Steven Roberts Original Desserts and Ticklebelly Desserts purchased a 380,000-square-foot facility in Aurora, Colo., that allows them to consolidate their Colorado bakeries, warehouse and corporate headquarters under one roof to increase manufacturing and shipping capacity and add up to 800 new jobs over the next three years.
The Foodservice Packaging Institute (FPI), Falls Church, Va., overhauled its website to provide new value to its members and serve what is said to be the foremost source of information about foodservice packaging.
New research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests that eating a protein-rich breakfast reduces hunger, boosts satiety and reduces brain responses involved with food cravings more than a typical breakfast that is lower in protein.
Valley Proteins, Winchester, Va., acquired the Perdue Agribusiness rendering business, which includes existing supply agreements with Perdue processing facilities and two rendering facilities located in Accomac, Va., and Lewiston, N.C.
Fortress Interlocks unveiled its new Erlanger, Ky., headquarters facility, complete with on-site training and demonstrations of the company’s safety access and control systems.
Spurred by the growth in sales of its diversified line of control valves, regulators and tank equipment, Cashco, Inc., Ellsworth, Kan., opened a new sales and service office in Hoppegarten, Germany.
Key Technology, Inc., Walla Walla, Wash., and Visys NV, a Belgium-based provider of chute-fed in-air sorters used by food processors and waste recyclers, entered into a merger agreement.
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