Why Kraft Heinz Is Breaking Up

为什么卡夫亨氏正在分拆

WSJ What’s News

2025-09-03

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P.M. Edition for Sept. 2. Kraft Heinz plans to separate its business into two companies, unwinding a decade-old food-industry megamerger. WSJ reporter Jesse Newman joins to discuss why the company is splitting up and what it means for some of consumers’ favorite packaged-food brands. Plus, data centers driving the artificial intelligence boom are making more requests to connect to the U.S. electric grid—even though not all of them may get built. WSJ reporter Jennifer Hiller tells us why that might leave other customers footing the bill. And a federal judge finds the Trump administration’s deployment of troops in Los Angeles was illegal. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • It's Tuesday, September 2nd.

  • I'm Alex Oselev for The Wall Street Journal.

  • This is the p.m. edition of What's News,

  • the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.

  • After more than a decade together, Kraft Heinz is splitting up.

  • The food giant said it plans to separate its business into two companies,

  • unwinding an industry mega-merger that married two packaged food behemoths.

  • I'm joined now by WSJ reporter Jesse Newman.

  • So, Jesse, we reported in July that this was coming, and now it has been formally announced.

  • What are the details of this breakup?

  • That's right.

  • The divorce is here.

  • So the details are Kraft Heinz, which is this huge food giant that was formed in 2015,

  • a decade ago, is now splitting into two companies.

  • There will be one globally focused company.