QUAKER OATS <OAT> SELLS VERNELL'S FINE CANDIES
Quaker Oats Co said Keystone Partners
Inc has purchased Vernell's Fine Candies Inc, previously an
indirect subsidiary of Quaker. The price was not disclosed.
    It said Vernell's, based in Bellevue, Wash., had annual
sales exceeding 30 mln dlrs. Vernell's was acquired by Quaker
in its acquisition of Golden Grain Macaroni Co in August 1986.
 Reuter
