Smithfield Foods, Smithfield, Va., broke ground on an expansion to its Cudahy, Wis., facility, which produces the company's Patrick Cudahy brand as well as additional Smithfield branded products.
Williams Sausage Co., Inc., Union City, Tenn., purchased the remaining 50% interest in a joint venture with J.C. Potter Sausage Co., also of Union City, Tenn., from partner Atlantic Premium Brands.
Tall Tree Foods, a Houston, Texas-based portfolio company of Altamont Capital Partners, acquired Klement Sausage Co., Inc., a leading manufacturer of premium sausage based in Milwaukee, Wis.
John Morrell Food Group, a Lisle, Ill.-based division of Smithfield Foods, began an exclusive licensing agreement with Nathan's Famous, Inc., Jericho, N.Y., to manufacture and sell branded hot dog, sausage and corned beef products at retail stores nationwide.
The Hillshire Brands Co., Chicago, expanded its Jimmy Dean brand to include pancakes and sausages on a stick in Apple Cinnamon and Very Berry varieties.
Premio Foods Inc., Rochelle Park, N.J., completed its acquisition of La Bella Sausage, LLC, a Brooksville, Fla.-based fresh and fresh-frozen meat processor.
Isernio’s Sausage Co., Kent, Wash, announced their expansion into a new state-of-the-art, 27,750-square-foot production and office facility also located in Kent, Wash.