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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-04-031041
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20041014
FILED AS OF DATE:		20041019
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20041019

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			B&G FOODS HOLDINGS CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001278027
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	FOOD & KINDRED PRODUCTS [2000]
		IRS NUMBER:				133918742
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		FOUR GATEHALL DRIVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 110
		CITY:			PARSIPPANY
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07034
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9734016500

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Burke David H
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001304777

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-32316
		FILM NUMBER:		041085557

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(973) 401-6500

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O B&G FOODS, INC.
		STREET 2:		4 GATEHALL DRIVE, SUITE 110
		CITY:			PARSIPPANY
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07054
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        <footnote id="F1">In connection with its initial public offering (&quot;IPO&quot;) of 17,391,305 Enhanced Income Securities (&quot;EISs&quot;), each representing one share of Class A Common Stock and $7.15 principal amount of the Issuer's 12.0% senior subordinated notes due 2016, the Issuer used a portion of the proceeds of the offering to purchase from Mr. Burke 20 shares of Series A Cumulative Preferred Stock, 113,048 shares of Class B Common Stock and 76,923 options for Class B Common Stock directly owned by Mr. Burke.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">In connection with the IPO, B&amp;G Foods, Inc. merged with and into the Issuer, with the Issuer as the surviving entity.  The Issuer was renamed B&amp;G Foods, Inc. In connection with the merger, each share of the Issuer's outstanding Common Stock was automatically reclassified and converted into109.8901 shares of the Issuer's Class B Common Stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Exercisable immediately</footnote>
    </footnotes>

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        <signatureName>/s/ Robert Cantwell, Attorney-in-Fact for David H. Burke</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2004-10-18</signatureDate>
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