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<blockquote data-quote="moreluck" data-source="post: 1714004" data-attributes="member: 1246">Big Moments in Ketchup (only a retiree would have time for this stuff)1876 - After selling horseradish, pickles and sauerkraut, Henry John Heinz launches Heinz Tomato Ketchup in Sharpsburg,PA.1937 - Heinz is profitable enough to start breeding its own tomatoes.1948 - A rival emerges. Brothers, Joseph &amp; Wiliam Hunt, known for their tomato sauce, see sales spike for Hunt&#039;s Tomato Catchup.1969 - Breakfast of champions? Richard Nixon says he likes to start his day with cottage cheese and ketchup.1981 - Ketchup gets political: The Reagan administration proposes classifying ketchup as a vegetable on the federal school lunch program - sorry kids, it is not approved.1983 - Squeeze bottles debut in grocery stores; ketchup fans wonder what took so long.1991 - A condiment rivalry heat up: Salsa outsells ketchup by $40 million in retail stores, causing a national identity crisis.1993 - Heinz fights back with salsa ketchup, but discontinues it a few years later.2013 - After Heinz hires a former Burger King executive, McDonald&#039;s drops Heinz in favor of its own &quot;fancy ketchup&quot; (fom food processor Golden State foods, which also makes the Big Mac&#039;s special sauce.)2015 - The hot new trend: Sriracha ketchup lands in supermarkets.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="moreluck, post: 1714004, member: 1246"] Big Moments in Ketchup ([SIZE=2]only a retiree would have time for this stuff)[/SIZE] [SIZE=4]1876 - After selling horseradish, pickles and sauerkraut, Henry John Heinz launches Heinz Tomato Ketchup in Sharpsburg,PA.[/SIZE] 1937 - Heinz is profitable enough to start breeding its own tomatoes. 1948 - A rival emerges. Brothers, Joseph & Wiliam Hunt, known for their tomato sauce, see sales spike for Hunt's Tomato Catchup. 1969 - Breakfast of champions? Richard Nixon says he likes to start his day with cottage cheese and ketchup. 1981 - Ketchup gets political: The Reagan administration proposes classifying ketchup as a vegetable on the federal school lunch program - sorry kids, it is not approved. 1983 - Squeeze bottles debut in grocery stores; ketchup fans wonder what took so long. 1991 - A condiment rivalry heat up: Salsa outsells ketchup by $40 million in retail stores, causing a national identity crisis. 1993 - Heinz fights back with salsa ketchup, but discontinues it a few years later. 2013 - After Heinz hires a former Burger King executive, McDonald's drops Heinz in favor of its own "fancy ketchup" (fom food processor Golden State foods, which also makes the Big Mac's special sauce.) 2015 - The hot new trend: Sriracha ketchup lands in supermarkets. [/QUOTE]

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