Company behind Nutella is buying the maker of Froot Loops
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The Italian candy maker behind Ferrero Rocher and Nutella is nearing a roughly $3 billion deal to buy the breakfast-cereal conglomerate WK Kellogg, according to people familiar with the matter. Ferrero,
Kellogg’s, famous for making Frosted Flakes and Froot Loops, has struck a deal to be being for $3.1 billion by the Ferrero Group, which owns Nutella and Kinder.
The Italian maker of Ferrero Rocher and Nutella has set its sights on WK Kellogg as the U.S. cereal maker struggles to get traction.
The Kellogg cereal business, an iconic Michigan brand, is being sold to Ferrero, an Italian chocolate and sweets company.