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February 15, 2012
Kellogg Company Announces Agreement to Acquire Procter & Gamble's Pringles Business
Kellogg Company (NYSE: K) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Procter &Gamble's Pringles® business ("Pringles") for $2.695 billion. Pringles is an excellent strategic fit for Kellogg Company. It significantly ...
February 15, 2012
P&G to sell its Pringles business to the Kellogg Company
The Procter &Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) today announced an agreement to divest its Snacks business to The Kellogg Company in a $2.7 billion all-cash transaction. The companies expect to complete the deal in summer of 2012. Final timing will be depend...
February 15, 2012
Statement of Diamond Foods on termination Pringles deal
Diamond Foods, Inc. today announced that The Procter &Gamble Company and Diamond have mutually agreed to terminate Diamond's proposed acquisition of the Pringles business and have released each other from all liabilities related to the proposed acq...
February 15, 2012
Biobased approaches examined in fight against zebra chip
Thanks to investigations by scientists-turned-detectives with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and other agencies, potato growers in the western United States and abroad now know the identities of the pathogen-insect duo responsible for outbre...
February 14, 2012
MSU Potato Lab looks to new colorful spuds to boost seed potato industry
A potato that's purple on the outside and yellow on the inside is one of four new varieties coming to Montana to help attract new markets for the state's $40 million seed potato industry, says Nina Zidack, director of the Montana State University Potato Lab. Sponsored Content
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February 13, 2012
Restaurants' trans fat bans may have positive health effects
Reductions in restaurants’ use of trans fats may have played a role in declining levels of the fats in the blood of white American adults between 2000 and 2009, a Centers for Disease Control study found Wednesday. The level of trans fats in those who ...
February 12, 2012
P&G Said to Seek Termination of Pringles Sale to Diamond
Procter &Gamble Co. has decided it will seek to terminate its sale of the Pringles snack business to Diamond Foods Inc., said three people with knowledge of the situation, following the accounting probe that ousted Diamond’s chief executive officer...
February 10, 2012
Andy Jensen Named Pacific Northwest Potato Regional Research Director
The three Pacific Northwest Potato Commissions, the Idaho Potato Commission (IPC), the Oregon Potato Commission (OPC) and the Washington State Potato Commission (WSPC) have entered into an agreement to hire a Pacific Northwest Potato Regional Research ...
February 08, 2012
Gregg Halverson of Black Gold Farms receives 2012 top producer of the year award
The Top Producer Seminar annually features the Top Producer of the Year award. This year, Gregg Halverson of Black Gold Farms, a 20,000-acre potato operation based in Grand Forks, North Dakota, won the prestigious honor. Other outstanding producers who...
February 07, 2012
Walmart Unveils 'Great For You' Icon
A year after pledging to develop a front-of-pack label that would give its customers an easier way to identify healthier food, Walmart, the largest food retailer in the United States, unveiled the “Great For You” icon at an event today in Washington, D...