Pass the Ketchup !

                               

US billionaire Warren Buffett is set to buy food giant Heinz in a deal worth $28bn...

In a statement click

Heinz called the deal "historic", and the largest to date in the food industry.

                                   

• [li]Founded by HJ Heinz and neighbour Clarence Nobel in 1869[/li]
  

• [li] 1.5 million cans of beans sold in the UK every day[/li]
  

• [li] Annual ketchup sales total more than $1.5bn from 140 countries[/li]
  

• [li] The first Heinz product was horseradish sauce[/li]