It looks like a simple corporate transaction negotiated around a kitchen table. J.M. Smucker, the jelly and jam outfit, is buying the Folgers coffee business from Procter & Gamble, creating a breakfast food combo. What could be more down-home? But when you look at the $3.3 billion transaction... -
Smucker Adds Coffee to Its Breakfast Lineup -- And Does It Tax Free
It looks like a simple corporate transaction negotiated around a kitchen table. J.M. Smucker, the jelly and jam outfit, is buying the Folgers coffee business from Procter & Gamble, creating a breakfast food combo. What could be more down-home? But when you look at the $3.3 billion transaction...-
By Allan Sloan