

consumers age 25 to 49 to eat 26% more cereal than people of that age ate five years prior. In emphasizing cereal's convenience and nutritional value, Kellogg's helped persuade U.S. LaMothe to improve, which primarily involved approaching the demographic of 80 million baby boomers rather than marketing children-oriented cereals. Such comments invigorated Kellogg chairman William E. A prominent Wall Street analyst called it "a fine company that's past its prime" and the cereal market was being regarded as "mature". After underspending its competition in marketing and product development, Kellogg's U.S. Smith's Pies, Eggo, and Pure Packed Foods however, it was later criticized for not diversifying further like General Mills and Quaker Oats were. įrom 1969 to 1977, Kellogg's acquired various small businesses including Salada Foods, Fearn International, Mrs. This practice remained until World War II, and continued briefly after the war, although some departments and factories remained locked into 30 hour work weeks until 1980. Kellogg stated that he did this so that an additional shift of workers would be employed in an effort to support people through the depression era. In 1930, the Kellogg Company announced that most of its factories would shift towards 30 hour work weeks, from the usual 40. The company produced and marketed the hugely successful Kellogg's Toasted Corn Flakes and was renamed the Kellogg Company in 1922. Kellogg's was founded as the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company on February 19, 1906, by Will Keith Kellogg as an outgrowth of his work with his brother John Harvey Kellogg at the Battle Creek Sanitarium following practices based on the Seventh-day Adventist Church.

Kellogg's holds a Royal Warrant from Queen Elizabeth II and the Prince of Wales.


Kellogg's largest factory is at Trafford Park in Manchester, United Kingdom, which is also the location of its European headquarters. Kellogg's products are manufactured in 18 countries and marketed in over 180 countries. Kellogg's stated purpose is "Nourishing families so they can flourish and thrive." The company's brands include Froot Loops, Corn Flakes, Frosted Flakes, Rice Krispies, Special K, Cocoa Krispies, Keebler, Pringles, Pop-Tarts, Kashi, Cheez-It, Eggo, Nutri-Grain, Morningstar Farms, and many more. Kellogg's produces cereal and convenience foods, including cookies, crackers, toaster pastries, cereal bars, fruit-flavored snacks, frozen waffles, and vegetarian foods. Kellogg Company (also Kellogg's, Kellogg, and Kellogg's of Battle Creek) is an American multinational food manufacturing company headquartered in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States.
