The Kraft Heinz Company is an American food company with headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. It was formed in 2015 through the merger of Kraft Foods Group and H. J. Heinz Company.
Kraft Foods Group
Kraft Foods Group was formed in 2012 through the plans of the predecessor company Kraft Foods Inc. to split into two publicly traded companies, Mondelez International and Kraft Foods Group. Mondelez International is an international snack-food company and the legal successor of the old Kraft Foods, while Kraft Foods Group is an American grocery manufacturing and processing conglomerate and it was created as a new publicly traded company.
H. J. Heinz Company
The H. J. Heinz Company is an American food processing company founded by Henry J. Heinz in 1869. It claims to have 150 number-one or number-two brands worldwide and Heinz brand is ranked first in ketchup in the US market.
The company is a globally-trusted food producer and provides a wide range of global brands, including Kraft, Heinz, Oscar Mayer, Ore Ida, Classico, Velveeta, Smart Ones, ABC, Capri Sun, Wattie’s, Kool-Aid, Weight Watchers, Jell-O, Philadelphia Cream Cheese, Golden Circle, Lunchables, Planters, Pudliszki, Maxwell House, Grey Poupon, Cracker Barrel, Master, Honig, Plasmon, Quero, and many mores.
With more than 37 000 employees and a presence in more than 40 countries, the Kraft Heinz Company is considered one of the largest food and beverage companies in the world. According to Forbes, it is considered one of the top 2000 largest public companies in the world.
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