Olymel has announced that it will expand its pork processing facility in Beauce in Canada’s Quebec province with an investment of $3m. The Canadian pork and poultry meat producer will use the investment for installing new equipment ...
Atlantic Natural Foods, a subsidiary of investment group AFT Holdings, has completed the acquisition of Loma Linda Foods and the licensing rights to Worthington Foods brands of vegetarian foods from Kellogg. The acquisition was completed ...
Cherkizovo Group, the largest vertically integrated meat and feed producer in Russia, took part in Meat Week, which kicked off the Golden Autumn Festival. Russia’s Minister of Agriculture, Alexander Tkachyov, opened Meat Week, where ...
Private equity firm Grey Mountain Partners has acquired Mediterranean food maker and distributor Kronos Foods. Financial details about the acquisition have not been disclosed. Based in Glendale Heights, Illinois, Kronos sells gryo meat, ...
Shanghai Husi Food and its US based parent company OSI Group have been fined more than CNY24.3m ($3.6m) by the Shanghai Municipal Food and Drug Administration for preparing and selling sub-standard meat products. While Shanghai Husi Food ...
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Chipotle Mexican Grill will serve chorizo in all US restaurants. The spicy new sausage was introduced in five markets in June. Chipotle chairman and co-CEO Steve Ells said: “The reaction to chorizo in the cities that have had it has ...
Hormel Foods has announced several new leadership appointments across business segments. James M. Splinter has been appointed to the position of group vice president, corporate strategy. In this new role, Splinter will have responsibility ...
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Tyson Foods announced a voluntary recall of 5-pound bags of Tyson Fully Cooked Panko Chicken Nuggets that were sold at Costco locations nationwide. It recalled a small number of 20-pound cases of bulk Spare Time brand cooked nugget-shaped ...
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ConAgra 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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An investor coalition worth $1.25tn is set to persuade 16 multinational companies to identify risks associated with industrial animal production and device strategies to roll out plant-based sources of protein. The coalition urges the ...
WILD Flavors & Specialty Ingredients (WFSI), a business unit of Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM), will be at SIAL in Paris, where it will present a wide range of ingredients and concepts for new natural products across multiple ...
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Archer Daniels Midland will be showcasing its comprehensive and growing product portfolio at this year’s Gulfood Manufacturing show in Dubai. Highlights will include an extensive selection of natural colors and flavors, flavor ...
French food supplier Solina Group has completed the acquisition of Rob Whitehad’s UK-based sauce maker New Ivory for an undisclosed price. The acquisition is part of Solina Group’s efforts to strengthen its presence and also ...
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LED maker Lumileds of San Jose, CA, USA has introduced FreshFocus Technology for bread & pastries, as part of its LUXEON Stylist Series of LEDs (designed to provide the lighting environment for fashion retail stores, fresh food markets and ...
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Meat processor Atria has received approval from the Finnish Competition and Consumer Authority to acquire Kaivon Liha Kaunismaa. In June, Atria announced that it would purchase 70% stake in Kaivon Liha to expand its business in Finland. ...
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