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Jimmy Dean-Maker Hillshire Brands Buys Vlasic-Maker Pinnacle Foods For $4.3B

Jimmy Dean-Maker Hillshire Brands Buys Vlasic-Maker Pinnacle Foods For $4.3B

How does Duncan Hines chocolate cake, Vlasic pickles and Jimmy Dean sausage sound for breakfast? While the line-up has always been a possibility for those with, ahem, interesting cravings, now those seemingly different menu items have something pretty big in common: their parent company. [More]