Talk:H. J. Heinz Company

Del Monte

I am trying to figure out the relationship with Del Monte. Are they still a subsidiary? Also, I am interested in finding out if they are having products made at the Bay Valley Foods Plant in Pittsburgh.

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.

redirect

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

Not at all! Wikipedia rules use "most common usage" first. Therefore Heinz rightfully redirects to this page! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.65.39.59 (talk) 02:19, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

edit conflict

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.

food lines owned

I believe weight watchers was sold off. Wikicide 21:00, 17 August 2006 (UTC)

Heinz has Weight Watchers food under licences Website](Rmfloris 06:50, 10 April 2007 (UTC))

'Make-an-ad' contest in Trivia section

What is the significance of mentioning that Heinz has a UGC campaign? They're not unique or even a leading company in that regard? Can we delete it? Jbgreen 20:40, 6 July 2007 (UTC)

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

See Also... Hunt's?

Huh? I'm assuming this is here (and a related link on the Hunt's page), because they are the "big two" companies producing Ketchup in the U.S. However, there really isn't an explanation, and really Ketchup is one of the few products that they do compete in, and otherwise their large variety of products don't intersect at all. Is this standard practice on Wikipedia to link companies with popular competing products? I checked Plochman's and French's and didn't see that. 69.95.240.54 (talk) 22:20, 24 June 2008 (UTC)

Proxy Battle

Is it just me or is starting the article with that subject a little harsh? Sorry, english is not my main language. I think it should be integrated in the history section but not be a section by itself. And definitely not at the beginning. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.36.144.229 (talk) 06:07, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

Agreed. I found it to be a bit jarring. I'm moving it to a deeper section of the article.

—BMRR (talk) 19:40, 1 April 2009 (UTC)

Beanz Meanz Heinz

'Beanz Meanz Heinz' is arguably the most well-known Heinz slogan in the UK. I've never heard the '57 varieties' thing, but I assume that's famous in the US - which is all well and good, considering that this is an American company. But maybe the UK's famous slogan should be mentioned in the UK section, if other's think that it's appropriate. Sources: http://www.adslogans.co.uk/hof/mediacover.html; http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/4398223/Heinz-to-bring-back-Beanz-Meanz-Heinz.html. Zestos (talk) 14:35, 21 May 2009 (UTC)

LBGT consumers

The estimate of 3.6 million homosexual consumers in the UK is a gross exaggeration....or at least I certainly hope it is.... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.5.68.95 (talk) 09:14, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

The news article used as a reference says 3.6 million. Whether that is accurate or not, I have no idea, but you would have to take up your concerns with the newspaper; Wikipedia is just quoting the article. —BMRR (talk) 17:06, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

Pay dispute at Northgate, Brisbane (Golden Circle)

Removed the reference to the pay dispute involving Peni Volavola as it has been resolved. See the NUW statement on its website.

Update made by Corporate Affairs, Heinz Australia.

The contact link is not working for the site in China....

• http://www.heinz.com.cn/
• http://www.heinz.com/heinz-global-websites.aspx

What is the role of

亨氏青岛食品有限公司 Tel (0532) 8319-1791

in this company...??? --222.64.223.219 (talk) 07:15, 7 May 2010 (UTC)

History

Why is there no history section at all?--78.49.98.45 (talk) 21:51, 29 June 2010 (UTC)

Because this is a pretty bad article. If you know anything about the history of such, feel free to add--77.99.231.37 (talk) 21:04, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Agreed. I don't know the history and so can't add it, but the Background section launches straight into a sentence about Heinz and his parents with no context at all. Bizarre. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scampben (talk • contribs) 15:33, 14 April 2011 (UTC)

Logo

The logo used is NOT USED ON HEINZ PRODUCTS! Everyone knows what the heinz logo is. Just look at a tin of soup, a tin of beans, a bottle of ketchup - THEN you will understand that the heinz logo used is just not. Behind closed doors maybe --77.99.231.37 (talk) 21:04, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

Behind closed doors? They use it on their web site... I wouldn't call that behind closed doors. –BMRR (talk) 23:47, 10 August 2010 (UTC)

It is not used on the products. The American website, yes, but elsewhere?--77.99.231.37 (talk) 15:53, 11 August 2010 (UTC)

The article is about the company, therefore it should have the company's official corporate logo. There are a number of companies that use logos on their individual products that differ from their corporate logo. For example, Colgate-Palmolive vs. Colgate Toothpaste or Palmolive Soap. Also, I just looked at my jar of Heinz Horseradish Sauce and my bottle of Heinz Ketchup, and even though they have the more familiar Heinz logo on the front, the label on the back (where the ingredients are listed) has the corporate logo (as seen on this page and on their web site). –BMRR (talk) 16:35, 11 August 2010 (UTC)