This acquisition expands Sara Lees presence into the organic and natural meats segments, while also increasing Sara Lees coverage of fast growing retail channels, such as club stores and organic grocers.
As part of this, Hasbro is reorganizing its global games business and moving its games marketing and games development employees from Massachusetts to Rhode Island.
The regional variation in the pace of economic growth has created significant change and new opportunities for Diageo. As a result, the company has begun to review its operating model across the global business.
The merger creates a larger business with a complementary portfolio of high-quality bakery products and deepens Flowers' penetration of the estimated $4 billion U.S. snack cake category.