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This is Lee Habib, and this is our American stories,

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And we love to tell stories about business, and we love to tell stories about entrepreneurs and how they change the world, change the nation, and in the end, drive our economy.

Heinz's food products have been a part of American culture for more than a century.

Though Heinz ketchup is one of the most recognized corporate symbols in the world,

few people know anything at all about its creator, H.J. Hines. His hard work, innovation,

and obsessive kindness proved one of his favorite sayings, quote,

to do a common thing uncommonly well, bring success.

Here's Greg Hangler with the story of H.J. Heinz.

There are ketchup coming a lot slower than ours does.

That's not good manners.

Oh, you notice our Heinz. Here, taste it.

Anticipation. Anticipation is making me wait.

This ketchup I ever tasted.

That's pouring it on a little thick.

Yeah!

Thick, rich Heim's ketchup, the taste that's worth the weight.

The Heinz family saga begins with the determination of immigrants to make a better life for themselves.

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