With the recession, consumers want good value and comfort foods and tomato products fit the bill, like tomato soup, baked beans in tomato sauce and the ubiquitous ketchup.

在经济衰退的大环境下，消费者希望获得物有所值的食品和番茄制品，例如番茄汤汁、茄汁烘豆以及无处不在的番茄调味酱。

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"As a result of the merger, retail customers and consumers could suffer from less competition resulting in higher prices for products such as HP brown sauce, tomato ketchup and baked beans, " said Vincent Smith, the OFT's head of competition enforcement.

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