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Kraft traces its history to three of the most successful food entrepreneurs of the late 19th and early 20th centuries — J.L. Kraft, who started his cheese business in 1903; C.W. Post, who founded Postum Cereal Company (later renamed General Foods Corporation) in 1895; and Oscar Mayer, who began his meat business in 1883. The Story of J.L. Kraft.
In 1924, the company changed its name to Kraft Cheese Company and listed on the Chicago Stock Exchange. [4] In the 1925, Marye Dahnke began her career at Kraft as the company home economist, the first woman for that sector of the food industry. [18] In 1926, Kraft was listed on the NYSE.
Early History of Kraft. One of Kraft, Inc.'s primary predecessor companies was established by James L. Kraft, the son of a Canadian farmer. In 1903 Kraft started a wholesale cheese distribution business in Chicago. Kraft hoped to relieve grocers of the need to travel daily to the cheese market by delivering cheese to their doors.
4 dni temu · Kraft Foods, producer of iconic brands such as Oscar Mayer, Jell-O, Maxwell House, and its namesake Kraft brand, is one of the world’s largest food and beverage manufacturers. In 2015, the company merged with another food giant, H.J. Heinz, to form the Kraft Heinz Company.
2 paź 2024 · By 1914, J.L. Kraft and Bros. Company was selling 31 varieties of cheese, and in 1916 it patented a pasteurized processed cheese that gave cheese a longer shelf life.
In the 1950’s, Kraft introduced KRAFT DeLuxe, the first commercially packaged cheese slices to the world. In 1965, Kraft Singles as we know them today, individually wrapped cheese slices, began to appear in stores.
18 mar 2016 · 18 March, 2016. Transform. Timeline: KraftHeinz. Though they are now two of the biggest food companies in the world, Kraft Foods (now Mondeléz) and Heinz both had humble, single-product origins. How did they build their empires and dominate international food retailing?
