Cargill plans to invest about $30 million to increase unloading speeds, storage and shipping capacity and add railroad service at its grain elevator southwest of Holdrege, Neb.
Dole Food Company, Inc., Westlake Village, Calif., approved updating the company’s owned vessel fleet with the acquisition of three new specialty built refrigerated container ships for its U.S. West Coast operations.
Grace Grissom, founder of Mrs. Grissom’s Salads and founding member of the Refrigerated Foods Association, Arlington, Va., passed away May 26 at her home following a short illness.
Coregistics, an Atlanta-based packaging-centric supply chain services company, acquired substantially all of the assets of Cano Packaging Corp., a Chicago-area company that specializes in primary contract packaging services for food and confectionery manufacturers.
Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., and Hong Kong-based Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd. entered into a definitive merger agreement that values Smithfield at approximately $7.1 billion.
Lineage Logistics, a Colton, Calif.-based warehousing and logistics company sponsored by Bay Grove Capital LLC, San Francisco, acquired the real estate and assets of a facility located in University Park, Ill.
High Liner Foods (USA), Inc., Portsmouth, N.H., announced plans to invest $6.6 million to further modernize and expand its 240,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Newport News, Va., increasing production to meet customer demand for products from its leading U.S. foodservice brands.