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City officials said they were putting faith in the word of Kellogg officials that the company would not abandon Battle Creek. But the food company, which is splitting off most of its business to a headquarters in Chicago, has been shrinking its local workforce for years.
The cereal-maker, founded in Battle Creek and Michigan’s fifth-largest public company, soon will operate as three companies. Unclear is how much of it will remain in the state.