American grocery store chain Albertsons Companies will buy meal kit startup Plated for an undisclosed price, in a move to attract more customers to its stores. The acquisition of the New York City based food tech company, founded in 2012, ...
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Inventure Foods has agreed to divest its frozen business unit to Oregon Potato Company (OPC) for $50m as part of its ongoing strategic and financial review. Under the terms of the definitive asset purchase agreement, the Arizona-based ...
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US-based POM Wonderful has acquired Ruby Fresh, a processor and distributor of fresh pomegranates and arils. This acquisition, combined with existing operations, further enhances POM Wonderful’s position as North America’s ...
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Chicken producer Pilgrim's Pride has agreed to acquire JBS’ British poultry unit Moy Park for $1.3bn to expand its portfolio of prepared foods. By adding Moy Park’s operations in the UK and Continental Europe, Pilgrim's Pride ...
Tags: poultry meat, prepared foods
RPC Bebo UK has introduced a selection of new packs in both polypropylene (PP) and PET, which can be used for several products. The company has launched 60mm diameter PP pot in different sizes, including 45ml, 60ml and 75ml. The new pots ...
German primary packaging solutions provider Gerresheimer is set to exhibit its opal glass bottles and jars at this year’s LuxePack event in Monaco. The event will take place between 2 and 4 October. At the event, the company will ...
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Ardo has acquired a majority stake in VLM Foods, a supplier of processed food in North America. Besides VLM Foods, the deal includes a controlling stake in Compañia Frutera La Paz S.A., Costa Rica’s largest frozen pineapple ...
Tyson Foods has unveiled plans to construct a $320m poultry complex in eastern Kansas. A processing facility, hatchery and feed mill will be built near the city of Tonganoxie, in Leavenworth County, Production is anticipated to begin ...
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Mondi Extrusion Coatings has developed an environmental friendly paper bag solution to be run on Form-Fill-Seal (FFS) machines. SKOG for Food saves up to 70 percent plastic while retaining all the required barrier properties. SKOG for ...
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Canada-based Agropur Cooperative has signed an agreement with Agrifoods to acquire Ultima Foods. Ultima Foods was a 50-50 joint venture by two of Canada’s leading cooperatives; Agrifoods and Agropur. With more than 40 years of ...
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Seaboard Triumph Foods (STF) is set to begin commercial operations at its new pork processing plant in Sioux City, Iowa from 5 September 2017. STF said that the new facility will make use of robotics and other technologies to supply a ...
ULMA Packaging has launched the patent-pending VTI640V vertical form fill and seal system (VFFS), a new packaging solution for herbs and leaf produce. The product will be pulled to the bottom of the bag, by the solution using a device, ...
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Fast food restaurant chain Nathan’s Famous has introduced pre-cooked, quarter-pound steak patties for purchase at retail grocery stores across the US. The new Nathan’s Famous Steak Patties are made with fresh beef, with no ...
Family-owned dairy business Kyvalley Dairy Group has acquired Murray Goulburn’s Kiewa Country brand along with the processing and packing equipment for an undisclosed sum. The Kyabram-based company purchased the brand and several ...
Tags: packing equipment, milk processing
Flexible packaging firm Uflex has unveiled new aseptic filling machine, Asepto Smart 78, at this year’s PackEx India event. The event has been conducted from 21 to 23 August in New Delhi. The new advanced filling machine has a ...
Tags: PackEx India 2017, packaging