"With its ketchup, beans, pickles and the slogan ‘pass the Heinz,’ this is one of the great brands in the global food business," said Koehn. "Heinz fits with Berkshire Hathaway’s tradition of buying companies with great DNA and organizational capabilities and then figuring out how to unleash more value. Plus Heinz has the do-it-yourself, cook-at-home products that consumers in this post financial crisis era want."

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