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Warren Buffett’s $57 billion face-plant: Kraft Heinz breaks up a decade after his megamerger soured

Warren Buffett’s  billion face-plant: Kraft Heinz breaks up a decade after his megamerger soured

Kraft Heinz, the packaged-food giant created in 2015 by Warren Buffett and Brazilian private equity firm 3G Capital, is officially breaking up. The Tuesday announcement ends one of Buffett’s highest-profile bets—and one of his most painful—as the merger that once promised efficiency and dominance instead wiped out roughly $57 billion, or 60%, in market value. Shares slid 7% after the …

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Kraft Heinz is splitting up 10 years after the great big merger – Morning Brew

Kraft Heinz is splitting up 10 years after the great big merger  Morning Brew Kraft Heinz went all-in on scale. Now it’s banking on a breakup to save its business  CNN Kraft Heinz to Split Into Two Businesses  The New York Times Kraft Heinz undoes blockbuster merger after a decade of changing tastes  AP News Warren Buffett says he is ‘disappointed’ in Kraft Heinz …

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Kraft Heinz to split a decade after megafood merger

Kraft Heinz to split a decade after megafood merger

NEW YORK — Kraft Heinz is splitting into two a decade after a merger of the brands created one of the biggest food companies on the planet. One of the companies, currently called Global Taste Elevation Co., will include shelf stable meals and include brands such as Heinz, Philadelphia cream cheese and Kraft Mac & Cheese, Kraft Heinz said Tuesday. …

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Kraft Heinz, Nvidia Fall; Ulta Beauty Stock Recovers

Kraft Heinz, Nvidia Fall; Ulta Beauty Stock Recovers

Key Takeaways The S&P 500 fell 0.7% on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, with stocks coming under pressure to start the abbreviated trading week as investors looked toward Friday’s key jobs report. Kraft Heinz announced a plan to separate into two companies. Shares of the food maker plunged. Nvidia shares slipped amid a retreat in chip shares. Ulta Beauty shares bounced …

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Kraft Heinz undoes blockbuster merger after a decade of changing tastes

Kraft Heinz undoes blockbuster merger after a decade of changing tastes

NEW YORK (AP) — Kraft Heinz is splitting into two companies a decade after a merger of the brands created one of the biggest food manufacturers on the planet. One of the companies, currently called Global Taste Elevation Co., will include brands such as Heinz, Philadelphia cream cheese and Kraft Mac & Cheese, Kraft Heinz said Tuesday. The other, currently …

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Warren Buffett says he is ‘disappointed’ in Kraft Heinz split; shares fall 5%

Warren Buffett says he is ‘disappointed’ in Kraft Heinz split; shares fall 5%

Warren Buffett told CNBC on Tuesday that he is disappointed in the Kraft Heinz split that unwinds much of the blockbuster merger he masterminded a decade ago. With a 27.5% stake in the company, Berkshire Hathaway is Kraft Heinz’s largest shareholder. The firm has not touched its shares since the 2015 merger that formed the food conglomerate. Shares of the …

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Kraft Heinz is splitting up, separating hot dogs from ketchup : NPR

Kraft Heinz is splitting up, separating hot dogs from ketchup : NPR

Kraft Foods and Heinz merged into one company in 2015. Gene J. Puskar/AP hide caption toggle caption Gene J. Puskar/AP Hot dogs go to the left; ketchup to the right. That’s Kraft Heinz, one of the world’s largest food conglomerates, splitting into two companies. The breakup comes a decade after its messy mega-merger, orchestrated by billionaire investor Warren Buffett and …

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Kraft Heinz to Break Up Its Food Businesses – The New York Times

Kraft Heinz to Break Up Its Food Businesses  The New York Times Kraft Heinz is splitting into two companies  CNN Kraft Heinz to split a decade after their megafood merger  Yahoo Finance The Kraft Heinz Company Announces Plan to Separate into Two Scaled, Focused Companies to Accelerate Profitable Growth and Unlock Shareholder Value  The Kraft Heinz Company Kraft Heinz is splitting up  NPR Source link

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