Kellogg's Expands ValueOptions®' EAP Coverage
Norfolk, Virginia — January 14, 2005
ValueOptions today announced that Kellogg Company (NYSE: K) has added ValueOptions' Employee Assistance Program (EAP) services for an additional 5,200 of its employees.
ValueOptions currently provides ongoing EAP services to 12,300 of Kellogg's workforce. Under the new agreement, Kellogg will expand the EAP program to cover all active employees, bringing the total covered employees to 17,000. This represents an expansion of ValueOptions' existing relationship with Kellogg, for which the company has been managing mental health and substance abuse care since 1994 and EAP services since 1991.
The agreement, which took effect on January 1, 2005, will be administered out of ValueOptions' Great Lakes Service Center in Southfield, Michigan.
About Kellogg Company
With 2003 sales of nearly $9 billion, Kellogg Company (NYSE: K) is the world's leading producer of cereal and a leading producer of convenience foods, including cookies, crackers, toaster pastries, cereal bars, frozen waffles, meat alternatives, pie crusts, and ice cream cones. The company's brands include Kellogg's, Keebler, Pop-Tarts, Eggo, Cheez-It, Nutri-Grain, Rice Krispies, Murray, Austin, Morningstar Farms, Famous Amos, Carr's, Plantation, Ready Crust, and Kashi. Kellogg products are manufactured in 17 countries and marketed in more than 180 countries around the world. For more information, visit Kellogg's web site at www.kelloggcompany.com.
