Mars Acquisition: Response to Inflation and Sociocultural Trends

Mars, a family-owned packaged food company best known for products like M&Ms and Snickers, has agreed to buy Kellanova for $36 billion.

Kellanova spun off from W.K. Kellogg in 2023. Its products include Cheez-It, Pringles, Pop-Tarts and Rice Krispies Treats.

The acquisition diversifies Mars’ product lines to include both sweet and salty snacks, providing enough scale to “weather the impact of price inflation and weight-loss drugs weighing on demand.”

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By |2024-08-25T07:55:31+00:00August 28, 2024|Tags: , , |
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The Child Care Crisis: An Operations Challenge

Finding quality, affordable child care has long been a nightmare for parents. Unfortunately, market forces alone are unlikely to solve the financial problems that both consumers and businesses face. With razor-thin profit margins, child care facilities cannot afford to lower their prices even though these prices are out of reach for many families. Solutions involve collaboration among parents, employers, child care businesses, and federal and state governments.

Video Spotlight: The Market Controls Child Care Costs in the […]

By |2021-12-07T01:10:59+00:00December 7, 2021|Tags: , , , , |
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Every Step You Take, I’ll Be Watching You

Sidewalk Labs, a unit of Alphabet, has partnered with a government agency to modernize part of the waterfront area in Toronto.

Heated streets, driverless shuttles, pavements with sensors, and robotic waste-sorting systems are part of this “city of the future.” Although the project promises to improve people’s quality of life, concerns about data ownership and privacy protection have yet to be addressed.

Video Spotlight: Introducing Sidewalk Toronto

This post is based on the Chicago Tribune article,

By |2018-10-20T16:49:05+00:00October 20, 2018|Tags: , , , |
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