Kraft Heinz, which reports fourth-quarter earnings tomorrow, has a plan to move on from a disastrous 2019.

MAYONNAISE is a handy store-cupboard ingredient to try on hot broccoli, roasted vegetables, new potatoes, to add last-minute creaminess to a stir fry, or in grated carrot salad.

Josie Clarke Heinz has bowed to the “will of the people” and decided against changing the name of its Salad Cream to Sandwich Cream.

It’s not news, but health continues to be a major driver within the grocery sector.

Irish shoppers are choosing to buy homegrown brands despite the continued rise of own-label products.

SWEET chilli sauces and condiments are part of Roz Crowley’s rescue remedy armoury.

IRISH people have a regrettable tendency to gloat over the misfortunes of others, especially when the target of their begrudgery is a person who has achieved greater success in life than themselves. 

Activist investor William Ackman has built a stake worth about $5.5bn (€5.05bn) in Mondelez International, the maker of Cadbury chocolate and Oreo biscuits, in what is seen as an attempt to push the company to boost earnings or sell itself.

Shares in Guinness maker Diageo built up a head today as investors responded to reports that Brazil’s richest man was preparing a bid for the British drinks maker.

With a merger of Kraft and Heinz expected soon, entrepreneur-led food firms are wide-eyed with optimism for the future, writes Kyran Fitzgerald.

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The Irish arm of food giant, Heinz has blamed the increasing impact of discount retailers here for contributing to a 8.4% drop in its Irish business last year. 

Protestant children who were sent to the Westbank orphanage in Greystones, Co Wicklow, were not told that other residents were their brothers or sisters, mainly lived on baby food and were beaten with clothes hangers and electrical cables.

Pre-tax profits at the main Irish arm of US food giant Heinz last year fell 22% to £11.4m (€13.5m).

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It was hit and miss getting enough of it with your meal as it was!

Baby foods made by firms including Cow&Gate and Heinz have far fewer nutrients than homemade meals, according to a new study.

Up to 60 people in Co Louth could be out of work following reports that Heinz food company are to make changes to their operations.

Unite trade union is to seek a meeting with Heinz to discuss the implications of its restructuring plans on Irish workers.

Food giant Heinz has warned that almost 250 jobs could be cut in the UK and Ireland under organisational changes.

There are fears for 250 jobs in Ireland and the UK at food giant Heinz.

The Food Safety Authority has confirmed that baby food will be among the items examined as part of a new Europe-wide testing regime next month to counter the fallout from the horsemeat scandal.

The global food giant Heinz, which famously makes beans and tomato sauce, has been bought for $23bn (€17.2bn) by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway and Jorge Paulo Lemann’s 3G Capital

Food giant Heinz says it has agreed to be acquired by an investment consortium including billionaire investor Warren Buffett in a deal valued at $28bn.

Pre-tax profits at the main Irish-based subsidiary of US food giant Heinz increased by 17% last year to £14.6m (€17.9m).

Ireland remains an attractive business location for overseas companies but the country’s ongoing competitiveness hinges on a range of issues from an improved education system to a more diverse workforce, a conference heard yesterday.

Nestlé, the world’s biggest food group, is closing in on a deal to buy Pfizer’s infant nutrition business for up to $10bn (€7.6bn) to boost its business in China and extend its lead in the world of formula milk for babies, sources familiar with the matter said yesterday.

Irish glass and packaging group Ardagh has made its first foray into the US glass market via an acquisition believed to be worth more than $200m (€151m).

Ardagh Group has bought the US-based Leone Industries from the Leone family.

A nutrient in cooked tomatoes has been shown in laboratory studies to slow the growth of — and even kill — prostate cancer cells, scientists have said.

THE Irish arm of US food giant Heinz recorded a 4% drop in pre-tax profits last year to £12.2m (€14.2m), new figures show.

IRISH women have been warned the baby food diet taking Hollywood by storm could trigger an eating disorder.

WEST Clare got a major jobs boost yesterday after the green light was given for a €5 million mixed-use development which will provide 120 jobs.

Heinz is to sell an initial 3,000 bottles of its latest tomato ketchup exclusively on Facebook.

British workers at food giant Heinz are to stage a 24-hour strike tomorrow after rejecting a revised pay offer.

Workers at food giant Heinz's site in Wigan, England are set to go on strike in the first of two walkouts before the end of the year in their dispute with the company over pay.

Workers at food giant Heinz are to stage two more strikes in the UK before the end of the year in their dispute with the company over pay.

THE Irish arm of US food giant Heinz recorded a 15% drop in pre-tax profits last year to €14 million, with directors citing the highly competitive Irish grocery market as a key reason.

A JOBS boost for Co Clare was yesterday thrown into doubt after a claim that a planning decision giving a €4 million retail project the go-ahead is “illegal”.

The UK’s leading canned fish brand, John West, was set to fall into Thai hands today following a €680m deal.

A GLOBAL pharmaceutical firm is to set up its new headquarters in Co Louth, creating up to 200 jobs.

THE Irish arm of US food giant Heinz recorded an 11% drop in pre-tax profits last year to €16.6 million.

COMEDIAN Brendan O’Carroll is renowned for his wicked sense of humour but it was his gentle side that came shining through yesterday when he met patients at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital in Dublin.