Pork and turkey processing giant Smithfield Foods, Smithfield, Va., said it closed its Smithfield Innovation Group, a five-person unit dedicated to new product development.
Since its debut a little more than a year ago, General Mills’ Worldwide Innovation Network (G-WIN) has generated a significant gain in the number of new product and technology ideas.
Stellar, Jacksonville, Fla., said it completed a four-story U.S. "Customer Innovation Campus" in Solon, Ohio, for Nestle Professional, the foodservice arm of Nestle S.A.