The food giant -- makers of Heinz Ketchup, Oscar Mayer hot dogs, Velveeta cheese and other products -- says more than 16 million people call in sick the day after the big game, which costs the country about $1 billion in lost productivity. And the rest who do show up for work are just plain cranky.
In addition to letting its employees stay home, Kraft Heinz is launching a campaign to push for everybody to be off after Super Bowls. It's started an online petition to essentially create a new national holiday it calls "Smunday," which extends Sunday's Super Bowl fun into Monday.
(CNN)