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CO., Chicago, the chewing gum maker, said it had named Bill Wrigley Jr. to be chairman while continuing as chief executive and president.

Sugar-free brands of Wm Wrigley, the world's biggest gum maker, are rising by 34% a year.The growth potential for gum and the profits in medicated sweets are tempting the world's big food groups.

The campaign, called "Make face time," was created by McCann Erickson for Dentyne, a brand owned by Cadbury, the No. 2 gum maker in the United States after Wrigley.

WM. WRIGLEY JR., Chicago, the chewing gum maker, said it had won United States clearance to buy the Life Savers and Altoids candy brands from Kraft Foods, Northfield, Ill., for $1.48 billion.

Then on April 28, it deployed $6.5 billion tied to Mars Inc.'s purchase of chewing gum maker Wm Wrigley Jr Co. Berkshire's $75 billion stock cache has included blue-chip names such as American Express, Coca-Cola, Procter & Gamble and Wells Fargo.

But by pairing the world's biggest gum maker and the nation's second-biggest toothpaste maker, Procter and Wrigley officials believe they can raise the profile of the market and increase sales -- doing to toothpaste what the drive-through did for food.

Even gum makers are getting into the act.

For their part, gum makers are trying to devise a gum that does not adhere to pavements.

The $4.2 billion purchase, which includes such gum brands as Dentyne and Chiclets, is Cadbury's biggest ever, and puts the firm at the forefront of world gum makers.McDonald's followed recent news of restaurant closures, lay-offs and the early departure of its chief executive, Jack Greenberg, by revealing that it would make its first ever loss in the fourth quarter.

Citing Wrigley, the Chicago chewing-gum maker, as a successful family company, he said, "I think we are still in control of our destiny".

Wrigley Jr. Co., the world's largest chewing-gum maker, for $1.48 billion.