Editing Henry J. Heinz (section)

==H. J. Heinz Company==
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Henry John Heinz began packing foodstuffs on a small scale at [[Sharpsburg, Pennsylvania]], in 1869. There, he founded Heinz Noble & Company with a friend, L. Clarence Noble, and started marketing bottled [[horseradish]], soon followed by [[sauerkraut]], [[vinegar]], and [[Pickled cucumber|pickles]]. The company became bankrupt in 1875. The following year, Heinz founded another company, F & J Heinz, with his brother John Heinz and a cousin, Frederick Heinz.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=H.j. Heinz Company {{!}} Encyclopedia.com|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences-and-law/economics-business-and-labor/businesses-and-occupations/hj-heinz-company|access-date=April 10, 2021|website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref>

The company continued to grow and, in 1888, Heinz bought out his other two partners and reorganized it as the [[H. J. Heinz Company]], the name carried to the present day. The company's slogan, "[[Heinz 57|57 varieties]]," was introduced by Heinz in 1896; by then, the company was selling more than 60 different products.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heinz.com/our-company/press-room/trivia.aspx |title=Trivia |publisher=Heinz |access-date=March 5, 2015 |archive-date=March 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180324001822/http://www.heinz.com/our-company/press-room/trivia.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> Heinz said he chose "5" because it was his [[lucky number]]; the number "7" was his wife's lucky number.<ref name="Rawsthorn09">{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/13/fashion/13iht-design13.html?_r=1|title=An Icon, Despite Itself |last=Rawsthorn|first=Alice | author-link = Alice Rawsthorn|date=April 12, 2009|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=June 9, 2009}}</ref>

The H. J. Heinz Company was incorporated in 1905 with Heinz serving as its first president, retaining that position for the rest of his life.<ref name=":0" /> At the time of Heinz's death in Pittsburgh at the age of 74, the H. J. Heinz Company had more than 20 [[food processing]] plants and owned seed farms and container factories.{{citation needed|date=October 2021}}