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Founded: January 1869 () (as Heinz Noble & Company) Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. Founder: Henry J. Heinz: Defunct: July 2, 2015; 8 years ago () Fate: Merged with Kraft Foods to form Kraft Heinz, remaining as a division: Successor: Kraft Heinz: Headquarters
Henry John Heinz (October 11, 1844 – May 14, 1919) was an American entrepreneur who, at the age of 25, co-founded a small horseradish business in Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania. This business failed, but his second business expanded into tomato ketchup and other condiments , and ultimately became the internationally known H. J. Heinz Company of ...
History. Fltr: James Lewis Kraft (1874–1953) and Henry John Heinz (1844–1919), the founders of the companies that merged into today's The Kraft Heinz Company. The merger of Kraft Foods and H.J. Heinz was agreed to by the boards of both companies, with approval by shareholders and regulatory authorities in early 2015.
Kraft Foods Inc. (/ ˈ k r æ f t /) was a multinational confectionery, food and beverage conglomerate. It marketed many brands in more than 170 countries. Twelve of its brands annually earned more than $1 billion worldwide: Cadbury, Jacobs, Kraft, LU, Maxwell House, Milka, Nabisco, Oreo, Oscar Mayer, Philadelphia, Trident, and Tang.
Founded: October 1, 2012; 11 years ago () Founder: James L. Kraft: Defunct: July 2, 2015; 8 years ago () Fate: Merged with Heinz to form Kraft Heinz, remaining as a division: Successor: Kraft Heinz: Headquarters: Chicago, Illinois, United States
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, US. 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.
Teresa Heinz (born Maria Teresa Thierstein Simões-Ferreira; October 5, 1938), also known as Teresa Heinz Kerry, is an American businesswoman and philanthropist. Heinz is the widow of former U.S. Senator John Heinz and the current wife of former United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate , longtime U.S. Senator, and 2004 Democratic ...
In his early career, Johnson held management positions at Drackett, Ralston Purina, and Anderson-Clayton Foods before joining Heinz in 1982 as general manager of new business. In 1988, as president and CEO, Johnson turned around the poorly performing Heinz Pet Products. In 1992, he did the same thing at the highly visible Starkist Foods.
Maxwell House is an American brand of coffee manufactured by a like-named division of Kraft Heinz in North America and JDE Peet's in the rest of the world. Introduced in 1892 by wholesale grocer Joel Owsley Cheek, it was named in honor of the Maxwell House Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee, which was its first major customer. [1]
Chris Heinz is the youngest son of United States Senator Henry John Heinz III (d. 1991) and Teresa Heinz Kerry. He is the great-great-grandson of the industrialist and founder of the H.J. Heinz Co. [1] He has two brothers, H. John Heinz IV (born 4 November 1966) and Andre Heinz .
