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Lamb Weston Completes $200m Expansion at Richland Potato Processing Plant
Oct 19, 2017Lamb Weston has completed a $200m expansion project at an existing potato facility in Richland, Washington (WA) to increase its processing capacity for manufacturing frozen French fries. The Richland facility, which was built in 1972, was ...
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Amplify Snack Brands Strengthens Executive Leadership Team
Jan 10, 2017Amplify Snack Brands announced it has strengthened the Company’s executive leadership team by appointing Mike DeGrace as senior vice president of sales for North American region. Mr. DeGrace joins Amplify with over 30 years of ...
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ConAgra Foods Completes Lamb Weston Spin-off
Nov 14, 2016US-based ConAgra Foods has completed the spin-off its Lamb Weston business to become a singularly focused, consumer branded food company. The company has been changed to Conagra Brands to reflect the new direction and streamlined focus. ...
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Conagra Foods Acquires Packaged Foods Businesses of Frontera and Red Fork
Sep 29, 2016ConAgra Foods has acquired the packaged foods businesses of Frontera Foods and Red Fork for undisclosed amounts to expand its portfolio. The acquisition includes the Frontera, Red Fork and Salpica brands. However, Frontera-branded ...
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ConAgra Rolls out New USDA-Certified Organic Meals
Jul 13, 2016US-based ConAgra Foods has expanded its Healthy Choice simply cafe steamers line with the launch of four dishes made with USDA-certified organic ingredients. The company said that the four new recipes, all with 270 calories or less, are ...
Tags: Organic Meals, organic ingredients
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Conagra Foods, Meijer to Set up Joint Venture for Russian Market
Jun 30, 2016US-based ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston and its Netherlands-based partner Meijer Frozen Food have announced to form a new joint venture to cater to the Russian market. The establishment of the joint venture is subject to approval from Federal ...
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ConAgra Foods to Sell Its Distribution Firm JM Swank to Platinum Equity
Jun 12, 2016ConAgra Foods has entered into an agreement with Platinum Equity to sell its food ingredient sourcing and distribution company JM Swank for an undisclosed sum. The sale of JM Swank is part of ConAgra's strategy to restructure its ...
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ConAgra to Invest $200m to Expand Lamb Weston's Facility in Richland, US
Jun 12, 2016ConAgra Foods has announced that it would invest $200m to expand operations at its Lamb Weston’s facility in Richland, Washington, US. The expansion will see an addition of a new french fry processing line at the plant. While the ...
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TreeHouse Foods to Close Two Production Facilities in US
May 26, 2016US-based food company TreeHouse Foods is planning to close two production facilities located in Azusa, California and Ripon, Wisconsin. The shutdown of facilities is part of the company's efforts to streamline operations by reducing ...
Tags: TreeHouse Foods, snack products
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Ametek Prestolite Power Develops Opportunity Charging Solution for Food and Beverage Supply Chain
Apr 21, 2016Ametek Prestolite Power, a manufacturer of lift truck battery chargers and fleet management solutions, has developed an opportunity charging solution specifically for the food and beverage supply chain that reduces downtime, which is ...
Tags: Ametek Prestolite Power, Charging Solution, Perishable items
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Bay Valley Foods Plans to Close Production Facility in Massachusetts, US
Apr 11, 2016TreeHouse Foods’ subsidiary Bay Valley Foods is planning to close spoonable dressings production facility in Ayer, Massachusetts. The company is planning to stop production in the first half of 2017, while the full closure of the ...
Tags: TreeHouse Food, Valley Foods, Production Facility, Massachusetts
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ConAgra To Disclose GMOs On Labels Throughout US
Mar 28, 2016ConAgra Foods has joined other food giants in plans to use labels that disclose the presence of genetically modified organisms or GMOs in its food throughout the US. ConAgra and other food companies such as Campbell Soup Co , General ...
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ConAgra To Expand Lamb Weston's Frozen Potato Products Facility In Oregon
Mar 15, 2016ConAgra Foods’ Lamb Weston business has announced to invest $30m to expand operations at its facility in Boardman, Oregon. The expanded facility will enhance the processing capacity to make formed products such as hash brown ...
Tags: ConAgra, Lamb Weston, Potato, Investment
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Ardagh Wins Gold for Canned Tomatoes
Nov 27, 2015Glass and metal packaging company Ardagh Group won gold at this year’s Cans of the Year Awards in Scotland. Ardagh produced a partial internal lacquer in a DWI can for ConAgra Foodservice’s Hunt’s tomatoes in the US, and ...
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ConAgra Plans to Split Company Into Two Separate Businesses for Sustainable Growth
Nov 24, 2015US-based packaged foods company ConAgra Foods plans to split the company into two independent public companies – with one handling the consumer portfolio of various brands and the other managing its foodservice portfolio of frozen ...
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