Chaucer Food Group, a United Kingdom-based producer of premium food ingredients, and Simple Pitch Ventures, Newport Beach, Calif., entered into an agreement to invest in Crunchies Food Co., a freeze-dried fruit and vegetable brand based in Westlake Village, Calif.
Brazil’s Cutrale-Safra Group acquired Chiquita Brands International Inc., New York, and all outstanding common shares of Chiquita for $14.50 per share in cash.
Patrick Cudahy, LLC announced plans to break ground on a new bacon slicing and packaging facility that will be an essential addition to its manufacturing headquarters in Cudahy, Wis.
Although hamburgers have been and are the chosen sandwich ordered at restaurants and other foodservice outlets, a recent study shows that an increasing number of consumers are becoming enamored with breaded chicken sandwiches.
David Welch, director of business support for BI-LO Holdings, LLC, was elected chairman of the board of the National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association.
The Boulder Soup Works brand has a new label, because the Boulder, Colo.-based company changed its name to Boulder Organic!, and re-located to a new 23,500-square-foot, certified-organic manufacturing facility in Boulder.
Rovema GmbH ceased its ongoing partnership with Rovema Packaging Machines L.P. and opened a 27,000-square-foot facility in Norcross, Ga., that will serve as the headquarters for its new entity Rovema North America.