The Rochester (N.Y.) Democrat & Chronicle reported that Rochester retailer Wegmans Food Markets opened a $36 million Culinary Innovation Center expansion at its meat shipping and receiving facility in Chili, N.Y.
Meat processing giant Smithfield Foods Inc., Smithfield, Va., announced a reorganization and six plant closings to "improve operating efficiencies and increase utilization" within its pork group.
Stellar, a Jacksonville, Fla., design, engineering, construction and mechanical services firm, said it expects by August to build a $11 million refrigerated distribution center for Southern Cold Storage.
Needing to cut costs, chicken processing giant Pilgrim's Pride Corp., Pittsburg, Texas, said it will eliminate approximately 355 salaried and salaried non-exempt positions across the company.
Stellar, a Jacksonville, Fla., design, engineering and construction firm, said it finished building a 130,000-sq.-ft. meat processing plant in Seminole, Okla., for Sigma Alimentos SA de C.V.
Brazil's Marfrig Frigorificos e Comercio de Alimentos S.A., Sao Paulo, said it expects by this fall to purchase six Latin American and European food businesses from OSI Group, Aurora, Ill.