Editing Heinz (section)

===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>