The maker of Frosted Flakes and Eggo waffles says it expects earnings per share for the year to be toward the lower end of its previous forecast. According to FactSet, Kellogg has 31,000 employees, suggesting the company plans to cut about 2,170 jobs.
"Some employee notifications will take place this week," the company said in a statement.
Kellogg says the workforce reductions will take place by the end of 2017, along with plant consolidations and other cost-cutting measures it's dubbing "Project K."
In the latest quarter, Kellogg said sales in its US Morning Foods segment fell by 2.2 per cent. Among Kellogg's other products are Special K, Pop Tarts, All-Bran and Rice Krispies.
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To expand into the salty snacks business, Kellogg last year bought Pringles chips. The company is hoping that the chips will also give it a bigger presence overseas as well. But in the latest period, Kellogg said sales in the US Snacks segment also fell by 2.5 per cent.
A year ago, the company earned USD 318 million, or 89 cents per share.
Revenue slipped to USD 3.72 billion and was short of the USD 3.73 billion analysts expected.
Kellogg's shares rose 1.5 per cent to USD 63.25 in premarket trading.