Editing Heinz (section)

==International presence==

===United States===
The company's world headquarters were in Chicago, Illinois, with the H. J. Heinz division located in [[Pittsburgh]], Pennsylvania, where the company was founded. The company's "keystone" logo was based on that of [[Pennsylvania]], the "[[keystone (architecture)|keystone]] state". [[Heinz Field]] was named after the Heinz company in 2001.

A majority of its ketchup was produced in [[Fremont, Ohio]], and the rest made in [[Muscatine, Iowa]].<ref name="npr-sept-2019">{{cite web |last1=Charles |first1=Dan |title=Meet The Man Who Guards America's Ketchup |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/09/02/754316710/meet-the-man-who-guards-americas-ketchup |publisher=National Public Radio |access-date=September 3, 2019 |date=September 2, 2019}}</ref>

Heinz opened a pickle factory in [[Holland, Michigan]], in 1897, and it is the largest such facility in the world. The Heinz Portion Control subsidiary is located in [[Jacksonville]], Florida, and produces single-serving containers of ketchup, mustard, salad dressings, jams, jellies and syrups.<ref name=Eight>{{cite web|last1=Pickrell|first1=Kristen|title=8 Surprising Things Manufactured In Jax|url=http://www.metrojacksonville.com/article/2015-sep-8-surprising-things-manufactured-in-jax/page/3|website=Metro Jacksonville|access-date=September 10, 2015}}</ref>

Heinz also had factories in the following locations:<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PxqCy0R-VzAC&q=Heinz+also+has+factories+in+the+following+locations%3A%5B&pg=PA1|title=H.J. Heinz: A Biography|last=Skrabec|first=Quentin R. Jr.|date=June 8, 2009|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786453320|language=en}}</ref> [[Arizona]] ([[Phoenix, Arizona|Phoenix]]); [[California]] ([[Chatsworth, California|Chatsworth]], [[Escalon]], [[Irvine, California|Irvine]], [[San Diego]]); [[Florida]] ([[Fort Myers]]); [[Idaho]] ([[Pocatello]]); [[Iowa]] ([[Cedar Rapids]], [[Muscatine, Iowa|Muscatine]]); [[Massachusetts]] ([[Newburyport]]); [[Ohio]] ([[Mason, Ohio|Mason]], [[Massillon, Ohio|Massillon]]); [[Oregon]] ([[Ontario, Oregon|Ontario]]), and [[South Carolina]] ([[Florence, South Carolina|Florence]]).

In 2000, seven retailers, including [[Walmart]], [[Albertsons]], and [[Safeway]], comprised half of the company's sales by volume.<ref name="fortu2000"/>

===Australia===
[[File:Heinz-Watties factory in Bomen.jpg|thumb|left|Heinz-Watties factory in [[Wagga Wagga]], [[New South Wales]]]]

Heinz Australia's head office is located in [[Melbourne]].<ref name = heinz-opportunities>{{cite web
 | date = May 27, 2011
| publisher = Heinz Australia
 | title = Opportunities at Heinz
 | url = http://www.hjheinz.com.au/Careers/Opportunities
 | access-date = May 27, 2011
| archive-date = March 18, 2011
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110318213347/http://www.hjheinz.com.au/Careers/Opportunities
 | url-status = dead
 }}</ref> Products include [[Heinz Baked Beans|canned baked beans]] in tomato sauce (popularized in the "beanz meanz Heinz" advertising campaign), spaghetti in a similar sauce, and canned soup, condensed soup, and "ready to eat" soups.<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Products|url=http://www.heinz.com.au/Our-Products|website=Heinz Australia|publisher=2015 HJ Heinz Co Ltd|access-date=May 31, 2015}}</ref>

Heinz manufactures "Big Red" tomato sauce, and a number of flavored baked bean varieties, as well as canned meals.  Heinz also markets the [[Wattie's]] brand of canned foods, which are made in [[New Zealand]].

On October 6, 2008, Heinz announced plans to acquire the Australian company [[Golden Circle (company)|Golden Circle]]<ref name=golden-circle>{{cite web
 |date=October 6, 2008 |title=Heinz eyes up local icon Golden Circle
 |url=http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,27753,24452906-462,00.html
 |publisher=News Corporation
 |access-date=October 6, 2008 |url-status=dead
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081007062214/http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0%2C27753%2C24452906-462%2C00.html
 |archive-date=October 7, 2008 }}</ref> which "manufactures more than 500 products, including canned fruit and vegetables, fruit juices, drinks, cordials and jams".<ref name = golden-circle/>

On May 27, 2011, Heinz announced it would close its factory in [[Girgarre, Victoria]], and downsize its factories in [[Northgate, Queensland|Northgate]] (Brisbane), and [[Wagga Wagga]], with loss of more than 300 jobs.<ref>{{cite web | date = May 27, 2011 | work = ABC News | publisher = Australian Broadcasting Corporation | first = Mary | last = Gearin | title = Over 300 jobs lost in Heinz restructure | url = http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/05/27/3228509.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110529092231/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2011/05/27/3228509.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = May 29, 2011 | access-date = May 27, 2011 }}</ref><ref name = heinz-consolidates-for-growth>{{cite press release | date = May 27, 2011 | title = Heinz Australia announces productivity initiatives to accelerate future growth | url = http://www.hjheinz.com.au/About-Us/news/Company-News/Heinz-Australia-announces-productivity-initiatives-to-accelerate-future-growth | publisher = Heinz Australia | access-date = May 27, 2011 | archive-date = June 2, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110602193319/http://hjheinz.com.au/About-Us/news/Company-News/Heinz-Australia-announces-productivity-initiatives-to-accelerate-future-growth | url-status = dead }}</ref> Heinz has other factories in [[Echuca]] and [[Mill Park]].<ref name = heinz-opportunities/>

On January 6, 2012, Heinz closed its tomato sauce factory in Girgarre as announced in the previous May. 146 workers lost their jobs.<ref name="Girgarre close"/> A local group was seeking to purchase the factory and start its own production, with offers of financial assistance from investors.<ref name=investors>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->s|title=Investor pledges millions towards Heinz plant|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2011-11-02/investor-pledges-millions-towards-heinz-plant/3615336|access-date=January 6, 2012|newspaper=ABC News|date=November 2, 2011}}</ref> The group's first offer for the site was rejected by Heinz. Girgarre was the second to last tomato sauce factory in Australia,<ref name="2nd last factory">{{cite news|last=Heasley|first=Andrew|title=146 jobs to be lost as Heinz closes tomato sauce factory|url=http://www.theage.com.au/victoria/146-jobs-to-be-lost-as-heinz-closes-tomato-sauce-factory-20120102-1pigb.html|access-date=January 6, 2012|newspaper=[[The Age]]|date=January 6, 2012}}</ref> and its closing brought an end to Heinz's 70 years of tomato processing operations in Australia.<ref name="Girgarre close">{{cite news|last=Lauder|first=Simon|title=Heinz sauce factory closing today|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-01-06/heinz-factory-closing-today/3760676|access-date=January 6, 2012|newspaper=ABC News|date=January 6, 2012}}</ref>

As of May 2020 Kraft Heinz is said to potentially be in discussions with Graeme Hart to sell off the brands of Wattie's in New Zealand and Golden Circle in Australia.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.businesshb.nz/newsarticle/90739 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200713232123/https://www.businesshb.nz/newsarticle/90739 |archive-date=July 13, 2020 |title=Graeme Hart and son tipped as possible buyer as Kraft Heinz explores sale of Australasian operations |access-date=July 13, 2020 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Canada===
[[File:Highbury Canco Leamington 01.jpg|thumb|The former Heinz plant, [[Leamington, Ontario]]]]

Heinz was established in Canada in 1908 in a former tobacco factory in [[Leamington, Ontario]] (known as the Tomato Capital of Canada). Most products shipped from Leamington have bilingual English and French labels for distribution throughout Canada, but a substantial amount of product is sent from there to the US. Ketchup is the main product produced there, and the city has been a center of tomato production. The factory also produces Canada Fancy (Grade A) tomato juice, mustard, vinegar, baby food, barbecue sauces, canned pastas, beans, pasta sauces, gravies and soups. Heinz Canada is the major supplier of single-serving and flexible-packaging condiments for most fast food chains in Canada. Leamington is the largest tomato-processing region per acreage in the world. The Leamington plant usually processes more than 250,000 tons of tomatoes per year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Tomato growers, Leamington processor at odds over price class proposal {{!}} Better Farming |url=https://www.betterfarming.com/online-news/tomato-growers-leamington-processor-odds-over-price-class-proposal-60729 |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=www.betterfarming.com}}</ref> Heinz Canada's head office is in [[North York, Ontario]]; it also has operations in [[St. Marys, Ontario]]; [[Montreal]], Quebec; and [[Calgary]], Alberta.

On November 14, 2013, Heinz announced that the Leamington facility, the second-largest in the company, would close sometime in May 2014. Ketchup processing operations were to be consolidated at the company's US locations. Over 800 local jobs were lost due to the town's largest employer ending operations there. A local effort began in an attempt to save the 105-year-old Leamington plant, and it included creating a [[Facebook]] page to gather support.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/heinzfactoryemployeehelpgroup|title=Save the Heinz Factory in Leamington Ontario|work=Facebook}}</ref> On February 27, 2014, the Highbury Canco Corporation signed a letter of intent to acquire and operate the facility.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ctvnews.ca/business/heinz-announces-deal-to-keep-leamington-ont-plant-in-operation-1.1706270|title=Heinz announces deal to keep Leamington, Ont. processing plant in operation |work=CTVNews|date=February 27, 2014 }}</ref> In April it was reported that Highbury Canco Corporation had received a one-year license to process tomatoes at the facility, saving some 250 jobs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/highbury-canco-can-process-tomatoes-in-leamington-heinz-plant-1.2606570|title=Highbury CanCo can process tomatoes in Leamington Heinz plant|date=April 11, 2014|work=cbc.ca}}</ref>

As a result of this corporate restructuring and the angry Canadian response, a rival food company, [[French's]], began producing their own ketchup brand using Leamington produce. It marketed the brand with an appeal to Canadian patriotism. This successful campaign, combined with a Canadian grassroots effort on [[Facebook]] encouraging purchasing of the French's product, resulted in Heinz's market share in Canada dropping from 84 to 76%, a significant shift in a mature market.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Hutchins |first1=Aaron |title=Why French's ketchup is here to stay (sorry, Heinz) |url=https://www.macleans.ca/economy/business/why-frenchs-ketchup-is-here-to-stay-sorry-heinz/ |access-date=July 2, 2018 |magazine=[[Maclean's]] |date=November 2, 2017}}</ref> This undesirable development was exacerbated in 2018 when Canadian tariffs were erected against specific American exports, which includes ketchup produced in the United States, in retaliation to the US President Trump's tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum exports.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Freeman |first1=Alan |title=Trudeau wades into U.S.-Canada ketchup war with tariffs on Heinz |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/trudeau-wades-into-us-canada-ketchup-war-with-tariffs-on-heinz/2018/06/29/5440c392-7b23-11e8-ac4e-421ef7165923_story.html |access-date=July 2, 2018 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=June 29, 2018}}</ref> Heinz conducted a belated public relations campaign in Canada to try to counter the public anger against them, a task made more difficult by public sentiment rising to encourage a boycott of American goods in reaction of US President Trump's rhetoric against Canada.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harris |first1=Sophia |title=Ketchup wars: Heinz defends its image as tariffs kick in on U.S.-made condiment |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/heinz-french-s-ketchup-trade-war-tariffs-1.4728691 |access-date=July 2, 2018 |agency=CBC News |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |date=July 1, 2018}}</ref>

===India===
Heinz Ketchup is available in India in two varieties, the standard Tomato Ketchup and Tomato Chili Sauce.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heinz.co.in/about-brand/tomato-ketchup-sauce.aspx |title=Ketchup Tomato, Tomato Sauce, Tomato Ketchup, Chili Sauce |publisher=Heinz |access-date=February 11, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223111112/http://www.heinz.co.in/about-brand/tomato-ketchup-sauce.aspx |archive-date=February 23, 2014 }}</ref> As Indian taste preferences vary among the regions, Western brands such as Heinz must work on Indian interpretations of ketchups for sale in the country.<ref>Vijayraghavan, Kala. [http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/cons-products/food/heinz-braces-up-for-aggressive-marketing/articleshow/5417995.cms "Heinz braces up for aggressive marketing"]. ''[[The Economic Times]]''. January 7, 2010.</ref> Heinz acquired the former foods division of [[Glaxo]] India, gaining the Complan, Glucon D, Glucon C, Sampriti [[Ghee]], and Nycil products and brands. In 2019, Heinz sold a portion of the business, including Complan and Glucon-D, for $627.18 million to [[Zydus Wellness]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-heinz-india-zydus-wellness/kraft-heinz-to-sell-part-of-india-business-for-about-630-million-idUSKCN1MY0OQ|title=Kraft Heinz to sell part of India business for about $630 million|last=Mehta|first=Tanvi|work=U.S. Reuters|access-date=October 24, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>

===Indonesia===
[[File:ABC Sambal Asli.jpg|thumb|upright|Sambal Asli ABC, a Heinz ABC product]]

H. J. Heinz Company entered [[Indonesia]] in 1999, when it acquired 65 percent share of PT. ABC Central Food, for US$70 million, and formed [[ABC (food)|PT. Heinz ABC Indonesia]].<ref name="abc hist">{{cite web|title =History|url =http://www.heinzabc.co.id/history/en|publisher =Heinz ABC|access-date =May 9, 2015|archive-date =May 18, 2015|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150518065409/http://www.heinzabc.co.id/history/en|url-status =dead}}</ref><ref name="Tempobis">{{cite news | title=Warren Buffet Akuisisi Pabrik Kecap ABC | first=Fery | last=Firmansyah | date=February 15, 2015 | url=http://www.tempo.co/read/news/2013/02/15/090461470/Warren-Buffet-Akuisisi-Pabrik-Kecap-ABC | newspaper=Tempo | language=id | access-date=May 9, 2015 | archive-date=May 18, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518070717/http://www.tempo.co/read/news/2013/02/15/090461470/Warren-Buffet-Akuisisi-Pabrik-Kecap-ABC | url-status=dead }}</ref> The company is based in [[Jakarta]], and manufactures sauces, condiments, juices and syrups.<ref>{{cite web|title =PT. Heinz ABC Indonesia|publisher =Bloomberg Business|url =https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=60447811|access-date =May 9, 2015|archive-date =December 3, 2018|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20181203055446/https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=60447811|url-status =dead}}</ref>

Serving demand from Indonesia's large population and growing economy, in the early 21st century PT. Heinz ABC Indonesia is the largest Heinz's business in Asia, and one of the largest in the world. It employs 3000 employees, has 3 production facilities, 8 packing facilities, and an extensive distribution network in [[Java]] and other parts of Indonesia.<ref name="abc hist"/> Their leading products are Syrup ABC (fruit syrup), [[Kecap manis|Kecap]] ABC (sweet soy sauce), and [[Sambal]] ABC (hot chili sauce).<ref name="Grup ABC">{{cite web|title =Perjalanan Gurita Bisnis Grup ABC | author= A. Windarto dan Siti Sumariyati |url=https://emenrizal.wordpress.com/2010/08/16/perjalanan-gurita-bisnis-grup-abc/ |publisher = Em En RIZAL |language =id|access-date =May 9, 2015| date= August 16, 2010 }}</ref>

===Netherlands===
[[File:Heinz mayo in Singapore.jpg|140px|thumb|Heinz mayo produced in Netherlands is imported and sold in major Singapore supermarket]]
Heinz sells many products in the Netherlands; the [[Elst, Gelderland|Elst]] factory in [[Gelderland]] is the primary production facility for Heinz sauces for Western Europe. In 2006, production of both [[HP Sauce]] and [[Daddies]] was transferred from [[Birmingham, West Midlands]] to Elst as a result of the acquisition of [[HP Foods]] and the subsequent closure of the Aston factory.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Sky-News-Archive/Article/200806413522994 |title=Heinz Sauce Jobs Lost To Holland |work=Sky News |access-date=December 23, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100724052125/http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Sky-News-Archive/Article/200806413522994 |archive-date=July 24, 2010 }}</ref> Subsequently, Heinz suffered severe supply issues for the ex-HP Foods brands as the Elst factory struggled to integrate production, resulting in significant negative coverage from UK retailers.<ref>{{citation  |title=HP Sauce hit by supply 'disaster' (news) }}</ref> Heinz was forced to begin bottling sauce in Spain, shipping ready-made sauce from Elst, to get product back into supply.<ref>{{cite news |first=Paul |last=Dale |url=http://www.birminghampost.net/news/2008/07/21/now-spain-starts-making-hp-sauce-too-65233-21380084/ |title=Now Spain starts making HP Sauce, too |work=Birmingham Post |date=July 21, 2008 |access-date=December 23, 2011 |archive-date=December 17, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111217035810/http://www.birminghampost.net/news/2008/07/21/now-spain-starts-making-hp-sauce-too-65233-21380084/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Netherlands factories are also responsible for producing signature sauces such as mayonnaise and ketchup for its Southeast Asian market.<ref>{{cite web |title=Heinz Products in Singapore |url=https://www.fairprice.com.sg/brand/heinz |website=FairPrice |access-date=8 November 2024 |language=en}}</ref>

===United Kingdom===
[[File:Cape Cornwall (Judithili) edit.jpg|thumb|right|The Heinz Monument (the 1864 chimney of the former [[Cape Cornwall Mine]], visible in the centre) commemorates the purchase of [[Cape Cornwall]] for the nation by [[H.&nbsp;J. Heinz Company]]. The ruins of St. Helens Oratory can be seen on the left, with the two offshore rocks called [[The Brisons]] in the distance.]]

After opening its first overseas office in London in 1896, the company opened its first UK factory in [[Peckham]], south London in 1905. This was followed by a factory at [[Harlesden]], north-west London in 1919. Bombed twice in World War II, this factory remained in production until 2000.<ref>{{cite web|title=Secret history |url=http://www.brent.gov.uk/media.nsf/tbm89april2009/LBB-90 |publisher=London Borough of Brent |work=The Brent Magazine |date=April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100910110342/http://www.brent.gov.uk/media.nsf/tbm89april2009/LBB-90 |archive-date=September 10, 2010 }}</ref> Production was started at a former munitions factory at Standish near Wigan in 1946, before the [[H. J. Heinz, Wigan|new factory]] at [[Kitt Green]], near [[Wigan]], opened in 1959. Heinz also had an infant food factory in [[Kendal]], Cumbria. The site specialized in baby milks, previously under the brand of [[Farley's]], but then manufactured under the name Heinz Nurture.{{cn|date=January 2025}}

Heinz produces oriental foods sold under the Amoy brand, once used under license from Ajinomoto Co. Inc., Tokyo, Japan. In 2018, [[Amoy Food]] was sold to the new owners, [[CITIC]] Capital Asian Foods Holdings Ltd.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ajinomoto to sell soy sauce brand Amoy Food |url=https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/trending/gYr9mRmq0sp8xK3wVgzKhg2 |access-date=March 14, 2022 |website=www.spglobal.com |language=en-us}}</ref>

In July 2001, the [[Food Standards Agency]] of the [[Government of the United Kingdom]] found Heinz canned baked beans products to be contaminated with the [[hormone disruptor]] [[bisphenol A|bisphenol]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/20010508144446.html|title=Documents|work=Friends of the Earth|access-date=November 6, 2005|archive-date=May 17, 2005|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050517022509/http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/press_releases/20010508144446.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2013, the Kitt Green facility was listed as one among the world's five largest manufacturing units by the [[Discovery Channel]] (the list comprised [[Reliance Industries|Reliance]]'s Jamnagar Refinery, [[Volkswagen]]'s car plant, Kitt Green Foods plant, [[NASA]]'s Kennedy Space Center and [[POSCO]]'s steel plant).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.groundreport.com/Business/RIL-s-Jamnagar-Refinery-Listed-Among-The-World-s-T/2948964 |title=RIL's Jamnagar Refinery Listed Among The World's Top Five Refineries |publisher=GroundReport |date=October 30, 2012 |access-date=February 14, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130606064256/http://www.groundreport.com/Business/RIL-s-Jamnagar-Refinery-Listed-Among-The-World-s-T/2948964 |archive-date=June 6, 2013 }}</ref> It was Europe's largest food factory and supplied more than 1 billion cans every year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heinz.co.uk/ourcompany/aboutheinz/heinzintheukandireland |title=About Heinz – Heinz UK and Ireland |publisher=Heinz |access-date=February 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121227112039/http://www.heinz.co.uk/ourcompany/aboutheinz/heinzintheukandireland |archive-date=December 27, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===China===
On February 22, 2013, Sanquan Food, a Chinese frozen food company, signed a contract to purchase LongFong Food, a subsidiary of Heinz Company in China.<ref name="H in China">{{cite web|last=Kang|first=Xiaoxiao|title=Sanquan Food acquiring Heinz's subsidiary in China|url=http://www.morningwhistle.com/html/2013/Company_Industry_0225/217276.html|work=The Morning Whistle|access-date=April 2, 2013|date=February 25, 2013}}</ref>  With this sale, Heinz (China) will focus on infant foods and sauces in emerging markets such as China.<ref name="H in China"/> Heinz Hong Kong Limited is the regional office serving for operations in [[Hong Kong]], [[China]] and [[Taiwan]].

===New Zealand===
Heinz produces frozen vegetables for export for the New Zealand and Australian market. They also produce mayonnaise and other sauces for the New Zealand and Australian market. Most products sold in New Zealand are sold under the brand name "Watties".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heinzwatties.co.nz/About-Us/Our-History |title=Our History / About Us / Heinz Wattie's |access-date=July 9, 2020 |archive-date=July 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190717202620/http://www.heinzwatties.co.nz/About-Us/Our-History |url-status=dead }}</ref>