History
The founder of the company Henry John Heinz began to pack small foods in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, in 1869. It was there that he founded the Heinz Noble & Company with his friend L. Clarence Noble they began to make horseradish. The product was a recipe's of Anna Heinz they began making the product in Henry Heinz's fathers former home in the basement. Sadly in the year of 1875 the company went bankrupt but the following year Henry Heinz found the F & J Heinz company with his brother John Heinz and a cousin Fredrick Heinz. Interesting enough one of the company's first products was tomato ketchup. The company after that continued to grow and in 1888 Mr.Heinz bought out his two partners and reorganized the company as the H. J. Heinz company. The slogan "57 varieties" was introduced by Heinz in 1896. The slogan was inspired by a advertisement he saw while riding a elevated train in New York. He picked the number because he liked the sound of it (not the brightest idea but kind of funny) he picked the number 7 specifically cause it appealed to people of that age. In the the year of 1905 the Heinz company was incorporated and Henry Heinz took the duty of being the first president of the company. He stayed the company's president for the rest of his life.
Interesting Facts
In the year of 1915 Heinz Salad Cream was invented in England
In 1930, Howard Heinz, son of Henry Heinz, helped to fight the Great Depression by selling ready-to-serve "quality" soups and baby food.
In 1966 Henry John Heinz II resigned as president and CEO of the company. He soon became its managing director and in 1971 he moved to Pittsburgh.
On May 14,1919 Henry Heinz died.
Me and my family actually saw the Heinz Company factory in Pits burgh a couple years ago. It was a huge building and it looked really cool.
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