Kraft Heinz Sells Planters to Hormel for $3.35 Billion
Kraft Heinz reported Thursday it has sold its Planters business to Hormel for USD3.35 Billion cash.
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Kraft Heinz reported Thursday it has sold its Planters business to Hormel for USD3.35 Billion cash.
The acquisition is by far the largest by Austin, Minn.-based Hormel Foods.
The acquisition is by far the largest by Austin, Minn.-based Hormel Foods. 11:15 am, Feb. 11, 2021 × AUSTIN, Minn. — Hormel Food Corp. has scooped up the Planters business from Kraft Heinz Co. for $3.35 billion in cash. Hormel and Chicago-based Kraft announced the deal early Thursday, Feb. 11, making it the largest acquisition by Austin, Minn.-based Hormel, which expands its business line to include peanuts as well as Cheez Balls, Corn Nuts and NUT-Triton brands. The Planters business in those areas had 2020 sales of about $1 billion. "The acquisition of the Planters business ad...
Under the agreement, Kraft Heinz will sell its Corn Nuts and Planters production facilities in three states.
Kraft Heinz Co said on Thursday that it plans to sell its nuts business - including most Planters and Corn Nuts products - to Hormel Foods Corp for $3.35 billion, sending shares up 6%.