Wilson & Co. evolved over the years to adapt to a changing
market and changing leadership. The business began in
1916 when founder Thomas Edward Wilson took control of
the Chicago meat packinghouse, Sulzberger & Sons Co.,
and rebranded it as Wilson & Co.

By 1917, the company ranked as one of the 50 largest industrial corporations in the United States, and continued to employ
thousands of workers at its plant in Chicago until the 1950s.

Wilson & Co. held several subsidiaries that utilized animal by-
products for the manufacture of sporting goods.

Thomas Edward Wilson (1868 – 1958)

The Kraft Heinz Foods Company, formerly the H. J. Heinz
Company and commonly known as Heinz, is a food
processing company headquartered at One PPG Place
in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The company was founded
by Henry J. Heinz in 1869.

Henry John Heinz (1844 – 1919)

From The Saturday Evening Post (1955)

1910

CAMDEN, N.J. (WKRC/CNN Newsource) – One of the United States’
most iconic brands has changed its name.

Campbell’s Soup shareholders have officially approved a name
change for the iconic brand allowing the company to drop "Soup"
from its corporate title. The company will now be known as "The Campbell’s Company."

Leaders of the company explained that the decision reflects the
broader scope of Campbell’s offerings beyond soup.

The company said that there’s more to Campbell’s these days
than just soup, noting that soup now constitutes a smaller
portion of the company’s overall sales.

The company was started in 1869 by Joseph A. Campbell, a
fruit merchant from Bridgeton, New Jersey, and Abraham
Anderson, an icebox manufacturer from South Jersey.They
produced canned tomatoes, vegetables, jellies, soups,
condiments, and minced meats.

Entrance to Campbell’s headquarters in Camden, New Jersey

In 1897, in LeRoy, New York, carpenter and cough syrup
manufacturer Pearle Bixby Wait trademarked a gelatin
dessert called "Jell-O". Wait and his wife, May, added
strawberry, raspberry, orange, and lemon flavoring to
granulated gelatin and sugar.

Pearle Bixby Wait (1873 – 1915)