Mars, the privately held company best known for
its confectionary brands like M&M's and Snickers, plans to announce on Wednesday that it will buy a minority stake in Kind, the maker of wildly popular snack bars.
Ferrero has agreed to pay $ 2.8 billion for Nestle's U.S.
confectionary business, which includes
brands such as Butterfinger, Baby Ruth, Oh Henry!
The Ferrero Group and its affiliated companies («Ferrero»), a global
confectionary group, announced that it has completed its previously announced acquisition of Nestlé USA's
confectionary business, with more than 20 iconic American
brands, including chocolate favorites such as Butterfinger ®, BabyRuth ®, 100Grand ®, Raisinets ®, Wonka ® and the exclusive right to the Crunch ®
brand for
confectionary and certain categories in the US, as well as sugar
brands such as SweeTarts ®, LaffyTaffy ®, and Nerds ®.