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Food maker Kellogg Co. said Tuesday it has promoted Ronald Dissinger, a 22-year veteran of the company, to chief financial officer as of Jan. 3.
Kellogg Co. says it will pull immunity claims from its Rice Krispies and Cocoa Krispies cereal boxes amid the public's growing concern about swine flu.
Food and cereal maker Kellogg Co. has been working to reduce its costs and has reinvested much of those savings into product development and advertising. The company said this emphasis will help its long-term growth and takes advantage of some lower advertising costs in the down economy. Kellogg CEO David Mackay discusses the issue in a conference call with investors Thursday.
Consumers' devotion to their favorite cereal and snack brands and a continued consumer focus on eating at home helped boost Kellogg Co.'s profit 6 percent in the third quarter.
Consumers have been changing their shopping habits during the recession, particularly when it comes to food. They have been eating at home more often, buying fewer items per shopping trip and trading down to lower-priced store-brand or "private label" products. The world's largest cereal maker, Kellogg Co. reported a strong second quarter, due in part to the continued popularity of its well-known brands. Kellogg's CEO discussed how the company sees its customers' habits changing on a conference call with analysts Thursday.
Cereal and snack maker Kellogg Co. revised its second-quarter guidance Thursday and said it will invest more in its cost-cutting plan in 2009.
Kellogg Co. reported second-quarter profits that beat expectations Thursday, saying it expects full year results at the high end of its goal.
Kellogg says its profit rose 13 percent in the second-quarter, though sales of its popular cereal and snack products fell, boosted by higher prices and cost cuts.
Kellogg Co., maker of Pop-Tarts toaster pastries and All-Bran cereal, said Thursday that cutting costs helped its profit climb 2 percent in the first quarter even as sales declined. Shares climbed more than 9 percent in early trading.
Kellogg Co. has agreed to settle federal charges that it falsely advertised the benefits for children of eating Frosted Mini-Wheats, the Federal Trade Commission announced Monday.
Cereal and snack maker Kellogg Co. said it won't renew its sponsorship contract with Olympic swimming star Michael Phelps because of a photo that showed him inhaling from a marijuana pipe.
Cereal and snack maker Kellogg Co. says it will not renew its sponsorhip contract with Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps because he has acknowledged smoking marijuana last fall. The Battle Creek, Mich.-based company said Thursday that Phelps's behavior — caught on camera and published Sunday — is "not consistent with the image of Kellogg."
Kellogg Co. said Monday it is recalling some Keebler Cookies and Special K Meal Bars and expand some previous product recalls amid the growing scope of a national salmonella outbreak linked to a Georgia peanut butter plant.
Here's a list of products voluntarily recalled by the Kellogg Co. because they could be contaminated with salmonella from a Georgia peanut processing facility:
Kellogg Co. said Wednesday it expects sales of its cereals and snacks to remain strong over the coming months as consumers eat in more frequently, but said cost pressures will remain high, particularly in Europe and Latin America.
Food maker Kellogg Co. said Monday that John Bryant, chief financial officer and president of the company's North American division, has been promoted to chief operating officer.
Kellogg says its profit rose 3.7 percent in the second quarter as a result of product innovation and raising prices to offset higher costs. The cereal and snack maker met Wall Street's expectations.
Billy Packer didn't sound like a man who found out his 34-year run as part of the Final Four broadcast had ended.
Kellogg Co. reported Wednesday that its first-quarter profit dipped 2 percent, despite recent price increases intended to offset higher costs.
Cereal and snack maker Kellogg Co. said Wednesday its fourth-quarter profit dipped slightly due in part to higher energy and materials costs and more investment in advertising, but still matched Wall Street's expectations.
Kellogg Co., the world's leading maker of breakfast cereals, said Thursday that it has bought the United Bakers Group, a leading Russian maker of crackers, biscuits and breakfast cereals.
Kellogg Co. reported a 9 percent increase in third-quarter earnings Monday, but its profit forecast for 2008 was lower than Wall Street's prediction.
Who Owns Your Favorite Organic or Natural Food Company?Article and flowchart that summarizes the structure of the organic foods industry over the past decade.
Snap, Crackle, PopKellogg's dumps Michael Phelps after photos of the Olympic Medalist smoking a bong surfaced. Now the cereal company stock is taking a serious hit.
Former Seattle police chief to Phelps' defenseNEW YORK - Former Seattle police chief Norm Stamper has joined legions of legalize-marijuana advocates who are slamming the Kellogg Co. for deciding to cut ties with Olympic hero Michael Phelps after he was photographed with a pot pipe.
(UPDATE 2/11/2009: An article posted at notes that hemp-friendly Seattle Chief of Police Gil Kerlikowske has apparently been offered the helm of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, more commonly known as the "drug czar." Drop by …
Kellogg's Wimps Out Over Phelps's Bong Hit: What Century Are They Living in? Cereal giant Kellogg's has announced that it won't renew Olympic swim champion Michael Phelps' endorsement contract because he's been photographed apparently smoking marijuana. While hypocrisy is hardly rare in American life, this is a particularly egregious example.
Kellogg To Drop Phelps Over Pot Smoking - Detroit Local News Story - WDIV Detroit
Michael Phelps' contract with Kellogg Co. will not be renewedCereal and snack maker Kellogg Co. says it will not renew its sponsorship contract with Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps because of the photo that showed him smoking marijuana last fall.
For first time, trace amount of mercury found in corn syrupExcerpt: A test of popular processed foods from some of the biggest names in the industry found trace amounts of mercury, according to the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy, a nonprofit group based in Minneapolis.
Proposal to curb waste in government contracts would not apply to overseas work. By Associated Press, Tuesday, February 12, 2008A Bush administration plan to crack down on contract fraud has a multibillion-dollar loophole: The proposal to force companies to report abuse of taxpayer money will not apply to work overseas, including projects to secure and rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan.
Play With Your Food, ConstructivelyLegos, the coolest thing to come out of Denmark since Niels Bohr (and only briefly eclipsed by Aqua), are now even more enjoyable: you can eat them.
$385 million awarded to 3 corporations to build homeland detention centersKellogg, Brown, and Root (Halliburton) got a contract to quickly build a 'network' of detention centers in the U.S., without public debate, for "some kind of mass migrations" or, "the rapid development of new programs." ....
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