Company
Kraft Heinz Co
NASDAQ:KHC
Kraft Heinz Co is a global food and beverage company. The company manufactures and markets food and beverage products, including dairy products, meat products, soybean and vegetable oils, tomatoes, coffee beans, sugar and other sweeteners, other fruits and vegetables, corn products, wheat products and potatoes. Kraft Heinz's geographic segments include North America and International. Its North America segment offers various brands, which include Kraft, Oscar Mayer, Heinz, Philadelphia, Lunchables, Velveeta, Capri Sun, Maxwell House, Ore-Ida, Kool-Aid and Jell-O.
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Heinz employees in UK to get 11% pay rise
Workers will receive two one-off payments totalling £1,200 in addition to a 5.5% increase in base rates
Kraft Heinz 3Q beats on revenue, but misses on EPS; shares tumble
US net sales were up less than 2%, but rest of the world sales were up almost 10%
PureCircle increases production capacity for stevia sweetener to meet rising demand
An increase in health-conscious consumers and the introduction of a sugar tax in the UK has led to an increase new product launches with stevia.
Kraft Heinz launches $100 million food technology venture capital fund
While Kraft Heinz has a history of developing iconic brands like Philadelphia and Oscar Mayer, Evolv will accelerate its exposure to fast-growing food startups
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Unilever outlines simplification plan to become single holding company
Unilever said it believes its proposal will "modernise and simplify our structure, create value and drive performance for the long term and position Unilever for future success"
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Warren Buffett steps down from Kraft Heinz board
The business mogul would like to travel less often, he said in a statement
Government reviews Melrose's hostile takeover of GKN amid calls to block deal
The government is assessing whether the deal raises public interest concerns
Another Brexit blow: Unilever to scrap London HQ and make Rotterdam its sole legal home
The consumer goods giant said it would divide its business into three divisions with two - Beauty & Personal Care and Home Care - headquartered in London and one - Foods & Refreshment - in Rotterdam
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US stocks pare gains amid Russia indictments
The index of consumer sentiment rose 4.4% in February, ending a string of three monthly declines and pushing the measure back to the upper portion of its recent range, noted Daiwa Securities.
Food giant Kraft Heinz sees fourth-quarter adjusted earnings, sales miss market expectations
The Kraft cheese to Heinz ketchup firm reported quarterly adjusted earnings per share of 90 US cents per share, below the consensus forecasts for 95 US cents, on sales of US$6.88bn, up from US$6.86bn a year earlier, but also below the US$6.
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Unilever among the quality blue chip updates scheduled, but Fed meeting and US jobs data more important
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Unilever sees single corporate structure in the best interests of company and shareholders
In a statement ahead of its annual investor event on November 29th and 30th, it said a single share class would provide "greater ongoing strategic flexibility for value-creating portfolio change"
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Unilever results to illustrate strategy review boosts; investors looking for Vodafone improvements
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Kraft Heinz sees first quarter profit fall, hurt by a strong dollar and weak demand in the US and Canada
North America's third-largest food and beverage company reported net income of US$893mln for the three months to April 1, down from US$896mln a year earlier
AJ Bell says Unilever's rise shows quest for reliable income is still on for many investors
AJ Bell’s investment director, Russ Mould noted that Unilever is forecast to be just the 26th biggest payer of dividends in cash terms in 2017 within the FTSE 100
Unilever raises quarterly dividend by 12% , but underlying sales growth below guidance
Unilever said its underlying sales growth in the first three months to the year was 2.9%, with price growth of 3.0% clipped back by a 0.1% fall in volume
FTSE 100 closes in positive territory as traders brush off potential threats
The index of blue-chip shares fell six points to 7,108.53.
FTSE 100 finishes lower as Fed's easy money set to end
The index of blue-chip shares succumbed to selling pressure