A $9 billion impairment isn't just an accounting entry — it's an admission that the brands are worth less than they were.
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✦ The bottom line
A great brand is a moat — it lets you charge more. Kraft Heinz's moat is leaking: shoppers keep trading down to cheaper store brands.
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Pricing power
The ability to raise prices without losing customers. Strong brands have it — people pay up for the name. When shoppers switch to the store-brand ketchup instead, that power is fading.
Wall Street calls this
Pricing power / the moat
A brand only earns its premium if buyers stay when the price rises. Falling volume says some aren't.
From the 10-K · who they're up against
We compete with both branded and private label products sold by retailers, wholesalers, and cooperatives.
↳ Translated: every store's cheaper house-brand is a direct rival — and lately it's winning shoppers.