PITTSBURGH \u2014 Two Pittsburgh food staples are celebrating milestones together.<\/p>\n
Mancini\u2019s Bread Co. is marking 100 years in business, while Heinz Ketchup is celebrating 157 years.<\/p>\n
On Friday, National Ketchup Day, the companies unveiled an 8-foot-tall bottle-shaped sculpture made of bread at the Heinz History Center. <\/p>\n
Mancini\u2019s owner Nick Mancini Hartner crafted the sculpture to honor Pittsburgh\u2019s food heritage.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe bread weighs approximately 340 pounds. It took about four-and-a-half hours to shape, took several days to make and about three-and-a-half hours in the oven,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
RELATED COVERAGE >>> Heinz bringing back its glass ketchup bottle for first time in nearly a decade<\/a><\/p>\n Officials noted how Heinz and Mancini\u2019s have a long history together.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen my husband\u2019s grandfather would bring produce to sell, the story goes that he would meet up with Henry Heinz and they would go to sell their products together,\u201d Mancini\u2019s President Mary Mancini Hartner said.<\/p>\n The bread sculpture will remain on display at the history center Friday and Saturday.<\/p>\n Click here<\/a> to learn more about Mancini\u2019s 100th anniversary celebration.<\/p>\n Download the FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n Follow Channel 11 News on Facebook<\/a> and Twitter<\/a>. | Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n \u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n