Ferrero, Kellogg, and the Return of the Breakup-Merger Cycle
Wharton Management Professor analyzes how recent acquisitions mirror a broader pattern of strategic separations and recombinations in the consumer goods industry.
This Week in Business · Wharton Podcast Network
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Emilie Feldman, Wharton Professor of Management, explores how recent M&A activity—such as Ferrero’s acquisition of WK Kellogg—reflects a recurring trend where companies separate high-and low-growth assets only to later reintegrate them, drawing parallels to past moves by Kraft, Heinz, and other consumer goods giants.
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