Chicago-based Peer Foods Group, Inc. acquired Emge Foods, LLC, a Greenville, Ind.-based meat company specializing in retail-branded, high-quality hams, bacon, hot dogs, sausage and a variety of other processed meats.
The John Morrell Food Group, owner of Smithfield Foods and the Eckrich brand, rolled out a new deli meat line with each of the five products either covered in bacon or infused with bacon.
Tyson Foods Inc., Springdale, Ark., said it its Vernon, Texas, bacon facility held special team member meals to mark its 90th anniversary on Wednesday, Feb. 22.