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In October 2023 Kellogg's split into WK Kellogg Co (cereal, HQ Battle Creek) and Kellanova (snacks, HQ Chicago).
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Battle Creek, Michigan
USA
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C.W. Post, a patient at the Battle Creek Sanitarium, founded Postum Cereal Company in 1895 and was producing Grape-Nuts by 1897.
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Battle Creek today hosts the National Cereal Festival and a museum dedicated to breakfast-cereal history.
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In Battle Creek, Erastus and Sarah Hussey helped an estimated 1,000-2,000 people escape slavery; the city's Underground Railroad Sculpture is the largest monument of its kind.
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At its peak, more than 80 cereal companies operated in Battle Creek — the Cereal Capital of the World.
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Battle Creek (CBS, 2015), created by Vince Gilligan, was set in Battle Creek.
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In September 2025, Italian candymaker Ferrero purchased WK Kellogg Co for $3.1 billion, planning to keep the North American cereal HQ in Battle Creek.
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W.K. Kellogg Company was founded February 19, 1906, as the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company — producing 120,000 cases daily by 1909.
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In 1894 the Kellogg brothers accidentally created flaked cereal by leaving cooked wheat out and running it through rollers.
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The American cereal industry grew out of the Battle Creek Sanitarium, run by Dr. John Harvey Kellogg.