Kraft Heinz
Packaged food (condiments, meals, snacks, beverages) · United States
Kraft Heinz is a US packaged-food company that makes and sells Heinz, Kraft, Oscar Mayer, Philadelphia and Lunchables across condiments, meals, cheese, meats and drinks, mostly through grocery retailers.
What makes it different
One customer buys a fifth of everything.
21%Net sales to WalmartFY2025
Walmart alone accounts for about a fifth of sales, so one retailer's terms shape the whole business.
How big it is
How big is Kraft Heinz?
$24.9BNet salesFY2025
69Manufacturing facilitiesFY2025
~35,000EmployeesFY2025
How it makes money FY2025
North America is three quarters of sales.
- North America75%$18.6B
- International Developed Markets14%$3.5B
- Emerging Markets11%$2.8B
How the business works
Pantry-staple brands, sold through grocers.
- 1Pantry-staple brands
- 2Mostly owned factories
- 3Grocery chains and Walmart
Dairy, meat and tomato prices swing, so pricing and hedging decide how much profit each product keeps.
Who owns it
- Berkshire Hathaway27.45%
- The Vanguard Group8.6%
- BlackRock5.87%
CEO: Steve Cahillane
Who it competes with
Key moments
- 1869Henry J. Heinz sells his first product, grated horseradish
- 1876Heinz Tomato Ketchup reaches US shelves
- 2013Berkshire Hathaway and 3G Capital acquire H. J. Heinz Company
- 2015Kraft Foods Group merges with Heinz to form The Kraft Heinz Company
- 2018Records $15.5B of goodwill and brand impairments
Sources
Every number on this page comes from Kraft Heinz's own reports.
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What Kraft Heinz tracks19 metrics
Consumer-driven product platforms
Manufacturing and processing facilities
Countries with employees
Results, quarter by quarterwith a chart
Revenue
Profit
Margin
Where the money comes from4 regions
United States
Canada
United Kingdom
The full timeline17 moments
2019
2025
2026
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