According to the Wall Street Journal, “Mexicans eat more ketchup by sales value than consumers in all but eight other countries. Many of them slather the thick red sauce on chicken, pasta and eggs—even pizza.”

“At the start of 2007, U.S. ketchup giant H.J. Heinz Co. held less than 1% of the Mexican ketchup market. In fact, Mexico was such a low priority that Heinz had fewer than 10 salespeople in the country, which is nearly three times as large as Texas. Tuesday, when Heinz releases quarterly earnings, its executives plan to boast that Heinz now accounts for 12% of the ketchup poured in Mexico.”