# Hefty

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{{Short description|American brand of household products}}
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| name           = Hefty
| logo           = Hefty_Logo.svg
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| currentowner   = [Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc](/source/Reynolds_Group_Holdings)
| origin         = [United States](/source/United_States)
| introduced     = {{Start date and age|1965}}
| discontinued   = 
| related        = 
| markets        = 
| previousowners = [Mobil](/source/Mobil), [Tenneco Packaging](/source/Tenneco), [Pactiv Corporation](/source/Pactiv)
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| website        = [http://www.hefty.com/ hefty.com]
}}

'''Hefty''' is an American brand of household products such as [trash bags](/source/Bin_bag) and [trash can](/source/trash_can)s, disposable [tableware](/source/tableware), children's disposable tableware (including their reintroduced ZooPals product line), [slider closure food storage and freezer bags](/source/zipper_storage_bag), plastic storage bins, and disposable [cookware](/source/cookware).<ref name=Products>{{cite web|last=Hefty|title=Hefty Products|url=http://www.hefty.com/products/|publisher=Hefty|access-date=22 July 2013}}</ref> Originally a [Mobil](/source/Mobil) product, the brand has been owned by [Reynolds Consumer Products](/source/Reynolds_Consumer_Products) since 2010.

==Retailers==
Hefty products are sold nationwide (in stores and online) at [grocery stores](/source/grocery_stores), [drugstores](/source/drugstores), and other mass merchandisers in the United States.

thumb|left|250px|A Hefty brand food container.

==History==
Hefty was founded by [Mobil](/source/Mobil) in 1965. Plastics Division headquartered in [Macedon, New York](/source/Macedon%2C_New_York),  was acquired by [Tenneco Packaging](/source/Tenneco) in 1995 with a $1.27 billion purchase of Mobil's 4,100-employee plastics division,<ref name=Tenneco>{{cite news|last=Bukro|first=Casey|title=Plastics Purchase Wraps Up: Packaging Corp. Buys Mobil Unit|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1995/10/03/plastics-purchase-wraps-up/|access-date=22 July 2013|newspaper=[Chicago Tribune](/source/Chicago_Tribune)|date=October 3, 1995|location=Business}}</ref> then [Pactiv Corporation](/source/Pactiv) (1999–2010). Hefty products have been owned or licensed by [Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc](/source/Reynolds_Group_Holdings), headquartered in [Lake Forest, Illinois](/source/Lake_Forest%2C_Illinois) since Pactiv was acquired by Reynolds' parent company, Reynolds Group Holdings, on November 16, 2010.<ref name="Reynolds acquisition">{{cite web|last=Reynolds Group Holdings Limited|title=Reynolds Group Holdings Limited Releases Preliminary 2011 Base Earnings Results|url=http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120209005554/en/Reynolds-Group-Holdings-Limited-Releases-Preliminary-2011|publisher=Business Wire|access-date=22 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150227022509/http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20120209005554/en/Reynolds-Group-Holdings-Limited-Releases-Preliminary-2011|archive-date=27 February 2015|date=9 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=Hefty>{{cite web|title=Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. – About |url=http://reynoldsconsumerproducts.com/pages/About.aspx |publisher=Reynolds Consumer Products Inc. |access-date=3 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130109093512/http://reynoldsconsumerproducts.com/Pages/About.aspx |archive-date=9 January 2013 }}</ref>

===OneZip===
The Hefty OneZip sliding tab sealable bag, formerly known as the "rolling-action zipper profile and slipper", was created by Eric A. St. Phillips and F. John Harrington Jr. at Mobil in the early 1990s at a cost of $25 to $50 million, after having developed and evaluated various different [zipper](/source/zipper) designs, and finally deciding to roll out the "boxcar-shaped version", which slides over dual plastic tracks.<ref name=OneZip>{{cite web|last=Starkman|first=Dean|title=Hefty's zipper bag is giving rivals an uncomfortable zap Reason it's a hit? Americans pay for convenience|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/693578/Heftys-zipper-bag-is-giving-rivals-an-uncomfortable-zap.html?pg=all|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160111144745/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/693578/Heftys-zipper-bag-is-giving-rivals-an-uncomfortable-zap.html?pg=all|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 11, 2016|publisher=[The Wall Street Journal](/source/The_Wall_Street_Journal)|access-date=22 July 2013|date=25 April 1999}}</ref>

===Environmental concerns===
Hefty was one of the brands (along with Kordite and Baggies (another [Pactiv](/source/Pactiv) brand)) named in a complaint brought against Mobil by the United States [Federal Trade Commission](/source/Federal_Trade_Commission) in 1992, regarding claims made by the company in advertisements and packaging, which allegedly led consumers to believe that the bags were more [biodegradable](/source/Biodegradation) than other brands of bag, despite a lack of evidence to support this claim nor presentation of a specific definition for the term. The FTC dropped their complaint after Mobil agreed to cease making such claims.<ref name=Degradability>{{cite news|last=Pham|first=Alex|title=Mobil in FTC Pact to Drop Claims of Plastic Degradability|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1017531.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104093104/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-1017531.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 November 2012|newspaper=[The Washington Post](/source/The_Washington_Post)|access-date=22 July 2013|date=28 July 1992}}</ref><ref name="FTC Decision">{{cite web|last=Federal Trade Commission|title=Complaint: In the Matter of Mobil Oil Corporation|url=http://ftc.gov/os/decisions/docs/vol116/FTC_VOLUME_DECISION_116_%28JANUARY_-_DECEMBER_1993PAGES_113-205.pdf|website=Docket C-3415. Complaint, Feb. 1, 1993 – Decision|access-date=22 July 2013|pages=113–125|date=1 February 1993}}</ref>

==See also==
*[Biodegradable plastic](/source/Biodegradable_plastic)
*[Glad (company)](/source/Glad_(company))

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{official website|http://hefty.com/}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130317032713/http://pactiv.com/Investor_Relations/Annual_Report/index.aspx Prior Pactiv ownership: Annual Reports]

Category:Products introduced in 1965
Category:Former ExxonMobil subsidiaries
Category:Waste collection
Category:Kitchenware brands
Category:ExxonMobil brands

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