
The European confectioner Ferrero Group is acquiring Wells Enterprises, a 100-year-old company that makes Blue Bunny, Halo Top and other brands and is one of the largest U.S. ice cream makers.
Wells, a family-owned company based in Le Mars, Iowa, employs 4,000 people and produces more than 200 million gallons of ice cream a year at plants in Iowa, New York and Nevada.