LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- The Kellogg Co. plant in Shively where millions of Girl Scout cookies are made every year is set to get a new owner.
Battle Creek, Michigan-based Kellogg said Monday it's selling its Keebler cookie division to Ferrero Group, an Italian confectionary company best known for Nutella chocolate-hazlenut spread, $1.3 billion.
That's about $2.6 billion less than what Kellogg spent to buy Keebler Foods in 2001.
The deal includes the cookie plant at 2287 Ralph Avenue in Shively as well as a Kellogg plant in Florence, Ky.
About 450 workers were employed at the Shively plant as of 2017, according to a state database.
It's unclear what the sale, which should be complete by the end of July, means for jobs in Louisville.
"There will be no immediate changes as a result of today’s announcement, which is just the first step in becoming part of Ferrero," Kellogg said in an emailed statement.
A call to Ferrero's U.S. headquarters in Parsippany, New Jersey, was not immediately returned.
