Berkshire Hathaway became a majority owner of Heinz on June 18, 2015. After exercising a warrant to acquire 46,195,652 shares of common stock for a total price of $461,956.52, Berkshire increased its stake to 52.5%.[14] The companies completed the merger on July 2, 2015.[15]
Berkshire Hathaway Brands:
ABC
Bagel Bites
Classico
Complan
Daddies
Delimex[35]
Diana Sauce
Farex
Greenseas
Heinz
HP Sauce
Jack Daniel’s sauces (under license)
Lea & Perrins
Ore-Ida
T.G.I. Friday’s (under license)
Wattie’s
Weight Watchers (under license)
Wyler’s
Wouldn’t be surprised if they still are major minority shareholders. Even if they were completely bought out, the fact that this once was their money machine still leaves a bad taste.