Hellmann's mayonnaise America's best-selling condiment

NY Post ^ | September 17, 2011 | JEREMY OLSHAN

[lowbridge]

What’s America’s favorite condiment? Hint: it’s not ketchup.

The answer is mayonnaise: specifically Hellmann’s, which the nation apparently slops on everything except french fries.

Hellmann’s alone accounted for $401.2 million in sales last year, according to Businessweek -- nearly a third of the total $1.3 billion mayo market here.

Heinz Ketchup is a distant third with $278.6 million in sales, edged out by the $286.2 million worth of Tostito’s salsa sold last year.

[lowbridge]

VINCENT: Well, in Amsterdam, you can buy beer in a movie theatre. And I don't mean in a paper cup either. They give you a glass of beer, like in a bar. In Paris, you can buy beer at MacDonald's. Also, you know what they call a Quarter Pounder with Cheese in Paris?

JULES: They don't call it a Quarter Pounder with Cheese?

VINCENT: No, they got the metric system there, they wouldn't know what the **** a Quarter Pounder is.

JULES: What'd they call it?

VINCENT: Royale with Cheese.

JULES: Royale with Cheese. What'd they call a Big Mac?

VINCENT: Big Mac's a Big Mac, but they call it Le Big Mac.

JULES: What do they call a Whopper?

VINCENT: I dunno, I didn't go into a Burger King. But you know what they put on french fries in Holland instead of ketchup?

JULES: What?

VINCENT: Mayonnaise.

JULES: Goddamn!

VINCENT: I seen 'em do it. And I don't mean a little bit on the side of the plate, they ****in' drown 'em in it.

[Christian Engineer Mass]

I’ve seen that sketch, but I don’t remember where

$1.3 billion mayo market? Man.

[jjotto]

hehe

I do put ketchup on french fries! Which is also popular in Germany, as I recall.

[PDMiller]

... which the nation apparently slops on everything except french fries.

Says who? It's delicious slathered all over freedom fries. (please don't report me to attack watch).

[NoGrayZone]

I LOVE my Hellmann's mayo. That's a must have always in my home.

"which the nation apparently slops on everything except french fries."

Actually, it's good w/ fries as well, especially mixed w/ ketchup.

I once made my own mayo. It tasted just like Hellmann's.

[Bean Counter]

West of the Rockies, Hellman’s is known as Best Foods, and yes Virginia, it really is the best...

[idkfa]

I mix mayo and ketchup for my fries.

[SERKIT]

Ask Debbie Blabblemouth Schultz - only her hairdresser knows for sure.

[PrincessB]

I had mayonnaise on fries at a bistro in Quebec several years ago. I haven’t had ketchup with them since.

[brivette]

I believe it was Jon Travolta in some cult film.

[RetroSexual]

I remember, as a kid, being at a friend's house. The dad made mayonnaise. I mean...he MADE the stuff. I seriously thought it only came from a Hellman's jar. This was a huge revelation to me.

Another time, they made Thousand Island dressing. That place was like going to another planet.

[illiac]

Watch out....zero’s food police, DOJ, and FBI will raid them next....

[illiac]

Or as the people at Gibson guitar said “its nothing to fret about”....

[ClearCase_guy]

"Pulp Fiction"

The "Breakfast Scene" is, I think, especially famous and widely viewed on Youtube. That scene provides an additional reference to the Royale with Cheese, since hamburgers are the cornerstone of any nutritious breakfast.

[Bobalu]

I prefer Miracle Whip

[Excellence]

The reason God made artichokes.

[GrayNo]

So that is why I have never seen Hellman’s brand in the stores. Always learning something, be it big or small, here at FreeRepublic.

[RandallFlagg]

"MayonNAISE!"

[Cyber Liberty]

Pulp Fiction.

[nuconvert]

“Heinz Ketchup is a distant third with $278.6 million in sales, edged out by the $286.2 million worth of Tostito’s salsa sold last year.”

Heinz isn't allowed in the house. And we're a Pace household.