Several refrigerated and frozen food processors were among those recently honored as top suppliers by casual restaurant operator T.G.I. Friday's USA, Carrollton, Texas.
Brazilian meat processor Marfrig Alimentos S.A., Sao Paulo, said it agreed to purchase U.S. foodservice protein supplier Keystone Foods LLC, West Conshohocken, Pa., for $1.26 billion.
Dairy products giant Dean Foods Co., Dallas, said it hired consumer packaged goods industry veteran Shaun Mara as senior vice president and chief accounting officer.
Think of it as an egg roll with a southern twist. That's how Soul Sisters Foods Inc., Paterson, N.J., talks about its new line of Soul Rolls for retail and foodservice markets.
Let them eat cake. Actually, that's just what Michel De France,
Ontario, Calif., was planning when it developed three new flavors of
frozen, heat-and-serve Parisian Cakes for retail and foodservice
channels.
Schwan's Food Service, Marshall, Minn., said more focused new product development helped the company rise in a recent independent ranking of processors providing new offerings to the foodservice industry.