Final British bottle of HP sauce

The last bottle of HP sauce has been produced in Birmingham, marking the end of more than 100 years of sauce making at the site.



Production is moving from the plant in the Aston area of the city to The Netherlands with the loss of 125 jobs.

Businesses near to the factory launched a Save Our Sauce campaign and protests were held in Birmingham and outside the American Embassy in London in a bid to get the company to change its plans.

Birmingham City Council leaders met with Heinz managers to try to draw up fresh plans and MPs tried to get HP banned from tables inside the Houses of Parliament as it was no longer "a symbol of Britishness", but all to no avail.