Virginia

摘要

FOR MORk THAN a century, some of Americans guiltiest pleasures M&Ms, Milky Way, Twix-have fattened the fortunes of Jacqueline and her family's Mars Inc. The company is now upping its bet on another soft spot for many people: then pets. It agteed last month to pay $7.7 billion for VCA, an operator of some 800 animal hospitals and 137 pet day-care centers Mars already owns five billion dollar pet brands, including Pedigree and Whiskas.