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In 1959, long-time Heinz employee Frank Armour Jr. was elected president [21] and COO of H. J. Heinz Co., succeeding H. J. Heinz II. He was the first non-family member to hold the job since the company started in 1869. He became vice chairman in 1966, and later became chairman and CEO of Heinz subsidiary, Ore-Ida Foods Inc. [22]
- The Foundations
- The Heinz, Noble Years
- The Rise to Empire
- Hj Heinz The Farmer
- Hj Heinz The Manufacturer
- Hj Heinz The Marketer
- Hj Heinz The Employer
- Hj Heinz The Man Beyond The Business
- Hj Heinz’s Legacy
- Sources
The 1840s saw a large wave of German immigrants come to the United States. Wars, economic downturns, and religious struggles led these people to seek greener pastures on the other side of the Atlantic. America was promoted as a place with plenty of work, cheap fertile land, and a low cost of living. HJ’s father, John Henry Heinz, emigrated from Bav...
The year 1869 was a momentous one for the twenty-four-year-old HJ Heinz. With his relatively affluent friend Clarence Noble and Noble’s brother, EJ, he formed the aforementioned Heinz, Noble, and Company to make and market horseradish, fruit preserves, mustard, pickles, and catsup. Selling to hotels, restaurants, and grocers in Pittsburgh soon grew...
Nevertheless, by the spring of 1876, Heinz was back on his feet and ready to try again. Because of all the bad press related to the failure of Heinz, Noble, he was reluctant to involve his name in the new enterprise. The family pooled all their remaining resources of $3,000 ($70,000 in today’s dollars) and on February 14, 1876, formed F & J Heinz C...
HJ Heinz was as rooted in the soil as were his precious vegetables and fruits. From childhood through his entire life, he studied which seeds worked best in which types of soil. Using his own knowledge and that of everyone he talked to, the company became more advanced than any other in the food industry. Over time, he reluctantly hired college-edu...
Heinz’s innovations and focus on perfection did not stop at the farm. With the aid of brother John, who continued working for the company after he sold out, and later Sebastian Mueller, the Heinz company led the way in the high-volume, efficient production of food products. Over and over again, the company was the first: the first to have a fully e...
It was in marketing where HJ shined the brightest—and not just in advertising, but in packaging, distribution, and product differentiation as well. He had a small booth at the great 1876 Centennial Exposition (World’s Fair) in Philadelphia. Filling his ever-present notebooks, he observed the products and methods of other companies, including the Br...
HJ Heinz was equally remarkable as an employer. When Pittsburgh’s giant steel plants and coal mines offered decent wages but brutal, dirty, dangerous working conditions, Heinz offered an alternative. His factories paid less, but were beautiful environments. They were safe and spotless. He was among the first to provide benefits to his people, along...
HJ’s deep religious roots affected his lifelong behavior. Drunkenness was never tolerated. He refused to sell his products to saloons until later years when hotels, restaurants, and bars became integrated. He was a national leader in the temperance movement. He worked hard to encourage his associates and employees to live the “righteous life.” Desp...
After HJ died in 1919, his son Howard took the reins of the company. In 1941, grandson Jack took over, and led the company until 1966, when for the first time a non-family member was named Chief Executive Officer. Under these leaders and their successors, the Heinz company continued to grow both in the United States and around the world. In 2013, t...
This article is largely based on the 2009 biography of Heinz written by Quentin Skrabec, Jr., H.J.Heinz: A Biography. Skrabec has written several books on the great Pittsburgh industrialists. His work tends to be a bit redundant, but thorough and balanced. The first biography of Heinz was written in 1923 by his private secretary, E.D. McCafferty: H...
Oct 8, 2024 · By 1905 it had become the H.J. Heinz Company, the largest producer of pickles, vinegar, and ketchup (catsup) in the United States. By 1919 the company had more than 6,000 employees and 25 factories. Heinz was an astute marketer of his products; he set up a massive electric sign in New York City (1900) to advertise his firm’s relishes ...
The man behind it all. 1869. At 25, Henry was living at home with his mother in Pittsburgh, USA. That's where he created his first product - a 'pure and superior' grated horseradish, using his mother's recipe. Henry grew the horseradish on a patch of garden his father gave him. At the time, most companies used brown bottles to obscure their ...
Heinz was succeeded as president of the company by his son, Howard, who began his career with H.J. Heinz as advertising manager in 1905 and became sales manager in 1907. In 1931, at the height of the Great Depression, Howard Heinz saved the company by branching into two new areas: ready-to-eat soups and baby food.
Oct 6, 2024 · Henry John Heinz (born Oct. 11, 1844, Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S.—died May 14, 1919, Pittsburgh) was a U.S. manufacturer whose highly successful prepared-foods company, H.J. Heinz Company, Inc., became famous for its slogan “57 Varieties.”. Heinz became interested in selling foods when he was a child; by the age of 16, he had several employees ...
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Oct 15, 2019 · Heinz’s first product would have been grated horseradish, but by 1895 the company also offered evaporated horseradish. Evaporated came at a cheaper price point and could be stored for long periods at temperatures that would degrade the fresh product. Heinz became the largest manufacturer of Evaporated Horseradish by 1895.
