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WK Kellogg Co [a] is an American food manufacturing company, split from Kellogg's on October 2, 2023, and headquartered in Battle Creek, Michigan. It was formed in October 2023 as part of Kellogg's spin-off of its North American cereal business.
The brothers eventually argued over the addition of sugar to their product, with W.K. in favour of adding sugar and John opposed. In 1906, Will founded the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company, which later became the Kellogg Company. In 1930, he established the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, ultimately donating $66 million to it. [4]
First Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Co. corn flakes package (1906), later to become the Kellogg Food Company in 1908 In 1876, John Harvey Kellogg became the superintendent of the Battle Creek Sanitarium (originally the Western Health Reform Institute founded by Ellen White), and his brother, W. K. Kellogg, worked as the bookkeeper.
The traditional cereal business, which boasts names such as Froot Loops and Corn Flakes, will be called WK Kellogg Co — a nod to the company's founder William Keith Kellogg.
WK Kellogg Co plans to invest at least $44 million in Battle Creek, retaining hundreds of jobs and positioning the company for future growth locally.
In 1906, W.K. Kellogg left the sanitarium to start his own company, then called the Battle Creek Tasted Corn Flake Company (later changed to the Kellogg Company). Despite established competition, Kellogg's company quickly became profitable. [3] In 1909, Kellogg moved into a house located at 2650 W. Van Buren Street.
In the screenplay written by Seinfeld, Spike Ferestein, Andy Robin and Barry Marder, the efforts of cereal giants Kellogg’s and Post to create a new breakfast pastry is portrayed as a mini ...
The U.S. Supreme court ruled in W.K. Kellogg's favor, due to the greater sales and public profile of W.K. Kellogg's company. Inspired by Kellogg's innovation, C. W. Post invented Grape-Nuts and founded his own cereal company in the town. Battle Creek has been nicknamed "the Cereal City."