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Study determines transparency yields greater brand loyalty

86% of shoppers agreed that if food manufacturers or retailers provided access to complete and easy-to-understand definitions for all the ingredients, it would result in more trust.
September 18, 2018
Grocery shoppers exhibit loyalty to those products that create deeper relationships through information exchange, according to a new report released by Label Insight, St. Louis, Mo., and Food Marketing Institute (FMI), Arlington, Va.
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Study: Germany remains largest importer of frozen fruit

Poland was the largest producer of frozen fruit in the EU, supplying 45% of total production (359,000 tons).
September 18, 2018
The production of frozen fruits stood at 799K tons in 2017, falling by 5% over the last year, according to "EU: Frozen Fruits - Market Report. Analysis And Forecast To 2025," published by IndexBox, Walnut, Calif.
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ProMach acquires FLtecnics

FLtècnics manufactures servo-controlled carrousel and walking-beam HFFS machines capable of packaging 400 pouches per minute for the food and liquid industries.
September 18, 2018
ProMach, Cincinnati, acquired FLtècnics, a Girona, Spain-based provider of horizontal form-fill-seal (HFFS) pouch packaging systems.
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Tetra Pak installs new solar array at U.S. HQs

Once installed, the solar array will produce 1,027,638 kWh of energy annually – the equivalent of 79,456.55 gallons of gasoline.
September 17, 2018
Tetra Pak announced plans to install a new photovoltaic (PV) panel array at its Denton, Texas, headquarters campus.
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ALOM expands HQs

With this move, ALOM expands its service capacity in North America to meet growing demand and provide enhanced procurement, production, fulfillment and freight management service levels.
September 17, 2018
ALOM announced an 110,000-square-foot addition to its Fremont, Calif., headquarters plant, which includes state-of-the-art production, fulfillment and inventory management capacity.
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Kroger consolidates Roundy’s, Mariano’s divisions

The Roundy’s division will continue to operate with two independent markets under one division banner.
September 14, 2018
The Kroger Co., Cincinnati, announced plans to combine the Mariano’s and Roundy’s Wisconsin divisions into a single division with a single leadership team.
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Perdue Coleman Natural Bacon

Perdue Farms’ Coleman Natural Foods pork brand now 100% crate-free

Coleman Natural is said to be the first national retail brand to fully implement the new crate-free standards with USDA approval and verified by a third party.
September 14, 2018
Perdue Farms, Salisbury, Md., announced that its Coleman Natural Foods brand is now third-party verified, 100% crate-free, including both for gestation and farrowing.
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Sun World moves packing operations in-house

The phased-in approach consists of four lines with an additional three lines projected to be complete by end of September.
September 14, 2018
Sun World International, Bakersfield, Calif., moved its packing operations in-house.
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