Packaged food company ConAgra Foods has opened a new potato processing facility in Shangdu, Inner Mongolia, China for its Lamb Weston brand. Located in one of the largest potato growing regions in the country, the plant will be capable ...
US-based packaged food company ConAgra Foods has acquired Chinese potato processor TaiMei Potato Industry for $93m as part of the company’s strategy to expand its international presence. The acquisition expands ConAgra's Lamb ...
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Post Holdings, the parent company of Post Foods and a manufacturer of ready-to-eat cereals, has signed a deal to buy Michael Foods from GS Capital Partners, Thomas H Lee Partners and others. Michael Foods supplies egg products, ...
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Michael Foods Group, Inc. today reported financial results for the fourth quarter of 2013. Net sales for the quarter ended December 28, 2013 were $512.7 million, compared to $503.6 million in 2012, an increase of 1.8%. Net earnings for ...
ConAgra Foods, Inc., one of North America's leading food companies, today reported results for the fiscal 2014 third quarter ended Feb. 23, 2014. Diluted EPS from continuing operations was $0.58 as reported for the fiscal third quarter vs. ...
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Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay: States Consider Labels for Genetically Modified Foods A number of states are considering laws requiring labels on food products that ...
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Food processor Michael Foods has commenced work on a $33m expansion at its Wakefield, Nebraska, farm and processing plant. The two-phase project includes expansion of the facilities and installation of new equipment. In the first phase, ...
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High levels of acrylamide have been found to cause cancer in animals, and scientists say it is likely to cause cancer in humans, U.S. health officials say. Lauren Robin, a chemist with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, said ...
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High levels of acrylamide have been found to cause cancer in animals, and scientists say it is likely to cause cancer in humans, U.S. health officials say. Lauren Robin, a chemist with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, said ...
Bannisters’ Farm, a UK-based manufacturer of frozen baked potatoes, has launched two new product ranges, Fully Loaded Jackets and Farmer’s Roasting Potatoes. Aimed at the convenience market, the two new ranges have already ...
Simplot has been awarded a five-year contract by supermarket chain Coles to supply frozen vegetable and potato products. The supermarket chain said that the deal boosts its frozen vegetable and potato orders from Simplot by 12% per year ...
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US-based Michael Foods has announced plans to shut down an egg processing facility in Winona County, Minnesota in about six months, a move which will lead to 40 job losses. The company gained ownership of the facility through its ...
McCain Foods, a frozen food company based in Canada, plans to invest more than $100m to expand its manufacturing plant in Burley, Idaho, US, in order to boost the production of potato products. The expansion involves the addition of a new ...
US-based ConAgra Foods has reported that its net earnings increased to $192.2m in the fourth quarter of 2013, compared to a loss of $86.2m in the same period a year ago, when the company incurred charges related to a change in accounting ...
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MG Waldbaum, a subsidiary of Michael Foods, has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of Primera Foods – a US-based producer of processed egg products. The deal includes Primera's manufacturing assets located in Britt, ...
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