(An open letter I've submitted to Heinz via their website.)

To whom it may concern:

I just wanted to say that I have an increasingly unhealthy dislike for the new ketchup bottles.  Actually, I have no problem with the bottle itself, it's the lid.  

There's no way to be precise when dispensing the product.  I've tried to squeeze gently, thinking maybe the ketchup won't come out fast, and none comes out at all.  So I squeeze harder and harder, and none comes out.  I continue to squeeze harder, expecting the same results when, suddenly, out shoots a tablespoon of ketchup in one unfortunate location.  

Also, after the bottle decides to let loose the juice, I'm afraid to loosen my grip, as slowing the flow could possibly stop the flow.  I can no longer casually draw lines of ketchup on each french fry.  I must rush my food creation, squirting ketchup hither and yon, ketchup falling where it may without any regard as to which food I want it to accessorize.

While I like the original glass bottle, plastic is much more suitable to our household.  Gone are the days of "anticipation."  I'm okay with the plastic bottles with lids of days gone by.  However, this new plastic lid is just terrible.  Here are the days of haphazard Heinz hogwash.

I do hope you will consider reverting to the older free-flow style of lid, or somehow improving the lid so that I can once again be an artiste with my ketchup.

Thanks for your consideration,

-Stephen White