Insights and Stories on Heinz

Kraft Heinz backed for ketchup production in Montreal

Nov. 26, 2020 at 7:53 pm CST

A $23.3 million expansion of Kraft Heinz’s food manufacturing complex in Montreal will see the company resume making Heinz ketchup for Canada, in Canada. The U.S.-based food processing giant and the Quebec government on Nov. 17 announced the expansion plan for the company’s Mont Royal plant, which today makes products […]

Kraft walks away from ‘friendly’ bid for Unilever

Feb. 20, 2017 at 6:44 am CST

By Carl O'Donnell

Austere empire-building weighs on Kraft’s Unilever bid

Feb. 18, 2017 at 4:04 pm CST

By Lauren Hirsch Michael Flaherty

Kraft Heinz to shut SW Ont. salad dressing plant

Nov. 9, 2015 at 12:12 pm CST

By Staff

Kraft Heinz to cut 2,500 jobs in Canada, U.S.

Aug. 12, 2015 at 2:57 pm CDT

By Reuters

Canadian, U.S. regulators clear Heinz and Kraft merger

Jun. 11, 2015 at 6:08 pm CDT

Antitrust regulators in both Canada and the U.S. have fixed their seals of official inaction on ketchup giant H.J. Heinz’s play for control of Kraft Foods Group. Canada’s Competition Bureau has confirmed that it wrapped its review of the proposed deal and issued its “no action” letter to the companies […]

By Staff

Nestle says taking action to keep top slot in food industry

Apr. 16, 2015 at 5:41 pm CDT

London | Reuters — Nestle told shareholders Thursday it is taking steps to maintain its position at the head of the global food industry, where consolidation will create two big new rivals. Nestle chairman Peter Brabeck-Lemathe told the company’s annual shareholder meeting the creation of Kraft Heinz Co. and Jacobs […]

By Martinne Geller

Kraft to combine with Heinz in deal led by 3G, Buffett

Mar. 25, 2015 at 11:29 am CDT

Reuters — Ketchup maker H.J. Heinz, owned by 3G Capital and Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway, is acquiring a majority stake in Kraft Foods Group to create the third-largest North American food company, executives said on Wednesday. Shares of Kraft — which operates 35 plants in Canada, the U.S. and Puerto […]

By Anjali Athavaley Sruthi Ramakrishnan