[1][2] The company sold pickles, salad dressings, spices, coffees, teas, and canned and dried foods products to schools, hospitals, and other large-scale food operations.
[4] Bertman's mustard, under the family label, is served at Progressive Field and Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, and is distributed retail in supermarkets and online through the company's website.
Joseph "Joe" Bertman began the business in his twenties with a partner in a garage at the Bertman home at E. 147th near Kinsman, where spices and pickles were processed and packaged.
[5] Bertman expanded his sales territory from Cleveland to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
After WWII he had negotiated exclusive distribution rights to many food products with a fleet of trucks and a large sales force.