, elected as a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, who died in a plane crash in 1991. Heinz was born in Pittsburgh to Howard Covode Heinz and Elizabeth Granger (Rust)"
"and cultural amenities. His descendants carried on the business until fairly recently, selling their remaining holdings to the predecessor company of what is now Kraft Heinz. Heinz was the great-grandfather of former U.S. Senator H. John Heinz III of Pennsylvania. Henry John Heinz was born in Pittsburgh on October 11, 1844, the son of German immigrants John Henry Heinz (1811–1891), of Kallstadt, Palatinate, Kingdom of Bavaria, and Anna Margaretha Schmidt (1822–1899), of Kruspis, Haunetal, Hesse-Kassel. His father immigrated to the United States at age 29 in 1840, his mother at age 21 in 1843. They were married December 4, 1843,"
"Heinz Baked Beans Heinz Baked Beans are a brand of baked beans produced by the H. J. Heinz Company, and sold in the United Kingdom and other countries. They have been sold as Heinz Beanz since 2008. Heinz Beanz were launched in 1901 as ""Heinz Baked Beans"" and were produced in the United States until 1928. In 1901, Heinz Baked Beans were first sold at the Fortnum & Mason department store in London. After opening its first overseas office in London in 1896, the company opened its first UK factory in Peckham, south London, in 1905. This was followed by"
"Ahold Koninklijke Ahold N.V. was a Dutch international retailer based in Zaandam, Netherlands. It merged with Delhaize Group in 2016 to form Ahold Delhaize. The company started in 1887, when Albert Heijn, Sr. opened the first Albert Heijn grocery store in Oostzaan, Netherlands. The grocery chain expanded through the first half of the 20th century, and went public in 1948. Under the leadership of the founder’s grandsons, Albert and Gerrit Jan Heijn, the company continued to make a significant impact on food retail in the Netherlands in the next four decades, pioneering self-service shopping, and the development of own brand"
"could be found in Asian grocery stores in United States and Tokos in the Netherlands. ABC (food) PT Heinz ABC Indonesia is an Indonesian based food division of the H. J. Heinz Company, based in Jakarta, and manufactures sauces, condiments, juices and syrups. ABC brand was previously owned by PT. ABC Central Food, a company that was bought by Heinz in 1999. PT. Heinz ABC is the largest Heinz's business in Asia, and one of the largest in the world; employing 3000 employees, 3 production facilities, 8 packing facilities, and extensive distribution network in Java and other parts of Indonesia."
"Kraft Heinz The Kraft Heinz Company is an American food company formed by the merger of Kraft Foods and Heinz based in Chicago, Illinois and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Kraft Heinz is the third-largest food and beverage company in North America and the fifth-largest in the world with $26.2 billion in annual sales as of 2017. With over 25 brands including Kraft, Heinz, Planters, Grey Poupon, Oscar Mayer and more, eight have total individual sales of over $1 billion. In 2018, Kraft Heinz launched Springboard Brands, a business focused on growing organic, natural, and ""super-premium"" food brands. Kraft Heinz ranked No. 114"
"Heinen's Fine Foods Heinen's Grocery Store is a family-owned and operated regional supermarket chain in Northeast Ohio and in the Chicago Metropolitan Area. Heinen's was founded in 1929 in Cleveland, Ohio when Joe Heinen opened a small meat market on Kinsman Road (now called Chagrin Boulevard). After running the store for a few years, Joe opened his first supermarket across the street from the original butcher shop in 1933. By 2011, the company, known as Heinen's Fine Foods, was headed by twin brothers, Tom and Jeff Heinen, Joe's twin grandsons. On August 22, 2012, after two years of market and"
"and gardens; and educational opportunities such as libraries, free concerts, and lectures. Heinz led a successful lobbying effort in favor of the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906. During World War I, he worked with the Food Administration. He was a director in many financial institutions, and was chairman of a committee to devise ways of protecting Pittsburgh from floods. At the time of Heinz's death in Pittsburgh at the age of 74, the H. J. Heinz Company had more than 20 food processing plants, and owned seed farms and container factories. Heinz was the grandfather of H. J."
"the plethora of job opportunities available. One of the most well-known industries that had its beginnings in Sharpsburg was the H. J. Heinz Company. The Heinz glass works in Sharpsburg once manufactured all of the glassware for Heinz products. In 1869, Heinz began creating and bottling his first horseradish in the kitchen of his Sharpsburg residence. This house is the place where it all began. Shortly thereafter, the house became Heinz’s first factory. Although he moved his company down the Allegheny along the North Shore of Pittsburgh, he was very gracious to the people of Sharpsburg until his death, donating"
"ABC (food) PT Heinz ABC Indonesia is an Indonesian based food division of the H. J. Heinz Company, based in Jakarta, and manufactures sauces, condiments, juices and syrups. ABC brand was previously owned by PT. ABC Central Food, a company that was bought by Heinz in 1999. PT. Heinz ABC is the largest Heinz's business in Asia, and one of the largest in the world; employing 3000 employees, 3 production facilities, 8 packing facilities, and extensive distribution network in Java and other parts of Indonesia. Today ABC is one of 15 brands owned by Heinz worldwide. PT. ABC Central Food"
"Henri Nestlé Henri Nestlé (born Heinrich Nestle; August 10, 1814 – July 7, 1890) was a German-born Swiss confectioner and the founder of Nestlé, the world's largest food and beverage company, as well as one of the main creators of condensed milk. Heinrich Nestle was born on 10 August 1814, in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. He was the eleventh of fourteen children of Johann Ulrich Matthias Nestle and Anna-Maria Catharina Ehemant. Nestle's father, by tradition, inherited the business of his father, Johann Ulrich Nestle, and became a glazier in Töngesgasse. The later Lord Mayor of Frankfurt am Main, Gustav Edmund"
"In 1959, Forrest Mars purchased Erich Huzenlaub's interest in the company and merged it into his Food Manufacturers, Inc.. Since 1946, Uncle Ben's products have carried the image of an elderly African-American man dressed in a bow tie, said to have been a Chicago maître d'hôtel named Frank Brown. According to Mars, Uncle Ben was an African-American rice grower known for the quality of his rice. Gordon L. Harwell, an entrepreneur who had supplied rice to the armed forces in World War II, chose the name ""Uncle Ben's"" as a means to expand his marketing efforts to the general public."
"Heinz Tomato Ketchup Heinz Tomato Ketchup is a brand of ketchup produced by the H. J. Heinz Company (now Kraft-Heinz). First introduced in 1876, Heinz Tomato Ketchup remains the best selling brand of ketchup. From 1906 it was produced without preservatives. In 1907, Heinz started producing 13 million bottles of ketchup per year, exporting ketchup all over the world, including India, Australia, South America, Japan, Indonesia, New Zealand, South Africa and the United Kingdom. Heinz ketchup is often served at restaurants in the United States and Canada, as well as many other countries. As a condiment for many foods, such"
"and allocations. After the war, he served as chairman of the Community Chest in Pittsburgh, which became the United Way, a national organization with chapters across the country. As president of the Heinz Company, Jack launched subsidiaries in the Netherlands, Portugal, Venezuela, Japan, and Italy, establishing a large international network. Acquisitions of Star-Kist Foods Inc. and Ore-Ida Foods Inc. are considered the hallmarks of his tenure. He also presided over the opening of a baby food plant on mainland China. In 1966, Heinz resigned as president and CEO. For the first time in company history, a non-family member, R. Burt"
"meats, and was the first company in Canada to introduce vacuum packaging. Although Schneiders Foods was acquired by rival Maple Leaf Foods in 2003, the Schneiders name and logo were retained. John Metz Schneider John Metz (J.M.) Schneider (17 February 1859 in Kitchener, Ontario – 23 February 1942 in Kitchener) was a Canadian businessman and founder of Schneider Foods, now a division of Maple Leaf Foods. He founded Schneiders in 1886 after an accident at the button factory where he was working left him unemployed. He, his wife and his mother began making sausages which they sold door to door."