US Foods has agreed to acquire Birmingham, Alabama-based SRA Foods, a meat processor and distributor having yearly sales of around $80m. Family owned since 1940, SRA started out as a butcher shop in Birmingham. Today, SRA Foods occupies a ...
US-based chicken producer Pilgrim’s Pride has announced to invest $190m in a strategic growth plan to expand production of Pilgrim’s Pierce Chicken brand. The growth plan, which was initiated in the fourth quarter of 2015, ...
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Arkansas-based Tyson Foods is planning to close two of its prepared foods manufacturing plants as part of its efforts to enhance overall performance and streamline operations. The company's plants that will discontinue operations are ...
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US-based food and beverage company PepsiCo is opening its first Quaker Oats factory in China with an investment of CHF200m ($31.25m), in order to expand its nutritional offerings in the Asian country, as carbonated drinks business continues ...
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Aseptia has launched an innovative food preservation technology for food processing companies that claims to preserve food's natural flavour, nutrients, and aroma, in addition to expanded shelf life. Developed after years of research and ...
US-based food company Tyson Foods is exploring new export markets for its pork products in the wake of a recent export ban from China. The Agricultural Department said last week that China is blocking future pork imports from six ...
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US-based pork product producer Indiana Packers is set to open new pork product production operations in the City of Frankfort, a move which will generate 25 jobs initially and 98 jobs by 2016. The company will buy and equip the existing ...
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Bakkavor, an Icelandic manufacturer of chilled prepared foods, is set to expand its Wingland Foods salad facility at Sutton Bridge, England, creating 200 new jobs. The expansion is prompted by increased business with supermarket chain ...
Swiss food giant Nestlé has opened two new factories in China - a Yinlu Foods facility in Anhui Province and a Nescafé coffee factory in Shandong Province, with an investment of CHF319m ($336m) and CHF133m ($140.1m) ...
US-based poultry firm Allen Harim is in talks to acquire former Pinnacle Foods (Vlasic) processing facility in Millsboro, Delaware, US with an investment of about $100m. The 460,000ft2 remodeled facility would employ 700 people and will ...
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The new 300,000 sq ft Diamond Pet Foods facility in Ripon, CA went online in May 2012 with more than 500 high efficiency, Class II Div 2 LED fixtures by Dialight, provider of industrial and hazardous location LED lighting. Through combined ...
The ABP Food Group claims to have found the source of the horse meat in the burgers produced at its Silvercrest Foods facility in Ireland and has halted production at the site in County Monaghan. Tesco published full-page apologies to its ...
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US-based Pinnacle Foods' workers at the Fort Madison plant are planning to initiate a strike to protest the company's plan to eliminate pensions The Pinnacle Foods facility in Fort Madison produces canned food products such as Vienna ...
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PepsiCo has announced plans to open its sixth manufacturing plant in China, in a bid to drive its growth in the market. The facility in the province of Wuhan has the capacity to produce 15,000 tonnes of Lay's branded potato chips ...
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The XL Foods facility in Alberta, Canada, which was at the center of a massive nationwide beef recall, has been ordered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to take immediate action to address some of the safety issues that were ...
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