There’s no denying that the U.S. Italian foods market felt the pinch of the “low-carb” diet in the early part of this decade. But like other fads before it, the anti-carbohydrate attitude tapered off and Italian foods are making a comeback.
Pilgrim's Pride Corp., Pittsburg, Texas, announced that it plans to idle a chicken processing plant in Clinton, Ark., as well as a further-processing facility in Bossier City, La.
Approximately 25 percent of Marshall, Minn.-based Schwan Food Co.’s 2006 revenues (totaling about $4 billion) came from the company’s hearty foodservice business.
Private label pizza processor J.O.Y. Foods Inc. formed a joint venture with poultry giant Pilgrim's Pride Corp. to supply McDonald's chicken nuggets, patties and fillets.
Diversified frozen bakery foods and desserts processor AHB Foods, Cherry Hill, N.J., acquired Cemac Foods Corp., a Philadelphia supplier of frozen cheesecakes to charity and private label customers.
At Home Run Inn Pizza Inc.’s recently expanded 68,000-square-foot pizza processing facility, state-of-the-art machines meet old world flavors and ingredients.