The Associated Press reported that chicken processing giant Pilgrim's Pride Corp., Pittsburg, Texas, will start procedures to possibly sell two more plants.
With its business expanding in the Southeast, meat and sauces processor Five Star Custom Foods, Ft. Worth, Texas, said it plans to open a second processing location.
For competitive reasons, southern California retailer Stater Bros. Markets said it has agreed to sell its milk processing business, Santee Dairies Inc., City of Industry, Calif., to Dean Foods Co.
Refrigerated and frozen food processors, distributors and retailers looking for supply chain help will find it in a 2009 Global Cold Chain Directory published by the Global Cold Chain Alliance.
Pilgrim's Pride Corp., Pittsburg, Texas, said it will close its Dalton, Ga., chicken processing plant within 60 days and consolidate production into the company's Chattanooga, Tenn., operation.
Dorner Mfg. Corp. has introduced the FIT Program, which is a customer support program that is designed to increase production output and reduce overall costs.
With convenience topping its many attributes, frozen food rang up nearly $52 billion in U.S. retail sales through all channels in 2008, according to Packaged Facts.
Consumers' new home-centric behaviors are creating new opportunities for consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers, according to Krista Faron, senior analyst for Mintel International Group LLC, Chicago.
What are you doing? Or perhaps the better question is, "What is Kraft Foods doing?" This key Twitter phrase (What are you doing?) is certainly appropriate.
Public refrigerated warehouse operator Everest Cold Storage, Toronto, opened its second temperature-controlled facility, a 4.5 million cubic foot site, in Dorval, Quebec.
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