Advent International backed Sovos Brands has agreed to acquire Rao's Specialty Foods, the owner of Rao's Homemade pasta sauce made from natural ingredients. The transaction is expected to be completed during the third quarter of this ...
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TreeHouse Foods has agreed to sell its Soup and Infant Feeding (SIF) business to Riverbend Foods, a newly founded portfolio company of Insight Equity. The SIF business is based in Pittsburgh, Pa. and is a leading manufacturer of private ...
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Impossible Foods has launched its first large-scale production facility, which could allow the company to make about 1 million pounds of meat a month, directly from plants, when fully ramped up. The goal for the East Oakland site is to ...
Sager Creek Foods, a subsidiary of Del Monte Foods, announced a recall of approximately 15,000 shipped cases of Field Peas with Snaps and Green Bean Products, primarily non-retail, which may have the potential for trace amounts of shellfish ...
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Del Monte Foods, a North American food production and distribution company, plans to eliminate the use of hazardous chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) lining in cans used for food packaging. Starting in May 2016, the company plans to commence ...
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RingCentral, a leading provider of cloud communications and collaboration solutions, today announced that Del Monte Foods, one of the leading purveyors of premium quality, branded food products in the United States, has selected the ...
Contract packaging specialist South Atlantic Packaging Corporation has acquired Prostar Packaging for an undisclosed amount. The acquisition forms a part of the company's strategy to become a $50m enterprise by focusing on acquisitions ...
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Freska Produce International is expanding its avocado reach with its purchase of California avocado packer, Harvest Time Produce. Freska, already a global leader in Mangos, with this entry into the prestigious California Avocado program ...
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US based specialty food distributor The Chefs’ Warehouse has completed the acquisition of Del Monte Capitol Meat and its affiliated companies for an initial price of $185.5m. The initial price of this purchase also includes the ...
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Tetra Pak is planning a push in the food packaging market with its cartonboard packaging offering. Tetra Recart was the first retortable carton package which enabled filled product to be sterilized within the package. A direct ...
Del Monte Fresh Produce is voluntarily recalling fresh cut fruit containing Gala red apples grown in Pennsylvania as these apples have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. The recalled products include nearly ...
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Del Monte Pacific will form a joint venture with Spanish fruit processor Nice Fruit and British investment firm Ferville to set up a food processing facility in the Philippines and market frozen fruits across the globe. The joint ...
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Del Monte Fresh Produce has unveiled a new fresh cut facility in Oshawa, Ontario, a move that will expand the company's presence in Canada. Spread over an area of about 108,000ft2, the facility houses fresh cut operation, refrigerated ...
Fresh Del Monte Produce has reported a surge in profit for the third quarter, driven largely by higher sales and prices for bananas. Coral Gables, Florida-based Fresh Del Monte's third-quarter profit rose to $19.9m from $6.4m last year. ...
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US-based banana firm Chiquita Brands International has rejected a take-over bid of $611m from Brazilian firms Cutrale and Safra groups, saying that the deal is not in the best interest of its shareholders. Earlier this week, juice maker ...
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