Talk:H. J. Heinz Company
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[edit] 57
Franklin Toker maintains that "57" came from the street in Pittsburgh, across the river from Sharpsburg. other than the 62nd street bridge, it is the first numbered street. i can't stand the guy myself, but i think he may actually be on to something. growing up, heinz would've seen the number every time he took the trolley into town, and he very well have never realised the connection himself.
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We shouldn't make "Heinz" redirect to this page, as there may be other examples of "Heinz" besides H J Heinz Company.
- I guess you're right. I'll remove it
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Sorry, had an edit conflict while I was rewriting the article. I took out the following few lines, but if someone wants to reintegrate them, please do:
Another famous slogan is "Beans Meinz Heinz" -the meinz being pronounced as means.
Heinz' first tinned beans with tomato sauce were in 1895.
Cream of tomato soup first appeared in 1910 in Pittsburgh. -- Arteitle 07:13 2 Jul 2003 (UTC)
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additional info to be incorporated into main article:
H J Heinz Company, commonly known as just 'Heinz', is a large multinational food packaging and marketing corporation.
Company founder Henry John Heinz (1844-1919) started selling food stuffs in the 1860s, first curing pickles and selling them on a wagon door to door in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His first labeled product was horseradish which he made and sold in glass jars.
Heinz first company went bankrupt in the Panic of 1875. The current company was incorporated in 1888.
One of Heinz' leading product is ketchup; the Heinz brand accounts for over 60% of ketchup sold in the USA.
Heinz "57 Varieties" advertising slogan is well known. Despite having the slogan "57 varieties" it never really had exactly 57 varieties of products; the number was picked and retained because it was thought to sound good in advertising.
Another Heinz slogan is "Beans Meinz Heinz" -the meinz being pronounced as means.
Today, Heinz has more than 1200 products worldwide.
Heinz' first tinned beans with tomato sauce were in 1895.
Cream of tomato soup first appeared in 1910 in Pittsburgh.
Some of the food lines owned by Heinz include Weight Watchers and Ore-Ida.
[edit] food lines owned
I believe weight watchers was sold off. Wikicide 21:00, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] External Links
- Heinz.com requires JavaScript navigation
- Heinz 57 Varieties on snopes.com
-- Infrogmation 07:29 2 Jul 2003 (UTC)
- The Heinz site gives that beans slogan as "Beanz Meanz Heinz" (and mentions that it's used in England). -- Arteitle
