Mayonnaise fails to help Heinz UK sales catch up

British consumers bought less Heinz ketchup, soup and beans in the year to Jan 1, pushing total sales in the UK down 16pc and pre-tax profit down by almost a third. In an update, first reported on by The Grocer, HJ Heinz Food UK, Kraft Heinz’s UK unit, said “deep price cuts” and no volume uplift hit soup sales, and there was a “persistent category decline” in beans. Mayonnaise sales rose 50pc year on year thanks to the successful launch of the Seriously Good Mayonnaise range.