H. J. HEINZ COMPANY
H. J. Heinz Company had its beginning at Sharpsburg,
Pa., in 1869, when the Horse-Radish produced in a small
garden was prepared, packed and marketed by the founder
of the enterprise, assisted by two women and a boy, in two
rooms of a residence.
Today the Company produces the famous 57 Varieties,
pure food products, at its main plant in Pittsburgh and twenty
branch factories in three countries. Its distributing system
reaches every civilized trade center.
The business established by Henry J. Heinz, and con-
trolled by him until his death in May, 1919, linked Pittsburgh
with the prepared food industry. Under the control and di-
rection of Howard Heinz, son of the founder and president
of the Company since 1919, the business has continued to
expand. From the small market centering in Pittsburgh, its
products in the past fifty-six years have spread to the tables
of the world.
In carrying out its policy of controlling its products from
the seed to the prepared food container, the Company has
established a chain of factories that runs across the continent
in the United States, reaches up into Canada and across the
Atlantic to England and Spain. As Spain is noted for its fine
green olives and olive oil, the Company operates groves and
a factory at Seville. In its California groves and factories,
ripe olives are grown and prepared for the table. The English
and Continental markets call for varieties of sauces, and they
are included in the output of the London factory. In this
country, tomato products, baked beans, mince meat, fig pud-
ding, plum pudding, mustard, horse-radish, pickles, spaghetti,
macaroni, vinegar, fruit preserves, salad dressings, and sauces
are produced. The Canadian factory produces the varieties
that are in largest demand in the Dominion.
The company maintains a system of sales branches and
warehouses in the United States, Canada, England, and Scot-
land, and through agencies and representatives, the 57 Varie-
ties are placed on store shelves in every part of the globe.
Traveling representatives cover the Occident and Orient, and
the foreign demand for Heinz products is constantly growing.
