Kraft Heinz says it will invest $199 in a UK food manufacturing facility over the next four years.
The pans for the plants in north west England would see British favourites – ketchup, mayonnaise and salad cream – made in the country once again.
It would be the company’s biggest expansion of a manufacturing site outside the US in more than 20 years.
It said it is also one of the largest investments in UK manufacturing since Brexit.
The plan, which is subject to approval in the US, will also fund equipment and technology and create up to 50 new full-time jobs, said the company.
The Kitt Green plant on the outskirts of Wigan is Europe’s largest food manufacturing site, making 1.3 billion cans of food a year. Under the plan, it will start making sauces, and will continue making soups, pasta and baked beans.
Heinz sauces were last made in the UK in 1999.
“The Kraft Heinz investment is a vote of confidence in the UK economy from a major US firm and a boost that will mean jobs and growth for the local economy,” said UK Minister of Investment Gery Grimstone in a statement.
The company said it had stepped up production and added multiple new production lines in its factories. It also says it has developed a “no-touch disperser” for dine-in services.
