Full text: Food products (Vol. 1, nr. 12)

The main factory and offices on the north bank of the 
Allegheny River, within the corporate limits of Pittsburgh, 
occupy a group of buildings. with a total floor space of over 
fifty acres. From the executive offices in this city, the inter- 
national activities of the Company are directed. Through 
centralized direction, the same standards are maintained in 
every factory and producing area, and Heinz products are 
of such uniform, high quality, that “57” is accepted as a 
symbol of pure foods. 
The following are interesting facts about Heinz Company: 
Number of Factories. .... . cee 20 
Salting Houses and Receiving Stations. .......806 
Branch Sales Offices and Distributing Ware- 
houses. ........ 
Foreign Agencies. ......... eee 
Floor Space—Main Plant, Branch Factories, 
Branches, Warehouses, Salting Houses, and 
Receiving Stations. . ...... ceve.....127 acres 
Use products of over....................150,000 acres 
Number of people required to harvest crop— 
Approximately. ........ ...........150,000 
Number of Salesmen directly employed by 
H. J. Heinz Company here and abroad. . ..1,419 
Total number of people employed, over. ....10,000 
Visitors, to Pittsburgh Plant yearly, over. . ..50,000 
H. J. Heinz Company operates its own glass, can making, 
and box factories, and printing plant. It also operates its 
own freight and tank railroad lines. 
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THE LUTZ & SCHRAMM COMPANY 
The Lutz & Schramm Company located at 1412 River 
Avenue, Pittsburgh, Pa., is one of the oldest manufacturers 
of pickles and preserves in the United States. The company 
was first established in 1884 and was originally known as 
Lutz Brothers. The first plant was located in a remodeled 
brewery in Pleasant Valley, Sharpsburg, Pa. In 1887 the 
company purchased a property at the corner of Cherry and 
Main Streets in lower North Side, Pittsburgh, Pa., where the
	        
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