Wm.Wrigley Jr.Company once made only chewing gum.When Wrigley bought Life Savers (a line of candy mints) and Altoids (a line of breath mints) from Kraft, chewing gum then constituted less than 95 percent of revenues.Thus, Wrigley:
A) was moving away from its traditional single-business strategy toward a dominant strategy.
B) was moving away from its traditional dominant strategy toward a related linked strategy.
C) became a conglomerate since Life Savers and Altoids are unrelated businesses.
D) probably planned to restructure these companies and sell them off.
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