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The H. J. Heinz Company ( / haɪnz /) was an American food processing company headquartered at One PPG Place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [ 2] The company was founded by Henry J. Heinz in 1869. Heinz manufactures a couple thousand food products in plants on six continents, and markets these products in more than 200 countries and territories.
Henry John Heinz (October 11, 1844 – May 14, 1919) was an American entrepreneur who co-founded the H. J. Heinz Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . He was involved in the passage of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act. Many of his descendants are known for philanthropy and involvement in politics and public affairs.
The Kraft Heinz Company ( KHC ), commonly known as Kraft Heinz ( / ˈkræft ˈhaɪnz / ), is an American multinational food company formed by the merger of Kraft Foods and H.J. Heinz Company co-headquartered in Chicago and Pittsburgh. [ 3][ 4] Kraft Heinz is the third-largest food and beverage company in North America and the fifth-largest in ...
Heinz pickle pins. The Heinz pickle pin is an advertising item from the H. J. Heinz Company, being a small green pin made in the shape of a pickle. Being continuously offered for more than a century, and with more than 100 million pins produced over the years, it is both one of the longest-running and most successful promotions in history.
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 store boasting "21 styles"). The reason for "57" is unclear. Heinz said he chose "5" because it was his lucky number and the number "7" was his wife's ...
History. Franjo "Frank" Vlašić, a Bosnian Croat, emigrated from Livno, Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the time part of Austria-Hungary, to Detroit, Michigan in 1912 and started a small creamery with savings from his factory job. His son Joseph acquired a milk route in 1922, which eventually grew into the state's largest dairy distributor. [ 2]
The J.M. Smucker Company, also known as Smuckers, is an American manufacturer of food and beverage products. Headquartered in Orrville, Ohio, [ 3 ] the company was founded in 1897 as a maker of apple butter. [ 4 ] J.M. Smucker currently has three major business units: consumer foods, pet foods, and coffee. [ 5 ]
The Senator John Heinz History Center, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, [ 1] is the largest history museum in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. Named after U.S. Senator H. John Heinz III (1938–1991) from Pennsylvania, it is located in the Strip District of Pittsburgh . The Heinz History Center is a 275,000-square ...