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M&M's maker Mars is buying Kellanova, the maker of Cheez-Its and Pop-Tarts, for nearly $30 billion, vastly expanding the number of household-name brands under one roof. Kellanova was created last year when the Kellogg Co. split into two companies. Kellanova sells many of the former company's most profitable brands, including Pringles, Eggo, Town House, MorningStar Farms and Rice Krispies Treats. It had net sales of more than $13 billion last year and has approximately 23,000 employees.

Sweet and salty deal worth $30 billion would put M&M's and Snickers alongside Cheez-It and Pringles

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Mars, whose brands include M&M's, Snickers and Skittles, is buying food company Kellanova in a deal worth nearly $30 billion, giving it access to a huge portfolio of consumer brands from Cheez-It to Pop-Tarts.Kellanova was created when the Kellogg Co. split into three companies last year. Kellanova, based in Chicago, houses many brands, including Pringles, Town House, MorningStar Farms and Rice Krispies Treats. It had net sales of more than $13 billion last year and has approximately 23,000 employees. Mars Inc. said Wednesday that it will pay $83.50 per share in cash. The company put the total value of the...

Mars, maker of M&M's and Snickers, to buy Cheez-It owner Kellanova for nearly $30 billion

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Chocolate giant Mars announced that it was acquiring rival snack company Kellanova in a deal valued at nearly $30 billion — the largest ever acquisition in the packaged food industry.

The privately held maker of popular chocolate bars including Snickers, M&Ms and Milky Way said it has agreed to pay $83.50 a share — or a 33% premium to its closing price on Aug. 2 — for Kellanova in an all-cash deal, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Kellanova, whose portfolio of brands includes Cheez-It, Pringles and Eggo, closed at $74.50 a share on Tuesday. The stock was up by more than...

Chocolate giant Mars to acquire Kellanova, maker of Cheez-Its and Pringles, in $29B deal

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Tiny fragments of microplastics are making their way deep inside our bodies in concerning quantities, significantly through our food and drink.
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A team from Guangzhou Medical University and Jinan University in China ran tests on both soft water and hard tap water (which is richer in minerals), adding in nanoplastics and microplastics (NMPs) before boiling the liquid and then filtering out any precipitates.
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Mars to buy Pringles and Pop-Tart maker for $36bn

Confectionery giant Mars strikes deal to snap up Pringles-maker Kellanova for nearly...

Mars to buy Pringles and Pop-Tart maker for $36bn

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