Nestl� will purchase Jenny Craig

Nestl� will purchase Jenny Craig 

Swiss company says addition will reinforce its presence in U.S. GENEVA, Switzerland -- Call it a merger of the modern world's twin obsessions of indulgence and guilt.
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Nestle to buy Jenny Craig for $600 million 
VEVEY, Switzerland/b. -- Nestle AG, the world's biggest food and drink company, said Monday it will fatten up its weight-loss business by buying Jenny Craig Inc. for $600 million.
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Nestle to buy Jenny Craig 
Is Nestle Crunch on Jenny Craig's diet plan? Nestle, the Swiss food giant, is planning to announce today that it has agreed to pay about $600 million for Jenny Craig, the weight-loss company that has had a surprise turnaround in recent years as a result of an irreverent advertising campaign chronicling the slimming waistline of Kirstie Alley, of ''Fat Actress'' fame.
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Nestle to Buy Jenny Craig to Enter Weight-Loss Market (Update3) 
June 19 (Bloomberg) -- Nestle SA, the world's biggest foodmaker, agreed to buy Jenny Craig Inc. of the U.S. to enter the $30 billion weight-loss market and add to its health and nutrition unit.
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Nestle buys weight-loss firm Jenny Craig for $600 mln 
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- Leading chocolate maker Nestle SA announced plans on Monday to help customers shed their unwanted pounds by agreeing to buy weight-loss company Jenny Craig for $600 million.
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Jenny Craig Goes To Nestl for $600 Million 
NEW YORK In what Nestl is billing as a foray into the business end of public health, the European food giant has entered into a deal to buy diet company Jenny Craig from a private equity group for $600 million, it was announced Monday.
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Nestle to Buy Jenny Craig to Enter Weight-Loss Market (Correct) 
(Corrects location of Jenny Craig headquarters in fourth paragraph.) June 19 (Bloomberg) -- Nestle SA, the world's biggest food company, agreed to buy Jenny Craig Inc. of the U.S. to enter the $30 billion weight-loss market and add to its health and nutrition unit.
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Conflict of interest? 
WE would imagine that one of the first pieces of advice dispensed at a Jenny Craig weight-loss consultation is: Avoid any product with the word "Nestle" in the title.
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