HNZ - H.J. Heinz Company Common Stock
H. J. Heinz Company and its subsidiaries manufacture and market a line of processed food products throughout the world. The Company's principal products include ketchup, condiments and sauces, frozen food, soups, beans and pasta meals, infant food and other processed food products. The Company operates in five segments: North American Consumer Products, Europe, Asia/Pacific, U.S. Foodservice and Rest of World. The Company's products are manufactured and packaged to provide foods for consumers, as well as foodservice and institutional customers. During the fiscal year ended April 30, 2009 (fiscal 2009), the Company acquired Benedicta, a sauce business in France; Golden Circle Limited, a fruit and juice business in Australia; La Bonne Cuisine, a chilled dip business in New Zealand, and Papillon, a South African producer of chilled product.