Posts tagged: Kelloggs

Parting Shot — 2/5/09

Posted by DFO

Feb. 5, 2009 5:26 p.m. • 19 comments

In this file photo provided Kellogg Co., a prototype of a box of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes with U.S. swimming star Michael Phelps is seen. The record-setting swimmer will soon be appearing on boxes of Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes and Corn Flakes. The winner of eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics will be featured cereal boxes expected to be in stores by mid-September. Kellogg Co. said that it will drop its endorsement deal with Olympic swimmer Phelps following his acknowledgment he inhaled from a marijuana pipe. Story here. (AP Photo/Kellogg Co.)

SR Today In Pictures here

Question: Did Kelloggs make the right decision re: Phelps?

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