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J. L. Kraft [1] was born on December 11, 1874, near Stevensville, Ontario, Canada, located just north of Fort Erie, to Mennonite [2] parents Minerva Alice née Tripp (1848–1933) and George Franklin Krafft (1842–1914), a farmer [3] of German descent. He was the second of eleven children.
Robert Kenneth Kraft [1] (born June 5, 1941) is an American billionaire businessman. He is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of the Kraft Group, a diversified holding company with assets in paper and packaging, sports and entertainment, real estate development, and a private equity portfolio.
Johann Ludwig Krapf (11 January 1810 – 26 November 1881) was a German missionary in East Africa, as well as an explorer, linguist, and traveler.Krapf played an important role in exploring East Africa with Johannes Rebmann.
Kraft Foods Inc. (/ ˈ k r æ f t /) was a multinational confectionery, food and beverage conglomerate. [4] It marketed many brands in more than 170 countries. Twelve of its brands annually earned more than $1 billion worldwide: Cadbury, Jacobs, Kraft, LU, Maxwell House, Milka, Nabisco, Oreo, Oscar Mayer, Philadelphia, Trident, and Tang. [5]
The Kraft Heinz Foods Company, formerly the H. J. Heinz Company and commonly known as Heinz (/ h aɪ n z /), is an American food processing company headquartered at One PPG Place in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. [2] The company was founded by Henry J. Heinz in 1869. Heinz manufactures food products in plants on six continents, and markets these ...
James L. Kraft, inventor of processed cheese and founder of the multibillion-dollar J.L. Kraft & Bros. Company, which later became Kraft Foods Inc. Michael Fonfara, musician (blues, rock and pop keyboardist) Ron Sider, theologian and social activist; Matt Thiessen, musician (Christian rock)
In 1914, the Kraft Brothers opened a cheese factory in Stockton, and operated it until Kraft sold the facility in 1998. [9] [10] This was the birthplace of the Kraft Corporation and the first cheese plant opened by J.L. Kraft. [11]
Kraft Foods Group, Inc. was an American food manufacturing and processing conglomerate, [2] split from Kraft Foods Inc. on October 1, 2012, and was headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. It became part of Kraft Heinz on July 2, 2015 after merging with Heinz . [ 3 ]