A M King Construction, Charlotte, N.C., said it broke ground for a 103,000-square-foot fresh bun bakery and distribution center in Clayton, N.C., (see image, left) for Northeast Foods Inc.
ConAgra Foods, Inc., Omaha, Neb., said it completed the sale of its Gilroy Foods & Flavors dehydrated and vegetable product operations to Olam International.
Hectic schedules and tighter budgets have changed the way consumers cook, shop, and break bread, according to an audience trend report from Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc. (MSLO).
Senior food and beverage industry executives see improved revenue and profitability this year and next, but caution that the jobs outlook in their sector will only gradually improve in 2011.
J&J Snack Foods Corp., Pennsauken, N.J., said Vincent Melchiorre, an executive vice president with the company's food group and the president of Country Home Bakers, Shelton, Conn., will resign effective September 3, 2010.
Foodservice distributor Sysco Corporation, Houston, said it acquired Lincoln Poultry & Egg Co., a broadline foodservice distributor based in Lincoln, Neb.
To provide greater efficiency in customer service, Stellar,
a Jacksonville, Fla., construction, design, engineering and mechanical
services firm, has expanded its existing Refrigeration division to
include the company’s Maintenance, Parts and Operations and Automation
Services divisions.
Pinnacle Foods Group LLC, Mountain Lakes, N.J., said it hired kirshenbaum bond senecal & partners, New York, N.Y., to handle creative duties for the Birds Eye Frozen Division.