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Nationality. Canadian - American. Known for. Kraft Foods Inc. Spouse. Pauline Kraft. Children. 1. James Lewis Kraft (December 11, 1874 – February 16, 1953) was a Canadian-American entrepreneur and inventor and the founder of Kraft Foods Inc. Kraft immigrated to the United States from Canada in 1902.
Apr 15, 2023 · April 15, 2023 by Acey Gaspard & Team. Article Summary. James Lewis Kraft, born in 1874 in Ontario, Canada, founded the J. L. Kraft & Brothers Company in 1909. Growing up on a dairy farm, he gained valuable knowledge about cheese processing, which helped him develop processed cheese with a longer shelf life.
Jun 1, 2012 · Jens Mortensen for The New York Times. By Charles Wilson. June 1, 2012. The genius of James L. Kraft, the Canadian-born founder of Kraft Foods, lay not in artisanal cheesemaking but in taking...
Oct 23, 2018 · Monday, October 22, 2018. An Empire Built on Cheese (and a silent partner) By Marilyn Turk. In 1874, James Lewis Kraft (J.L.) was born in Ontario, Canada, the second of eleven children in a Mennonite family. When he was eighteen years old, he took a job at Ferguson’s Grocery in Fort Erie, Ontario.
James L. (J.L.) Kraft. Country of origin: Canada. Year came to U.S.: 1903. Headquarters: Northfield, IL (Kraft Heinz) 2022 revenue: $26.5 billion (Kraft Heinz) Worldwide employment: 36,000 (Kraft Heinz) and 79,000 (Mondelēz International) Ranked 153 (Kraft Heinz) in the 2023 Fortune 500.
James L. Kraft. Kraft (J. L.) Brothers and Company. 1909–1953. Industry: Food & Tobacco. Era: 1900. Kraft created a multi-million dollar processed food supply company. He was instrumental in perfecting the method of preserving cheese, so that it could be stored for a longer period of time in any climate.
May 28, 2024 · Kraft grew out of a wholesale cheese-delivery business established in Chicago in 1903 by James L. Kraft.
Oct 29, 2014 · Leaders & Success. James Kraft Cooked Up New Cheese And A New Market. Licensing. MICHAEL MINK. 02:07 PM ET 10/29/2014. James Kraft saw opportunity and challenged it. The founder of what...
Jan 7, 2009 · Then came James L. Kraft, who in 1903 moved from Canada to Chicago with $65, bought a horse and wagon, and started wholeselling cheese. To reduce waste, Kraft tried packaging cheese in jars,...
Jul 14, 2020 · Founded in 1903 by James L. Kraft, it started as a cheese-delivery business in Chicago, and within a few years, Kraft was producing cheese as well. By 1976, Kraft Inc. had about $5 billion in annual sales with nearly 50,000 employees around the world, including about 3,000 in the Chicago area.
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