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    Procter and Gamble (P&G) is a multinational manufacturer of product ranges including personal care, household cleaning, laundry detergents, prescription drugs and disposable nappies.

    For many years, Procter and Gamble was the manufacturer and marketer of the stackable potato chips brand Pringles.

    All Pringles activities were sold to the Kellogg Company, an acquisition that closed on May 31, 2012.

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     The Kellogg Company
    February 15, 2012

    The Lessons Learned From Diamond’s Pringles Fiasco

    With Kellogg’s deal to acquire Procter &Gamble’s Pringles brand for $2.695 billion in cash, Diamond Foods is left with nothing. Proctor &Gamble’s announcement of the deal was accompanied by a terse statement that the consumer products company h...
     The Kellogg Company
    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 ...
     The Kellogg Company
    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...
     Pringles
    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...