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NEWS ABOUT: Kellogg

Kellogg stories: 12 news summaries
tHEY'RE MAGICALLY NUTRITIOUS

 Kellogg's 
 'Immunity' Claim 
 Stokes H1N1 Ire 

Company profiting from parents' swine flu fears, critics charge

Nov 2, 09 12:11 PM CST
(Newser) - Kellogg's claim that its cereal has immunity-boosting powers is a cheap way to capitalize on parents' swine flu fears, critics tell USA Today . "This one belongs in the hall of fame," says the director of Yale's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity. The boxes in question announce... More »

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Kellogg • immunity • swine flu • H1N1 virus • breakfast cereal • women's issues

(Newser) - CEOs and investors have springs in their steps. After a week full of positive earnings reports, many now believe worst is over, the Wall Street Journal reports. Yesterday saw a slew of reports that matched or beat estimates, including Motorola, Goodyear, Sony, and Kellogg Co. The economy “has... More »

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stock market • Citigroup • earnings reports • Kellogg • Ford • corporate earnings • second quarter earnings • Dow Chemical Co. • economy

Phelps Helps
SF Food Bank Tame Munchies

Swimmer's bong photo, ban lead to donation of 2 tons of cereal

Mar 11, 09 3:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - The amateur paparazzo who snapped Michael Phelps holding a bong helped indirectly bring a little good to the world: Kellogg's, which dumped the Olympian after the photo came to light, donated nearly 2 tons of Corn Flakes and Frosted Flakes in boxes bearing Phelps' winning smile to the San Francisco... More »

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San Francisco • Michael Phelps • hunger • Kellogg • marijuana • food banks • scandal

America Loves Her Creamiest Crop

Peanut butter isn't just a dietary staple here; it's a cultural icon

Feb 10, 09 1:28 PM CST
(Newser) - “What’s more sacred than peanut butter?” Sen. Tom Harkin asked last week while scolding the company responsible for the recent peanut-butter-driven salmonella outbreak. Brian Palmer takes a look at American's PB love affair in Slate, and finds that while peanuts have been eaten in the US for more... More »

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food • Kellogg • protein • peanut • peanut butter

Kellogg's Faces Pro-Phelps Backlash

Fans launch boycott, slam company with wave of complaints

Feb 10, 09 7:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Kellogg's decision to drop Michael Phelps’ sponsorship deal has created an angry wave of would-be cereal killers, the Baltimore Sun reports. A Facebook group urging consumers to boycott the company has hit 5,000 members and is growing fast. Pro-marijuana groups are also calling for a boycott, labeling the company's... More »

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Michael Phelps • 2012 London Olympics • Kellogg • marijuana • boycott • Bill Maher • USA Swimming • Bill Maher Grid

Subway Keeps Phelps on Board

Fast-food chain
'accepts his apology'
but plans to shelve
TV ads for now

Feb 6, 09 6:33 PM CST
(Newser) - Subway is sticking with Michael Phelps despite his bong-tarnished image, Advertising Age reports. One day after Kellogg dropped the Olympian over his marijuana use, Subway said it was "disappointed with his behavior," but, "like most Americans, we accept his apology. Moving forward, he remains in our... More »

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Michael Phelps • Kellogg • marijuana • Subway • Bill Maher Grid

OPINION

Phelps Penalty Misses Point 

Swimmer, clueless on dry land, should be forced back into pool
as community service

Feb 6, 09 3:32 PM CST
(Newser) - US swimming authorities flopped in their decision to suspend Michael Phelps from competition, George Vecsey writes in the New York Times. Now Phelps “has more time to wander into parties and hold interesting-looking objects up to his face and say, ‘Hey, dude, what’s this?’” Instead, the... More »

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Michael Phelps • Kellogg • marijuana • USA Swimming

OPINION

Phelps' Toke Shouldn't
Cause Such a Splash

He goes to great lengths to win, and it's the same with relaxing; embarrassment is punishment enough

Feb 3, 09 10:20 AM CST
(Newser) - Michael Phelps’ reputation shouldn't go up in smoke just because he was caught indulging in a drug an estimated 42% of Americans have tried, Sally Jenkins writes in the Washington Post. Phelps, like most great athletes, is a creature of extremes, and nobody should be surprised that when he breaks... More »

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bongs • Michael Phelps • Kellogg • swimming • marijuana • endorsement • Olympics

(AP) - The latest national food safety investigation took on new urgency today as federal officials confirmed salmonella contamination at a Georgia facility that ships peanut products to 85 food companies, the AP reports. On Capitol Hill, the House Energy and Commerce Committee requested records as it opened its own inquiry. The... More »

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Kellogg • salmonella • outbreak • peanut butter

Salmonella Fears Spur Peanut Butter Cracker Recall

Austin, Keebler offerings pulled as 'precautionary' measure

Jan 15, 09 11:24 AM CST
(Newser) - Kellogg is warning consumers not to eat its Austin and Keebler brand peanut butter crackers because a supplier has been linked to the salmonella outbreak, CNN reports. The precautionary notice recommends customers "hold the product until we have more information." The snack maker is freezing inventory and pulling... More »

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Kellogg • Austin • recall • salmonella • peanut butter • snacks • Peanut Corporation of America • Keebler

OPINION

 How Cereal Shaped America 

Charting the evolution and influence of the grain-based breakfast

Dec 14, 08 10:01 AM CST
(Newser) - We might be eating hockey pucks for breakfast if a 19th-century kitchen accident hadn’t turned John Kellogg’s “barely edible” biscuits into today’s far-tastier flakes, Ian Lender writes in Mental Floss. “The cereal flake is the perfect consumer product,” he says, looking at how cereal... More »

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advertising • Kellogg • cereal • pop culture • culture • breakfast

Kellogg Will Ease Off Ads Aimed at Kids

Cereal giant plans voluntary nutrition, marketing changes

Jun 15, 07 7:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Averting a threatened lawsuit, Kellogg will reformulate its cereals and snack foods to make them more nutritious—or keep them as is and stop targeting advertising at children under 12. The plan affects about half of the company's offerings, meaning that fans of Pop-Tarts and Rice Krispies may be getting... More »

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obesity • food • nutrition • advertising • childhood obesity • obesity epidemic • marketing • children • Kellogg • cereal

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