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living in the town where Heinz was founded (Pittsburgh, PA) brand loyalty can get a little over the top, we look down on anyplace that doesn't have Heinz ketchu
by erock 14y ago
living in the town where Heinz was founded (Pittsburgh, PA) brand loyalty can get a little over the top, we look down on anyplace that doesn't have Heinz ketchup, and years ago when I live in the bay area, I chastised a restaurant because i knew (I just knew!) they watered down the ketchup. Come on, I'm from Pittsburgh, I know my Heinz
- AlexMuir 14y agoI suppose one interesting thing about brands (or perhaps just Heinz) is that we assume they're local. I would have said Heinz was a British company, no question. Likewise with Kelloggs.
- DanBC 14y agoWhich has interesting results when the parent company changes a name from Marathon to Snickers. (I agree about the Britishness of Heinz and Kelloggs. It's only in the past ten years that I realised they weren't.)
- erock 14y agowell, we can't get spotted dick here (really we can if you look hard enough(also, i only take pictures of the can to send to friends)), but heinz was founded in Pittsburgh. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._J._Heinz_Company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._J._Heinz_Company
- ahi 14y agoKelloggs' biggest factory is in the UK, but it has something of a strange American history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelloggs#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelloggs#History
- parenthesis 14y agoAs an aside, I grew up very close to a Scottish castle owned by a member of the Heinz family. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthornden_Castle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthornden_Castle
- robotmay 14y agoWe do eat something like 95% of all baked beans they produce, however.
- ErikAugust 14y agoI have found the same thing about Kraft in Philly.
- adestefan 14y agoTry to take away Tastykake from Philly.