Milling & Baking News - November 20, 2018 - 10

Business

Kellogg exploring sale of cookie
and fruit snacks businesses
BATTLE CREEK, MICH. - The Kellogg Co. is exploring the sale of its
cookie business and its fruit snacks
business, the Battle Creek-based company said Nov. 12. Cookie brands include Keebler, Famous Amos, Mother's Cookies and Murray. Stretch Island is a fruit snacks brand.
"We need to make strategic choices
about our business, and these brands
have had difficulty competing for resources and investments within our
portfolio," said Steven A. Cahillane,
chairman and chief executive officer.
"Yet, we wholeheartedly believe these
iconic and beloved brands can thrive
in the portfolio of another organization that can focus on driving growth
in these particular categories."
Kellogg also plans to redesign its
North American organizational structure by making four changes, which

will become effective in January.
U.S. Morning Foods, Snacks and
Frozen Foods business units will consolidate into a single unit comprising

KELLOGG CO.

80% of North American revenue. Kellogg's cookie brands are part of U.S.
snacks. The sales teams of Morning
Foods, Snacks and Frozen and Retail

Channels will be combined within a
single Kellogg U.S. sales organization
to improve customer focus. Building
a consolidated, end-to-end Kellogg
North America supply chain, including procurement, manufacturing, logistics and customer service, will be
designed to increase scale, enhance
capability and ensure delivery of the
company's growth goals. Finally, Kellogg in North America will invest in
new e-commerce and integrated business planning capabilities.
"Successfully achieving our deploy
for growth strategy in K.N.A. requires
that we grow our business through
strong commercial ideas and innovation, prioritized investment choices,
excellence in execution and increased
speed to market," said Christopher
M. Hood, president of Kellogg North
America. "We are confident the changes we are putting in place will help us
achieve these objectives."
Kellogg acquired Keebler in 2001 in
a transaction valued at $3.9 billion. MBN

Conagra recalls Duncan Hines mixes
potentially linked to Salmonella
CHICAGO - Conagra Brands, Inc. said
it is working with health officials with the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration after a positive finding of Salmonella
in a retail sample of Duncan Hines Classic White cake mix. The sample may be
linked to a Salmonella outbreak that is
being investigated by the C.D.C. and the
F.D.A., Conagra said.
"While it has not been definitively
concluded that this product is linked
to the outbreak and the investigation is
still ongoing, Conagra has decided to

consuming a cake mix at some point prior
to becoming ill, and some may have also
consumed these products raw and not
baked," Conagra said. "Consumers are reminded not
voluntarily recall the specific
to consume any raw batter.
Duncan Hines variety identified
Cake mixes and batter can
(Classic White) and three other
be made with ingredients
varieties (Classic Butter Golden,
such as eggs or flour, which
Signature Confetti and Classic
can carry risks of bacteria
Yellow) made during the same
that are rendered harmless
time period out of an abundance
by baking, frying or boiling.
of caution," the company said.
Consumers are reminded
According to Conagra, five octo wash their hands, work
currences of illnesses due to Salsurfaces and utensils thormonella are being examined by the
PINNACLE FOODS CORP.
oughly after contact with raw
C.D.C. and the F.D.A. as part of the
batter products, to follow baking instrucinvestigation.
"Several of the individuals reported tions and to never eat raw batter." MBN

Perdue AgriBusiness to open
organic grain facility in Maryland
SALISBURY, MD. - Perdue AgriBusiness, a division of Perdue Farms, announced on Nov. 5 a $30 million investment to open an organic grain receiving and storage facility at Tradepoint
Atlantic in eastern Baltimore county
to meet the rising demand for organic
feed ingredients in the region. The facility will include grain and oilseed processing/milling and support more than
25 new jobs.
"Tradepoint Atlantic at the Port of Baltimore is ideally located to receive grain
and supply organic customers throughout
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the Mid-Atlantic region," said Richard
L. Willey, president of Perdue AgriBusiness. "We work directly with local farmers and traders in the United States, Europe, South America and Asia to source
organic grain and soybeans. This new
complex will be a key part of an integrated supply chain that enables us to
increase business and reduce the cost
while maintaining the quality of our organic products."
Randall M. Day, chief executive officer
of Perdue Farms, said the company is
"on a mission" to make organic chicken

more accessible to more consumers. He
said the limiting factor is the availability
of organic grain.
"Expanding our grain operations at
Tradepoint Atlantic and the Port of Baltimore will support the continued growth
of our organic poultry production in the
region," Mr. Day said.
Perdue produces U.S.D.A.-certified
organic chicken. Perdue AgriBusiness
sources, purchases, and processes agricultural commodities and offers a diverse portfolio of products, including
grains, soybean meal, feed ingredients,
and edible oils.
To assist with project costs, the Maryland Department of Commerce has approved a $350,000 grant. MBN
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