Articles Tagged with ''frozen foods''

Refrigerated and frozen seafood products exec Todd Blount was among those recently honored by Ernst & Young LLP (EY), Boston, as one of its New England 2010-11 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Award" winners.

Global frozen foods giant McCain Foods Limited, Toronto, said it appointed Dirk Van de Put as president and CEO and a director of the company.

Canadian food processing giant Maple Leaf Foods announced Saturday Chairman Wallace McCain, 81, died "after a lengthy  struggle with pancreatic cancer."

Frozen foodservice and contract food processor Overhill Farms Inc., Los Angeles, released second quarter earnings last Friday and noted that "the company is in discussions regarding a significant potential acquisition and has retained BofA Merrill Lynch."

Frozen food sales have slowed since the recession officially ended.

After it was rebuffed in private discussions, ConAgra went public to say it would like to buy Ralcorp for $86 per share in cash, or approximately $4.9 billion, plus the assumption of $2.5 billion in debt.

Supermarket retailing giant The Kroger Co., Cincinnati, said it recognized several key supplier partners for "exceptional contributions" to Kroger's private label business.

The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., Melville, N.Y., said Hain Frozen Foods UK received a prestigious Eastern Daily Press Business Development Award.

Refrigerated and frozen foods earned several honors in the National Restaurant Association's (NRA) first annual "Food & Beverage Product Innovations Awards" contest.

Frozen bakery and snacks leader J&J Snack Food Corp.,  Pennsauken, N.J., said it expects by the end of this May to buy ConAgra Foods' frozen hand-held products business.