Just got this e-mail from my FIL (gag)(choke)(spit)

[dawgman]

Just came across a bit of information regarding Kerry and his claim of the Bush administration sending jobs abroad. Well, it seems that the Heinz Corporation, owned by Kerry's wife, has 79 plants where it manufacturers products and 57 of the 79 are located in countries outside of the U.S. How many U.S. jobs are lost here?

Factories located at: Taipei,Taiwan (makes Heinz baby foods)Dublin,Ireland;Paris,France;Dovarmenez, France;Lisbon,Portugal; Madrid,Spain; Milan,Italy; Monguzzo,Italy; Athens,Greece; Warsaw,Poland; Pudliszki,Poland; Wodzislaw,Poland; Miedzychod,Poland; Moscow,Russia; Georgievisk,Russia; Cairo,Egypt; Tel Aviv,Isreal; Haifa,Isreal; Elst,The Netherlands and 6 other plants there; Brussels,Belgium; Dusseldorf,Germany; Seesen,Germany; Turnhout,Belgium; Rovereto,Italy; Chateaurenand,France; North York,Ontario,Canada; Wheatley,Ontario,Canada; Caracas,Venezuela; San Jose,Costa Rica; Johannesburg,South Africa; Gaborone,Botswana; Harare,Zimbabwe; Cheguta,Zimbabwe; Wellington,South Africa; Melbourne,Victoria,Australia; Republic of Singapore; Auckland,New Zealand; Tokyo,Japan; Guangzhov,People's Republic of China (makes infant cereal); Qingdao, People's Republic of China (makes infant foods, ketchup,mayonnaise & puree); Inchon, South Korea (makes Heinz products and StarKist); Bangkok,Thailand; Mumbai,India; Jakarta,Indonesia; Surabaya,Indonesia; Manila, Philippines; Wanchai,Hong Kong.

Also recently purchased from Bordens these products: Classico Pasta Sauce; Aunt Millies Pasta Sauce; Mrs. Grass Receipt Soups; Wylers Bouillons & Soups.

Think of the conflict of interest a President would have who's wife owns business interests in all of these countries and others. Pass it on!!!!

Sigh....He will look at garbage like this but I send him info on VA cuts and he says everyone has done it (he is huge into the VVA).

[leftofthedial]

1. Do these plants sell indigenous foods

to the markets where they are located

Or so they package US products?

[dawgman]

4. Who knows? But will he ask any questions about the info given him

to ascertain its veracity or will he accept it as irrefutable fact and embrace it as truth? The latter I'm afraid...

[jpak]

15. They are for the local markets!!!!

Go to Australia or New Zealand - they are making this stuff for the locals!!

Another bunch of repug lies...

[many a good man]

2. Yes. Its a conspiracy

to corner the world ketchup market!!!

BWAHAHAHAHAHHAHA!

[Caution]

3. Good...I hope they attack Theresa

If they start attacking her the door is open for her to spend some of her money on the campaign.

[fob]

5. Yes, reply to him that you hope he sends this around to everyone

he knows because this will give Mrs. Kerry the incentive to spend some of her $600 million plus defending herself and there are no campaign spending limits on that!

Also tell him from me I hope he enjoys that Del Monte Catsup crap for the nest 8 years!!

Viva Heinz 57!
Viva Kerry 2004!!

[displacedtexan]

6. So... if I'm in London...

these freaks want me to pay for a can of Diet Coke made in the USA and shipped to London for resale?

What idiots!

International Companies are not the problem with the job losses in our country.

Can you smell Herring ?

[sadiesworld]

7. There are some good threads here re. Heinz "outsourcing".

Try archives.

[aquart]

8. So! Heinz is the reason Classico reformulated with soy oil

instead of olive.

It's always the way.

[Sandpiper]

9. Total Red Herring

Mrs. Heinz-Kerry is the heiress to the Heinz family fortune. She is not the CEO of the Heinz Corporation.

[Toucano]

12. Bingo!

She has no involvement in the running of the company.

Is this the best they've got? She owns a lot of stock in the company? They didn't have a problem with this when John Heinz was a republican senator, it seems. We're not voting for Teresa, btw.

Don't go down that street, RNC. Your hands are so dirty with corporate corruption, you probably don't want to raise the subject.

[PA Democrat]

10. H J Heinz issued a statement

to refute this type of political BS. A local Pittsburgh talk radio host read it this morning. One of the things addressed was that something like 60% of their products are consumed in foreign markets and thus, it makes sense to produce the products locally in those countries. This is very different than shipping jobs overseas for goods and services purchased by US consumers.

I'll see if I can find a copy of the statement.

[PA Democrat]

11. Here's the official statement by H J Heinz Corp.

The H. J. Heinz Company, in accordance with its corporate governance policies, is a non-partisan organization.

Neither Mrs. Heinz Kerry nor Senator Kerry nor any of the Heinz trusts or endowments – either individually or collectively – holds a significant percentage of shares of the H. J. Heinz Company. In 1995 the Heinz Endowments and family trusts sold a large percentage of Heinz shares in a secondary share offering to diversify their holdings. As a result, their current holdings are under 4 percent.

There is no connection between any philanthropic programs of the H. J. Heinz Company and its Foundation and the Heinz family interests (including the Howard Heinz Endowment, the Vira Heinz Endowment, and the Heinz Family Philanthropies).

Currently, 60% of the sales of the H. J. Heinz Company are outside the United States and to accommodate those customers by providing facilities closer to those markets, the company maintains a number of overseas facilities that provide products for consumers in those markets. This allows Heinz to pack the freshest ingredients, tailor its recipes to local tastes and deliver the final products in a timely and efficient manner. In the United States, Heinz makes its flagship ketchup in factories in Fremont, Ohio; Muscatine, Iowa; and Stockton, California.

http://www.heinz.com/jsp/presidential_statement.pdf

[Toucano]

13. Thank you.

That settles that non-issue.

[dawgman]

14. I just sent that back to him and everyone on his list

with a few comments of my own....thanks.

[PA Democrat]

16. You're welcome

People in Pittsburgh have a lot of respect for Teresa Heinz Kerry. I get sick of the people bashing her.