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Dee-Ann Durbin | AP

Blue Bunny ice cream maker Wells Enterprises bought by Ferrero Group

Blue Bunny and Halo Top brand ice cream products. Italian confectioner Ferrero Group is acquiring Wells Enterprises, which makes the ice cream brands. (Seth Wenig / AP)

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.

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