Henry J Heinz begins to produce and advertise tomato ketchup

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The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.2: American (US) Writing and Culture: The Nineteenth Century, 1783-1900.
Vol. editors: J. Michael Duvall (College of Charleston), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Tony Papanikolas (San Jose State University)

Domains

Economics, Commerce & Industry
Food science

Dates

Date of occurrence 1876

Places

United States (Location)

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Henry John Heinz's (11th October, 1844 - 14th May, 1919) company 'F. & J. Heinz' began to produce tomato ketchup in 1876. It was advertised under the slogan 'Blessed relief for Mother and the other women in the household!'

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