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Some ketchup lovers like a little dip with their fries, others want the perfect zigzag across a hot dog and true believers think a burger isn't finished until it's wearing a blanket of HEINZ. This grilling season, HEINZ, the global leader in condiments, is celebrating the many ways people around the world enjoy their favorite ketchup with the debut of the HEINZ Love Lid. Featuring three settings – Like, Love and Crazy Love, the Love Lid is the first customizable ketchup lid designed to let fans dial in the right amount of HEINZ and choose their perfect squeeze every time.
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THE PERFECT SQUEEZE FOR KETCHUP LOVERS
From the perfect ketchup-to-fry ratio to whether a hot dog deserves a drizzle or a full squeeze, ketchup lovers have long debated what the "right" amount of HEINZ is. Inspired by passionate online discourse, HEINZ is empowering fans to measure with their hearts for every summer favorite, allowing them to be in control of their sauce flow.
“We all experience love differently and our fans’ connection to ketchup is no exception. People have deeply personal rituals around how much ketchup they squeeze, and we celebrate every one of them,” said Nina Patel, Vice President, Global HEINZ at the Kraft Heinz Company. “Whether they ‘like it,’ ‘love it,’ or have full-on ‘crazy love,’ there’s no wrong way to enjoy HEINZ. The Love Lid is an innovation that lets consumers squeeze to their heart’s content, because HEINZ has always been more than a condiment, and this summer we’re proving we have a love language all our own.”
HOW TO GET THE NEW GLOBAL INNOVATION
The Love Lid is the latest example of how HEINZ continues to reimagine its iconic ketchup bottle to better serve the fans who love it most. Following innovations like the HEINZ Dipper, the brand is evolving its packaging, giving fans another new way to personalize every squeeze. Available in the US and UK, the Love Lid marks a milestone in the brand’s growing global footprint as HEINZ seeks to expand its reach while reinforcing fans’ irrational love for its unmistakably rich sauce.
To help fans make the most of grilling season, HEINZ is offering the Love Lid as part of a limited-time bundle available exclusively on www.TheLoveLid.com in the U.S. and as part of a HeinzAtHome.co.uk offering in the U.K. Each bundle will come with one bottle of HEINZ Tomato Ketchup, one Love Lid and a handout that shows the suggested squeeze based on your summer eats.
Whether you're team Like, team Love or proudly team Crazy Love, one thing is certain: summer's favorite foods are better with HEINZ. For more information on the Love Lid, follow @HeinzUS and @HeinzUK on social media.
ABOUT THE KRAFT HEINZ COMPANY
Kraft Heinz (Nasdaq: KHC) is one of the world’s largest food and beverage companies, with approximately $25 billion in net sales in 2025 and a portfolio of iconic brands enjoyed by consumers in more than 40 countries. By investing in our capabilities and brands, including Heinz, Kraft, Philadelphia, Primal Kitchen, and Lunchables, we are unlocking the full power of our portfolio. We deliver high‑quality, great‑tasting, and affordable food for the consumers of today, while shaping the future of food. Learn more at www.kraftheinzcompany.com.
After more than 157 years in the ketchup game and just in time for peak grilling season, HEINZ is reimagining its ketchup bottle with the debut of the HEINZ Love Lid — the first customizable ketchup lid designed to let fans choose their perfect squeeze.
PARIS (AP) — The U.K. and France are bracing for the fifth heat wave of the season, adding to an intense stretch of hot weather that has repeatedly sent temperatures soaring across Europe since May.
National weather agency Météo-France is warning about temperatures approaching 40 C (104 F) from Tuesday onward in southeastern France. And in the U.K., an amber heat health alert for most of England will be in place beginning Tuesday as temperatures are forecast to climb to 36 C (96.8 F) later this week.
Across Europe, the extreme heat began in May and has contributed to major wildfires, prolonged drought and new national temperature records, as well as thousands of projected heat-related deaths.
Globally, so far this is the third-hottest year, behind 2024 and 2025, climate statistics show. But 2026 still has time to catch up. Thanks to the one-two punch of accelerated human-caused global warming and a supersized El Niño — a periodic warming of parts of the Pacific that leads to temperature variations around the globe — there’s an increasing chance that by the end of the year, 2026 could become the hottest year on record, scientists said.
Last month saw the highest average sea surface temperature ever recorded for July across the extrapolar oceans, or the oceans free of seasonal sea ice, according to the European climate agency Copernicus.
That was partially fueled by developing El Niño conditions in the equatorial Pacific, the service said. The new average record for July is 20.96 degrees Celsius (69.73 degrees Fahrenheit), which beat the 2023 record of 20.89 C (69.60 F).
But last month’s average surface air temperature globally was 16.90 C (62.42 F), making it only the joint second warmest July on record, tied with July 2024, Copernicus reported.
In Western Europe, meanwhile, the average temperature record for the June-July period hit 21.62 C (70.92 F), Copernicus said, toppling the 2022 record.
“Persistent high-pressure systems trapped heat over western Europe, the extreme temperatures also amplified widespread drought. As soils dry out, they lose their ability to provide natural cooling, allowing heat to build more readily,” said Samantha Burgess, strategic lead for climate at the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.
“This is a clear example of how climate change is intensifying heat extremes, with heat and drought increasingly reinforcing one another.”
In France alone, heat wave alerts were issued for the first time on record in May, when more than half the country recorded new monthly temperature highs. The heat intensified in June, a period during which at least 5,700 more deaths than usual were recorded, according to France’s public health agency.
Météo-France said June 23 was the hottest day ever recorded in the country. Temperatures climbed as high as 44.3 C (111.7 F) in the southwest.
Two other heat wave episodes were recorded in July, amplifying a historic wildfire in southwestern France that forced 220,000 people to flee their homes in one of the continent’s biggest evacuation efforts since World War II.
Temperatures were slightly cooler in the U.K. on Monday but the country readied for its fifth heat wave in an exceptionally hot and dry summer, with half of England and all of Wales plunged into drought.
The heat alert warns that significant impacts on health services, including a rise in deaths among older and vulnerable people, are likely.
Two record-breaking heat waves in May and June led to more than 2,800 excess deaths linked to extreme temperatures.
Dazio reported from Berlin. Sylvia Hui in London contributed to this report.
People walk over a stone dam, that is normally covered by water, towards the "Maeuseturm" (mice tower) in the middle of the river Rhine in Bingen, Germany Monday, Aug. 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Michael Probst)
A firefighting helicopter releases water over a wildfire near Correns, southeastern France, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026. (Clement Mahoudeau/Pool Photo via AP)
A pharmacy display shows a temperature of 42 degrees Celsius in Paris during a heat wave, Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard).
Vehicles cross the Rhine bridge on the A48 highway with a view of the low water levels on the Rhine, near Bendorf, Germany, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026, (Thomas Frey/dpa via AP)
A man walks on dried grass in a park, amid drought conditions in London, in London, Sunday, Aug. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
People walk on a sandbar underneath the Danube's Margareth Bridge in downtown Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday Aug. 5, 2026, as the river, which runs through 10 European countries, has receded never-before-seen low water levels. (AP Photo/Bela Szandelszky)
