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Default Ketchup - UK vs USA

Stan Horwitz wrote:
> In article >, Andy <q> wrote:
>
>> Blinky the Shark said...
>>
>> > From another group. Look at the difference between these Heinz
>> > Ketchups. Wow.

>>
>> <snipped for brevity>
>>
>>
>> Blinky,
>>
>> How do you suppose Heinz comes up with all those 57+ varieties?
>>
>> They have some we haven't seen on USA market shelves...
>>
>> http://www.tinyurl.com/uuadl

>
> You can get imported Heinz items in some gourmet shops, which is where I
> assume that photo came from. By the way, did you notice the misspelling
> in that photo?


I wondered if they had a maximum number of characters to work with in
that name field, and chose (as I probably wouldn't have) to shorten it
in that manner.


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