H. J. Heinz Company

Heinz licensing deal launches pastry line and creates 20 jobs

16-Apr-2013 By Lorraine Mullaney

Heinz has entered a licensing deal with a Welsh chilled food manufacturer to launch a new range of savoury pastry products, which will create 20 jobs.

Heinz fined for finger loss at UK factory

31-May-2011 By Helen Glaberson

Heinz has been fined £20,000 after a worker lost a finger whilst operating industrial machinery at the company’s UK-based baked bean factory.

Heinz management 'baffled' by workers' strike ballot

01-Nov-2010 By Ben Bouckley

Heinz management say that Unite union members at the firm’s Wigan plant are getting a “great deal” on pay and are puzzled by a decision to ballot for strike action.

Heinz drops chilled Farmers’ Market soup range

12-Jan-2009

Heinz has abandoned its second attempt to create a successful chilled soup brand and pulled its Farmers’ Market range from the chillers just 18...

The competition is hotting up as FM's red carpet night draws near

02-Oct-2007

The shortlist for the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards has been decided (see below) and the winners will be announced at a prestigious ceremony at...

Shortlist decided for Food Manufacture Excellence Awards

01-Oct-2007 By Rod Addy

The shortlist for the Food Manufacture Excellence Awards has been decided (see below) and the winners will be announced at a prestigious ceremony at...

More 'breakthrough thinking' needed or Heinz will become a has-been, cautions Miller

01-Mar-2006

Heinz must fundamentally change its approach to innovation or risk being sidelined in categories it has dominated for decades, its UK president has...

Changeovers

13-Jun-2005

Emma Smedley has joined Sundora Foods as new product development manager. Smedley was previously with canned ready meals producer Westler Foods,...

Wincanton operates Heinz's national distribution centre (NDC) at Wigan under an open contract which runs until 2009. Rick Pendrous describes an arrangement where both parties benefit financially from efficiency gains made