Heinz

The H. J. Heinz Company, or Heinz, is an American food processing company with world headquarters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Henry J. Heinz in 1869. The H. J. Heinz Company manufactures thousands of food products in plants on six continents, and markets these products in more than 200 countries and territories. The company claims to have 150 number-one or number two-brands worldwide. Heinz ranked first in ketchup in the US with a market share in excess of 50%;Ore-Ida label held 46% of the frozen-potato sector in 2003.

Since 1896, the company has used its "57 Varieties" slogan; it was inspired by a sign advertising 21 styles of shoes, and Henry Heinz chose the number 57 even though the company manufactured more than 60 products at the time.

On February 14, 2013, Heinz agreed to be purchased by Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital for $23 billion. On March 25, 2015, Kraft announced its merger with Heinz, arranged by Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital. The resulting Kraft Heinz Company is the fifth largest food company in the world. Berkshire Hathaway became a majority owner of Heinz on June 18, 2015. After exercising a warrant to acquire 46,195,652 shares of common stock for a total price of $461,956.52, Berkshire increased its stake to 52.5%. The companies completed the merger on July 2, 2015.

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Kraft Heinz Canada Announces Agreement to Sell Its Natural Cheese Business to Parmalat

The Valdosta Daily Times 07 Nov 2018

PITTSBURGH & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov 6, 2018--The Kraft Heinz Company announced today that it has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its Canadian natural cheese business to Parmalat for a purchase price of $1.62 billion CAD (approximately $1.23 billion USD ... ....

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Could Kraft Heinz go private? Investors debate significance of food giant's earnings miss

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 07 Nov 2018

“Cost is one area we are falling short this year,” said Kraft Heinz CEO Bernardo Hees .......

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Steelers app adds augmented reality experience to Heinz Field

Business Journal 06 Nov 2018

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Kraft Heinz to sell natural cheese operations in Canada for $1.23 bln

Reuters 06 Nov 2018

Tater tots maker Kraft Heinz Co said on Tuesday it would sell its Canadian natural cheese business to dairy products company Parmalat Group in a deal valued at C$1.62 billion ($1.23 billion) ... ....

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Kraft Heinz selling part of its Canadian cheese business to Parmalat

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette 06 Nov 2018

The food company said the deal does not signal a plan to leave the Canadian market. It employs about 2,000 workers in Canada .......

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UPDATE 1-Kraft Heinz to sell natural cheese operations in Canada for $1.23 bln

Reuters 06 Nov 2018

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Canadian Market Briefing: Parmalat Group announces proposal to acquire Kraft Heinz Canadian natural cheese division Français

Canada Newswire 06 Nov 2018

Subsequent to the formal news release issued in Italy, below please find additional information pertinent to our business in Canada. TORONTO, /CNW/ -. Today's Announcement. Parmalat Group has reached an agreement to acquire the natural cheese division of Kraft Heinz Canada. The transaction, if approved, would mean that Parmalat Canada will take on stewardship of iconic Kraft Heinz Canada cheese brands ... SOURCE Parmalat Canada ... ....

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Kraft Heinz shares drop on lower profit

Hong Kong Standard 05 Nov 2018

Kraft Heinz sank by 9.7 percent to US$50.73 on Friday in US trade after its profit in ......

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The Kraft Heinz Company Opens a New Digital Hub

Public Technologies 05 Nov 2018

The Kraft Heinz Company (NASDAQ ... The evolv group will create digitally powered business models and launch other entrepreneurial ideas to fuel growth for Kraft Heinz. As part of this new group, Kraft Heinz has established and is rapidly growing tech and entrepreneurial teams in San Francisco and Chicago ... Kraft Heinz jumpstarted its digital hub through the acquisition of wellio, an AI Food Tech company based in San Francisco....

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Krupa Global Investments Urges 3G Capital and Berkshire Hathaway to Take Kraft Heinz Private at $80 per Share

PR Newswire 05 Nov 2018

5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Krupa Global Investments ("KGI"), one of the largest institutional shareholders of The Kraft Heinz Company, is reiterating its calls for a $80 per share buyout of the food conglomerate in the aftermath of the lower than expected Q3 2018 earnings report released by the company on November 1st. Krupa Global Investments owns approximately $100 Million of Kraft Heinz stock....

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Arginine-rich cell-penetrating peptides induce membrane multilamellarity and subsequently enter via formation of a fusion pore ...

PNAS 05 Nov 2018

Arginine-rich cell-penetrating peptides do not enter cells by directly passing through a lipid membrane; they instead passively enter vesicles and live cells by inducing membrane multilamellarity and fusion. The molecular picture of this penetration mode, which differs qualitatively from the previously proposed direct mechanism, is provided by molecular dynamics simulations.... ....

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