Chicken processor Foster Farms, Livingston, Calif., expects by April to complete a $2.1 million expansion at its corn dog processing facility in Demopolis, Ala.
Prepared meats and sandwich processor Pierre Foods Inc., Cincinnati, said it successfully emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization and that it hired William Toler as chief executive officer.
The Canadian dairy cooperative Agropur, Longueil, Quebec, said it expects this Dec. 23, 2008, to complete its purchase of Schroeder Milk, a Maplewood, Minn., milk processor.
The Columbus (Neb.) Telegram reported that Cargill Value Added Meats, Wichita, Kan., will purchase Lopez Foods' beef processing plant in Columbus, Neb.
Emerson Power Transmission, St. Louis, said it purchased System Plast S.p.A., a Telgate, Italy-based producer of engineered modular belts and custom conveyor components.
Food processing and distributing giant George Weston Ltd., Toronto, said it expects during the first quarter of 2009 to sell its U.S. fresh bread and baked goods business to Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. de C.V.
Beef processor FPL Foods LLC, Augusta, Ga., said it will close its West Columbia, S.C., plant at the end of January, only eight months after opening the facility.
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