Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., and Kansas City Sausage, LLC, Kansas City, Mo., announced construction of a $44.8 million, 90,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art sausage plant in Sampson County, N.C.
New Generation Consumer Group, a Whittier, Calif.-based consumer products marketing and media company, rolled out Mucho Macho Hot Links sausages, ideal for tailgaters and backyard barbecues.
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.
al fresco all natural, Chelsea, Mass., introduced two new gourmet, all-natural, fully cooked product lines in the freezer case—Chicken Meatballs and Breakfast Chicken Sausages.
Triumph Foods, St. Joseph, Mo., purchased a 50% ownership in Daily’s Premium Meats, the Missoula, Mont.-based processed meats division of Seaboard Foods.