Hormel Foods Agrees to Buy Kraft Heinz Nuts Business
CHICAGO â The Kraft Heinz Co.'s nuts business is changing hands. The company entered into a definitive agreement to sell its nuts business to Hormel Foods Corp. in a cash transaction for $3.35 billion.
The deal includes most products sold under the Planters brand, including single variety and mixed nuts, trail mix, Nut-rition products, Cheez Balls, and Cheez Curls, as well as Corn Nuts branded products, in addition to global intellectual property rights to the Planters brand, subject to existing third-party licenses in certain international jurisdictions, and to the Corn Nuts brand.