NEW YORK (AP) - Hillshire Brands Co. is buying Pinnacle Foods Inc. in a cash and stock deal valued at about $4.23 billion. The companies put the transaction’s total value at approximately $6.6 billion, which includes Pinnacle’s outstanding debt.
Key brands of each company:
Hillshire Brands:
Jimmy Dean
Ball Park
Hillshire Farm
State Fair
Sara Lee
Aidells
Gallo Salame
Golden Island
Pinnacle Foods:
Duncan Hines
Aunt Jemima
Birds Eye
Vlasic
Hungry-Man
Lender’s
Mrs. Butterworth’s
Log Cabin
Wish-Bone
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