US: Diamond payment probe delays Pringles takeover

By Sam Webb | 2 November 2011

Diamond Foods' acquisition of the Pringles business from Procter & Gamble has been delayed over an investigation into the US snack firm's crop payments to walnut growers.

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Diamond Foods' acquisition of the Pringles business from Procter & Gamble has been delayed over an investigation into the US snack firm's crop payments to walnut growers.

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