US packaged foods company ConAgra Foods plans to close its manufacturing facility in Little Rock,Arkansas,in late spring 2013,a move that will put 240 jobs at risk. ConAgra Foods gained ownership of the Little Rock facility when it ...
Tags: jobs, refrigerated breakfast sandwiches, sausages, manufacturing facility
Baker's Pride has opened 65,000ft2 donut manufacturing facility at its Mt.Pleasant Street Bakery in Burlington,Iowa,US. The facility uses modern baking technology to produce mass quantities of donuts with consistent quality and product ...
Canada-based Vantage Foods is all set to establish a new meat packaging facility in Camp Hill, Pennsylvania, US. The facility, which is expected to start-up in fall 2013, will centrally process retail-ready fresh meats for the Giant ...
ACE Bakery,a producer of baked goods,plans to invest$18.4m to set up a new facility in Cherokee County,South Carolina,US The facility will produce the company's artisan line of baked breads for both the retail and foodservice sectors.It ...
Tags: baked goods, new facility, foodservice sectors, preservatives
Muller Quaker Dairy,a joint venture between PepsiCo and the Theo Müller,has started the construction of$206m yogurt facility in Batavia,New York,US. The 350,000ft2 facility will be located on 82-acre land at Genesee Valley ...
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US-based pork processor Smithfield Foods is set to initiate its previously announced closure of its meat facility in Portsmouth, Virginia, which produces deli meat and hot dogs. The company noted that the layoffs will first begin in ...
El's Kitchen,a producer of gluten-free snacks,plans to establish a production facility in Stratford,Connecticut,US. The company has leased a 3,000ft2 space to set up the facility,which is expected to be fully operational in September ...
Diamond Foods plans to close its snack manufacturing plant in Indiana, US, a move which will lead to a loss of nearly 100 jobs. The company, which produces Emerald snack nuts and Kettle Chips, gained ownership of the Indiana facility when ...
Dr.Schar USA has opened a$15m gluten-free food manufacturing facility in the US.The new site marks the company's first facility in the US. According to the company,the new facility expands its reach to the growing celiac and gluten-free ...
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Canadian dairy cooperative Agropur has announced its plans to invest more than$100m to boost the cheese and ingredients production capacity of its facility in Luxemburg,Wisconsin. The investment will also improve the technology of the ...
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Bay Grove Capital, a principal investment firm based in San Francisco, has acquired a cold storage warehouse facility located in Santa Maria, California. The Property is located on a 27 acre site and features approximately 335,000ft2 of ...
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Formulation development and clinical supplies solutions provider Xcelience is set to open a new 24,000ft2 facility in Tampa, Florida, US. The facility will provide primary and secondary packaging, labeling, distribution and warehouse ...
Tags: packaging, labeling, distribution, warehouse services, clinical trials
Scoular plans to construct a new shuttle-train-loading grain-handling facility in collaboration with the Union Pacific Railroad at a greenfield site near Willis,Kansas,US. The construction is slated to begin in the fall of 2012.When ...
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Almac Pharma Services business unit has expanded its established commercial packaging operations with a $10m investment in a new 100,000sq ft commercial facility in Audubon, PA, US. The company clients will now be able to leverage ...
Tags: FDA approval, commercial packaging services, facility in US