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Kraft Heinz Is Planning a Breakup

WSJ What’s News

The Wall Street Journal

News, Daily News

44K Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

P.M. Edition for July 11. A decade after their infamous merger, Kraft Heinz is looking to split its grocery business from its faster-growing sauces and condiments business. Plus, the Trump administration turns to deregulation as a quieter way to boost economic growth. WSJ chief economics commentator Greg Ip joins to discuss how the administration is weighing costs and benefits to clear the way for innovation. And Ford Motor has recorded the most safety recalls in the first six months of 2025 than any automaker ever has in a whole calendar year. We hear from Ryan Felton, who covers automakers for the Journal, about why, and what Ford is doing about it. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:33.2

A decade after an infamous merger, Kraft Hines eyes a breakup.

0:38.2

Plus, the Trump administration's quietest tool for boosting economic growth might be its most powerful.

0:43.9

Where deregulation really has an effect is where it gets out of the way of innovators and investors doing something for which there is some demand.

0:52.9

But that demand and that supply were not

0:55.1

allowed to meet because there was a rule in the way.

0:58.0

And why Ford has recorded more safety recalls this year than any automaker ever.

1:03.5

It's Friday, July 11th.

1:05.4

I'm Alex Oslo for the Wall Street Journal.

1:07.6

This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business

1:11.3

stories that move the world today.

1:18.3

We begin this evening with some big moves in the business world. We're exclusively reporting

1:23.4

that Kraft Hines is preparing to break itself up. A decade after a merger between two of the biggest names in packaged foods was orchestrated by Warren Buffett and Brazilian private equity firm 3G Capital Partners.

1:36.3

According to people familiar with the matter, the company is planning to spin off a large chunk of its grocery business, including many craft products, into a new entity that could be valued at as much as $20 billion on its own.

1:48.4

That would leave a company housing goods such as sauces and spreads like Heinz's namesake ketchup and Dijon mustard brand, Grey Poupon.

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