Articles Tagged with ''frozen vegetables''

General Mills, Minneapolis, said it is "accelerating its goals" to reduce sodium by 20 percent across multiple product categories by 2015.

The Associated Press reported that Pinnacle Foods, Cherry Hill, N.J., plans this July to close the Rochester, N.Y., corporate offices of Birds Eye, which Pinnacle acquired last December.

Wegmans Food Markets, Rochester, N.Y., says it is partnering with Contessa Premium Foods Inc., Los Angeles on a new private label line of frozen vegetable blends.

You've heard of one-stop shopping. But how about "one-stop sealing?" Heat and Control says its new Ishida QX tray sealer can seal almost any shape or size tray.

Pinnacle Foods Group LLC, Mountain Lakes, N.J., said it completed its $1.3 billion purchase of Birds Eye Foods Inc. from a holding company controlled by Vestar Capital Partners.

Birds Eye Foods' primary fruit and vegetable supplier Pro-Fac Cooperative, Inc., Fairport, N.Y., said it received a distribution of approximately $238 million from Birds Eye Holdings, LLC upon the closing of the sale of Birds Eye Foods, Inc. to the Pinnacle Foods Group.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Pinnacle Foods Group LLC, Mountain Lakes, N.J., agreed to purchase the nation's largest frozen vegetable processor, Birds Eye Foods, Rochester, N.Y., for $1.3 billion.

James Dwyer Jr. was hired as president and CEO at Michael Foods Inc.

You've heard that the "secret's in the sauce." Now Allen's Inc., Siloam Springs, Ark., is expanding its SteamSupreme collection with seven new veggie and sauce blends.

One of the industry's largest suppliers of frozen potato, appetizer and vegetable products, ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston, Eagle, Idaho, said it formed the "Lamb Weston Collaborative."