Schedule ll - Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves

12 Months Ended

Apr. 27, 2011

Valuation and Qualifying Accounts and Reserves [Abstract]

VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS AND RESERVES

Schedule II

H. J. Heinz Company and Subsidiaries

VALUATION AND QUALIFYING ACCOUNTS AND RESERVES
Fiscal Years Ended April 27, 2011, April 28, 2010 and April 29, 2009
(Thousands of Dollars)

	Balance at		Charged to								Balance at
	beginning		costs and								end of
Description	of period		expenses			Deductions		Exchange			period
Fiscal year ended April 27, 2011:
Reserves deducted in the balance sheet from the assets to which they apply:
Trade receivables	$	10,196	$	1,997		$	2,053	$	769		$	10,909
Other receivables	$	268	$	203		$	—	$	32		$	503
Fiscal year ended April 28, 2010:
Reserves deducted in the balance sheet from the assets to which they apply:
Trade receivables	$	10,233	$	2,158		$	2,575	$	380		$	10,196
Other receivables	$	1,162	$	(367	)	$	602	$	75		$	268
Fiscal year ended April 29, 2009:
Reserves deducted in the balance sheet from the assets to which they apply:
Trade receivables	$	13,255	$	4,913		$	6,585	$	(1,350	)	$	10,233
Other receivables	$	2,432	$	(946	)	$	—	$	(324	)	$	1,162