Hillshire to buy Blackstone-backed Pinnacle Foods in $6.6 bln deal: Reuters

Hillshire Brands Co (HSH.N) said it would buy Pinnacle Foods Inc (PF.N) for about $6.6 billion including debt, adding products such as Duncan Hines baking mixes to its portfolio that includes Jimmy Dean sausages and Hillshire Farm luncheon meats.

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