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Re:Sriracha hit revenue of $150M a year with no sales team o... by biztos on Monday June 28, 2021 @11:52AM (#27663475)
In Europe it’s pretty common to have non-Heinz ketchup, of which there are many[0] kinds[1]. Even in America, where Heinz is super popular, I can remember eating other[2] ketchups as far back as the 1980’s. And nowadays even my supermarket has fancy ketchups here in rural California, though that may be a CA thing.

0: https://hungarianmeatmarket.com/product/univer-ketchup/

1: https://www.google.com/search?q=dutch+catsup&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF...

2: https://www.delmonte.com/products/tomatoes/condiments/ketchu...

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Re:Sriracha hit revenue of $150M a year with no sales team o... by Scoundreller on Monday June 28, 2021 @01:05PM (#27664451)
Heinz hurt itself a little bit when they stopped making it with Canadian tomatoes and shut down a plant here, then a (US-based!) competitor (French’s) grabbed some market-share at the low end with a Canadian-based product.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/french-s-heinz-ketchup-leam...

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Re:Sriracha hit revenue of $150M a year with no sales team o... by gscho on Monday June 28, 2021 @04:33PM (#27667676)
I much prefer French's and this news article makes it taste even better!
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Re:Sriracha hit revenue of $150M a year with no sales team o... by qw on Monday June 28, 2021 @01:42PM (#27664925)
The same applies to Norway. The most popular ketchup is not even Heinz, but a national brand

https://meny.no/varer/middagstilbehor/ketchup-og-sennep/ketc...

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Re:Sriracha hit revenue of $150M a year with no sales team o... by stolsvik on Monday June 28, 2021 @03:25PM (#27666568)
Idun Ketchup FTW! Their new unsweetened variant, also with less salt and no preservatives, is pretty good and should be export material!
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Re:Sriracha hit revenue of $150M a year with no sales team o... by LargoLasskhyfv on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @12:01AM (#27684722)
3. https://www.hela.eu/en/hela-at-home/products/product-finder/...

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hela_Gew%C3%BCrzwerk_Hermann_L... which I prefer over any Heinz(I have tried so far). Though I have not much use for Ketchup, so can't tell with certainty.

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Re:Sriracha hit revenue of $150M a year with no sales team o... by animal531 on Tuesday June 29, 2021 @09:07AM (#27675254)
Also interestingly, for example here in southern Africa we don't really have ketchup, we only eat tomato sauce (as the closest relative).

We did have a Heinz SA, but they are failing and will be discontinued. I'm guessing that all the locals stuck to their preferred brands and no one else made enough of an inroad.

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