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Economic Tidbits
July 20, 2026 6:00 PM

“But one food product has remained a staple since it first hit shelves in 1876: Heinz tomato ketchup. Heinz says it sells over 650m bottles of the red stuff every year (meaning that more than 1,200 bottles land in shopping baskets every minute). Its factories process enough tomatoes each day to fill an Olympic swimming pool.” The Economist, July 4th, 2026.

