Hormel Foods has merged its specialty foods segment into its grocery products segment. It will continue to be led by Luis Marconi, group vice president, Grocery Products. The primary focus of the segment is on delivering a strong branded ...
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American food company Hormel Foods has agreed to acquire deli meat and salami company Columbus Manufacturing from Arbor Investments for about $850m. The acquisition places Hormel as a complete deli solutions provider and also boost its ...
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US-based Hormel Foods has entered into South America with the acquisition of Brazilian meat company Cidade do Sol for about $104m. Cidade do Sol offers over 70 products in 15 categories that include meats like mortadella, sausage and ...
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American branded food giant Hormel Foods has purchased Italian meats company Fontanini Italian Meats and Sausages from Capitol Wholesale Meats for $425m. Based in Chicago, Fontanini is a branded foodservice business which was established ...
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Dold Foods, the Hormel Foods' manufacturing plant in Wichita, Kansas, revealed its plans to add a 156,000 square-foot expansion to its location. The planned expansion will be to add more production lines for the Hormel Foods bacon items ...
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Hormel Foods have introduced four new all natural deli meat snacks which come along with cheddar or pepper jack cheese and a dark-chocolate confection. The addition of on-the-go snacks expands the Hormel Natural Choicebranded product ...
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Minnesota based Hormel Foods has launched a virtual reality powered platform for customers to explore and purchase Black Label bacon. Named as ‘The Black Market’, the new platform is said to provide a multisensory bacon ...
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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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US-based food manufacturer Hormel Foods has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Justin’s, a nut butter-based snacking brand for $286m. Justin's four nut butter-based snack lines include spreads, squeeze packs, peanut ...
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US-based food company Hormel Foods has entered into an agreement to sell Diamond Crystal Brands (DCB) to a partner of private equity firm Peak Rock Capital for an undisclosed sum. DCB, which was founded in 1980, manufactures and ...
Solazyme is focusing the company exclusively on food, nutrition and specialty ingredients, harnessing the power of its transformational algae innovation platform. The evolution leverages over a decade of R&D and product development on an ...
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Hormel Foods has agreed to acquire Applegate Farms, a natural and organic meat products manufacturer, for around $775m. The companies have reached a definitive agreement to this effect. Applegate will operate as a separate, stand-alone ...
Hormel Foods is in the late-stage talks to acquire Applegate Farms, a producer of organic hot dogs, bacon and sausages. This comes after the company acquired Muscle Milk maker CytoSport Holdings in August last year. The proposed deal ...
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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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Hormel Foods has completed the acquisition of sports nutrition products firm CytoSport Holdings in a $450m deal announced in June. CytoSport is expected to have sales of approximately $370m in 2014 but the benefits of the acquisition ...