Nestle USA, Sara Lee Corp, Kraft Foods Inc., Kellogg Co., General Mills and ConAgra Foods are among those refrigerated and frozen food processors joining the Healthy Weight Commitment Foundation.
ConAgra Foods said its Lamb Weston foodservice potato and appetizer business will build a "state-of-the-art environmentally friendly" food plant near Delhi, La., to process frozen sweet potato fries.
ConAgra Foods Inc., Omaha, Neb., expects by next spring to complete $92 million worth of capital improvements to its Russellville, Ark., frozen entree plant.
Chicken processor Foster Farms, Livingston, Calif., said it agreed to buy the Fernando's and El Extremo frozen Mexican foodservice business, brands and assets from ConAgra Foods Inc.
Although its brands are found in an estimated 97 percent of U.S. households, very few people associate ConAgra Foods Inc., Omaha, Neb., with those popular CPG items.
ConAgra Foods Inc., Omaha, Neb., said it recognized several of its internal groups and operations for sustainable business practices, waste elimination and resource conservation.
Frozen entrees and snacks from ConAgra Foods, Kraft Foods and Tyson Foods were among last year's top-selling new products according to Information Resources Inc. (IRI).