Articles Tagged with ''cheese''

Goat cheese processor Cypress Grove Chevre, Arcata, Calif., said it was purchased by Emmi Holding (USA) Inc., Monroe, Wis., for an undisclosed amount.

Swiss Valley Farms Cooperative, Davenport, Iowa, announced an acquisition as well as a joint venture manufacturing company.

Denmark's Arla Foods amba said it expects by early summer 2011 to expand its Hollandtown, Wis., cheese facility.

Great Lakes Cheese Co. Inc., Hiram, Ohio, completed an $80 million expansion at its Adams, N.Y., cheese plant.

The Amarillo (Texas) Globe-news reported that Hilmar Cheese Co., Hilmar, Calif., plans by this fall to expand its Dalhart, Texas, plant.

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.

Solar Nation, Portland, Ore., said it installed and commissioned a 200kW solar-electric system on a Gresham, Ore., public refrigerated warehouse operated by Henningsen Cold Storage Co.

DairiConcepts, L.P., a Springfield, Mo., joint venture between Fonterra and Dairy Farmers of America, said it  acquired the U.S. hard Italian cheese business of Swiss Valley Farms (SVF).

Michael Foods, Inc. Minnetonka, Minn., said its parent, M-Foods Holdings, Inc., signed a definitive agreement under which its owners, affiliates of Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. ("THL") and certain current and former members of management, will sell Michael Foods to affiliates of GS Capital Partners.

Now describing itself as a "global powerhouse in snacks, confectionery and quick meals," Kraft Foods Inc., Northfield, Ill., used the 2010 Food Marketing Institute show in Las Vegas to debut more than 30 new products, including several refrigerated offerings.