Hormel Foods Corp., Austin, Minn., entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Applegate Farms, LLC, the Bridgewater, N.J.-based owner of the Applegate brand and producer of natural and organic value-added prepared meats.
Boar's Head Brand, Sarasota, Fla., created a premium line of snacks made with no fillers, by-products, artificial colors or flavors, trans fat or gluten.
Land O’Frost, Munster, Ind., informed approximately 125 employees at its Wimmer’s Meats manufacturing facility in West Point, Neb., that the plant will close and operations will be moving to the company’s other facilities.
Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., Lebanon, Tenn., added sliced-to-order deli meat, pre-sliced deli meat and summer sausage to its CB Old Country Store licensed products offerings sold in supermarkets and grocery stores.
Pocino Foods Co., City of Industry, Calif., introduced its new line of natural deli meats, which contain no nitrites, nitrates, gluten, MSG or artificial ingredients.