Seeking to expand its breakfast portfolio, ConAgra Foods will buy Odom's Tennessee Pride, a producer of refrigerated and frozen breakfast sandwiches and sausage.
Johnsonville Sausage teamed up with Kraft Foods and Bertolli Pasta to launch "Italian Inspiration," a recipe contest where consumers can upload a photo and description of their recipe featuring Johnsonville Italian Sausage.
Meat processors AdvancePierre Foods, Cincinnati, and Johnsonville Sausage, Sheboygan Falls, Wis., said they formed a strategic alliance that gives AdvancePierre exclusive foodservice distribution rights for Johnsonville Sausage products.
Reiser and Ross Industries say the new, fully automatic INPACK IN50 Inline Tray Sealer produces modified atmosphere packages (MAP) from preformed trays of almost any size or shape and can package fresh, refrigerated or frozen food products.
Specialty foods giant Premium Brands Holdings Corporation, Vancouver, B.C., agreed to purchase all of the assets and operating divisions of Piller Sausages & Delicatessens Limited, Waterloo, Ont.
Feedstuffs reported that South Korea's Harim Holdings Co. Ltd. won an auction to buy Allen Family Foods Inc., a vertically integrated chicken processor in Seaford, Del.
Just days after announcing the purchase of Danfotech, The Middleby Corporation, Elgin, Ill., also said it agreed to buy Germany's Mauer-Atmos GmbH, Reichenau.
San Francisco-based private equity investor Encore Consumer Capital said it completed the $87 million sale of its portfolio company, Aidells Sausage Company, Inc. to Sara Lee Corporation.