QUAKER OATS &lt;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.
  

