biography
| name: |
Heinz, H(enry) J(ohn)
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pronunciation:
[hiynts]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1844–1919)
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| biography:
| Food manufacturer, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. When he was eight years old he began peddling surplus home-grown vegetables to neighbours, and by 1860 he was making three wagon-load deliveries of his vegetables a week to Pittsburgh grocers. In 1869 he formed his first partnership selling grated horseradish, but by 1875 they were bankrupt. The next year, with his brother and cousin as partners (providing the initials in the company's name) and himself as manager, the F & J Heinz Co was launched. It manufactured pickles and condiments, and introduced their tomato ketchup (still a best-seller) in 1876. In 1888 the company was reorganized as the H J Heinz Co, and by 1896 Henry had invented the phrase ‘57 varieties’. The company incorporated (1905), with Henry as president. By his death he had thousands of employees at 25 separate factories and was processing the harvest from over 100 000 acres. |
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