Supermarket retailer Safeway Inc., Pleasanton, Calif., said Texas Division President Tom Schwilke will join the company’s corporate merchandising team as president & general manager, perishables.
An expanding product line led The Original Rangoon Company, a Needham, Mass., business known for frozen appetizers, to change its name to ORC Foods, Inc.
Food and agriproducts giant Cargill Incorporated, Minneapolis, said its U.S. meats business plans by June 2011 to build a $14.7 million culinary center and pilot plant in Wichita, Kan.
The world's largest cold supply chain group, the Global Cold Chain Alliance, Alexandria, Va., said it has published its 2010 Global Cold Chain Directory.
Michael Foods, Inc. Minnetonka, Minn., said its parent, M-Foods Holdings, Inc., signed a definitive agreement under which its owners, affiliates of Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P. ("THL") and certain current and former members of management, will sell Michael Foods to affiliates of GS Capital Partners.
"Got room left for dessert?" If so, here's what on the menu. The Food Channel®, Chicago, released its "Top Ten Dessert Trends" based on research it conducted with CultureWaves.
Although the recession forced millions of Americans into the kitchen and to develop an eat-at-home mindset, a new survey by ConAgra Foods suggests that -- despite an easing of economic conditions -- Americans are not soon to let go of their new habits.
Schwan's Food Service, Marshall, Minn., said more focused new product development helped the company rise in a recent independent ranking of processors providing new offerings to the foodservice industry.