Jackson, Tennessee, is a Pringles powerhouse

Mars, the maker of Snickers and M&M's, has agreed to buy the snack maker Kellanova for $35.9 billion.

• Kellanova, a spinoff from cereal giant Kellogg, includes the brands Cheez-It and Pringles.

The intrigue: There is a Tennessee connection to this big business news.

Zoom in: Jackson, which is a two-hour drive west on Interstate 40, is home to the production plant that makes Pringles for all of North America.

• That fun fact comes from our friend and former colleague Tyler Whetstone , an investigative reporter at the Knoxville News Sentinel who previously worked in Jackson.

By the numbers: In 2021, the Jackson Sun reported that the plant produces more than 1 billion cans of Pringles per year.

• In just one hour, the plant can produce a line of crisps that stretches 46 miles long.

Go deeper: Read our national story about the merger deal.

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