Nutella maker Ferrero plans to buy WK Kellogg for $3 billion
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Just Food on MSNFerrero reaches for the cereal bowlFerrero has once again used M&A to expand into another part of the store – but will it pay off? After The Wall Street Journal and Reuters reported on Wednesday (9 July) Ferrero was nearing an agreement to buy WK Kellogg Co,
Shares of WK Kellogg ( KLG) surged 30% Thursday as the maker of Froot Loops and Frosted Flakes announced it had reached a deal to be acquired by Italian sweets company The Ferrero Group for $23 per share in cash, or about $3.1 billion.