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Smithfield Foods introduces Smithfield Bioscience to leverage byproducts from the meat production process

Today, Smithfield sells byproducts to pharmaceutical and nutraceutical companies to develop drugs that treat a range of issues.
April 12, 2017
Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., launched Smithfield Bioscience, a new strategic platform within the organization that leverages byproducts from the meat production process for the development of pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and medical device solutions.
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SUPERVALU to acquire Unified Grocers

This transaction will bring together two highly complementary grocery wholesale organizations with combined sales of approximately $16 billion in 2016.
April 11, 2017
SUPERVALU INC., Eden Prairie, Minn., and Unified Grocers, Inc., Commerce, Calif., entered into a definitive merger agreement for SUPERVALU to acquire Unified Grocers.
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Study: Restaurant industry faces a defining moment

The study finds that 57% of consumers polled plan to dine out the same number of times in the next 12 months as in the previous year.
April 11, 2017
A new study released by AlixPartners, a New York-based global business-advisory firm, posits that the turbulence in the chain-restaurant industry of late—from underperforming results to an uptick in bankruptcies to renewed shareholder pressures—might not be just a blip but rather a sign of structural changes besetting the industry.
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Tony Roma's pulled pork

Carl Buddig to acquire Rupari Food Services

Earlier in 2016, Rupari Food Services relaunched its Tony Roma's brand of BBQ products, and looks forward to benefits of new ownership.
April 11, 2017
Rupari Food Services, a South Holland, Ill.-based producer of branded and private label restaurant-quality barbequed meats, including Tony Roma's and Butcher's Prime retail brands, reached a definitive agreement to sell to a wholly owned subsidiary of Carl Buddig and Co., South Holland, Ill.
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Aurora Organic Dairy to build new milk processing facility

The new plant would create more than 90 jobs initially and up to 150 total new jobs over the next five years.
April 10, 2017
Aurora Organic Dairy (AOD), a producer and processor of store-brand organic milk and butter, announced plans to construct a new dairy processing facility in Columbia, Mo.
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ISS acquires Guckenheimer

ISS brings highly developed systems, thought leadership and the ability to scale globally.
April 10, 2017
ISS, a San Antonio, Texas-based global facility services provider, acquired Guckenheimer, a foodservice provider based in San Mateo, Calif.
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