Kraft Foods Inc., Northfield, Ill., said former healthcare executive W. Anthony (Tony) Vernon will join the company in mid-August as President, Kraft Foods North America.
Lactalis Foodservice, Buffalo, N.Y., said it expects by late 2010 to complete an undisclosed expansion at the company's Nampa, Idaho, cheese processing plant.
Ethnic and specialty foods processor Circle Foods today will open a newly constructed 132,000-square-foot processing plant and warehouse in Otay Mesa, Calif.
New products, processor-retailer relationships and consumer trends will be key topics at the Food Marketing Institute's (FMI) "Future Connect" conference this Oct. 12-14 at Dallas' Hyatt Regency.
Smoked salmon and frozen yogurt were two of the four new products honored at the first All Things Organic New Product Competition, held during the recent All Things Organic Conference & Trade Show.
Although they're tightening their spending due to economic concerns, nearly three-quarters (73 percent) of U.S. families are purchasing organic products -- at least occasionally -- for health reasons.
Dean Foods Co., Dallas, will pay approximately $450 million to acquire the Alpro division of Vandemoortele N.V., Belgium's largest privately held food company.
To broaden its executive team capabilities, H.J. Heinz Co., Pittsburgh, Pa., said executive vice presidents Dave Moran and Scott O'Hara will switch jobs effective July 15.
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