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James L. Kraft. James Lewis Kraft (December 11, 1874 – February 16, 1953) was a Canadian-American entrepreneur and inventor. Kraft was the first to patent processed cheese .
The genius of James L. Kraft, the Canadian-born founder of Kraft Foods, lay not in artisanal cheesemaking but in taking a milk-based product and making it long-lasting, consistent in quality...
Kraft’s origins began with Canadian immigrant James L. Kraft, who started a wholesale door-to-door cheese business in Chicago with his brothers. They incorporated it in 1909. By 1914, J.L....
James L. (J.L.) Kraft. 2020 revenue: $26.0 billion (Kraft Heinz) and $28.7 billion (Mondelēz International) Worldwide employment: 36,000 (Kraft Heinz) and 79,000 (Mondelēz International) Ranked 139 (Kraft Heinz) and 121 (Mondelēz International) in the 2022 Fortune 500.
On this day, December 11 in the year 1874, the man who invented a method of preserving cheese was born in Ontario, Canada. His name was James Lewis Kraft, the founder of Kraft Foods, a major producer of cheese and salad dressings. James Kraft was the son of a farmer of German origin.
James Lewis Kraft. Birth. 11 Dec 1874. Stevensville, Niagara Regional Municipality, Ontario, Canada. Death. 16 Feb 1953 (aged 78) Skokie, Cook County, Illinois, USA. Burial.
Although James Lewis Kraft, the inventor of Kraft Dinner, was not the first person to create processed cheese, he was the first to receive a patent in 1916. Kraft used the patent to build...
Founder. James L. Kraft (as J.L Kraft and Bros. Company) Thomas H. McInerney. Edward E. Rieck (as National Dairy Products Corporation) Defunct. October 1, 2012; 10 years ago. ( 2012-10-01) Fate. Split into two companies, Mondelez International and Kraft Foods Group.
Kraft traces its history to three of the most successful food entrepreneurs of the late 19th and early 20th centuries — J.L. Kraft, who started his cheese business in 1903; C.W. Post, who founded Postum Cereal Company (later renamed General Foods Corporation) in 1895; and Oscar Mayer, who began his meat business in 1883. The Story of J.L. Kraft
James L. Kraft. AKA James Lewis Kraft. Born: 11-Dec-1874. Birthplace: Stevensville, Ontario, Canada. Died: Feb-1953. Location of death: Chicago, IL. Cause of death: Complications of Surgery. Remains: Buried, Memorial Park Cemetery and Crematorium, Skokie, IL. Gender: Male. Religion: See Note [1] Race or Ethnicity: White. Sexual orientation ...