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B&G Foods’ CEO to retire, Flanagan Foodservice names new president, and other personnel announcements

February 1, 2019

Check out this week's personnel announcements, which include hires, retirements and newly created positions.

Study shows France to be the world's most food sustainable country

China, the United States and Britain failed to make the Top 20 of 67 nations, which were graded on food waste, sustainable agriculture and health and nutrition.

February 1, 2019

France's aggressive measures to tackle food waste, promote healthy lifestyles and adopt eco-farming techniques helped it rank the world’s most food sustainable country for the second year in a row, according to an index released by the Economist Intelligence Unit, UK, and the Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition Foundation, Italy.

World Resources Institute opens “Better Buying Lab” to develop sustainable food strategies

The Better Buying Lab brings together industry leaders to research, test and scale new strategies and actions that help consumers buy more sustainable products.

February 1, 2019

World Resources Institute (WRI), Washington, D.C., opened the Better Buying Lab, a new initiative focused on researching and catalyzing action that enables consumers to buy more sustainable foods.

Tecsys acquires Danish technology company

This comes on the heels of the OrderDynamics acquisition, which took place in November 2018.

February 1, 2019

Tecsys Inc., Canada, acquired PCSYS A/S, a Danish technology company.

Nestlé speeds up efforts toward full supply chain transparency

The disclosure includes the list of direct (Tier 1) suppliers, upstream locations and country of origins as well as total volume sourced for each commodity.

February 1, 2019

Nestlé USA, Arlington, Va., announced plans to disclose the list of suppliers alongside a variety of data of its 15 priority commodities, making it what is said to be the first disclosure of its kind in the industry.

Investment firm acquires Bojangles’

Bojangles’, Inc. will operate as an independent, privately-held company and will remain based in Charlotte, N.C.

February 1, 2019

Durational Capital Management LP, New York, and The Jordan Co. L.P., New York, acquired Bojangles’, Inc., which will operate as an independent, privately-held company and will remain based in Charlotte, N.C.

GreenSpace Brands sells Rolling Meadow Dairy brand to Organic Meadow Ltd.

This sale further cements Agrifoods' place in the Canadian dairy industry.

February 1, 2019

GreenSpace Brands Inc., Canada, announced plans to sell its Rolling Meadow Dairy brand to Organic Meadow Limited Partnership, a subsidiary of Agrifoods International Cooperative Ltd., Canada.

Americold acquires PortFresh Holdings, plans to develop state-of-the-art, temperature-controlled facility

Americold also plans to build a new 15 million-cubic-foot, state-of-the-art cold storage facility on adjacent land owned by PortFresh.

January 31, 2019

Americold Realty Trust, Atlanta, acquired PortFresh Holdings, LLC, a temperature-controlled operator servicing fresh produce trade primarily through the Port of Savannah, Savannah, Ga.

Australia, New Zealand create GFSI local group to elevate food safety, consumer trust

GFSI AusNZ consists of 50 local industry members from retailers, manufacturers and foodservice companies.

January 31, 2019

The Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) formed a local group in Australia and New Zealand as part of its regional outreach model to elevate food safety and consumer trust.

US Foods breaks ground on expanded F. Christiana facility

The state-of-the-art expansion will nearly triple the size of the current facility.

January 31, 2019

US Foods Holding Corp., Rosemont, Ill., broke ground on the expansion of the company’s F. Christiana facility in Marrero, La.

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B&G Foods’ CEO to retire, Flanagan Foodservice names new president, and other personnel announcements

Study shows France to be the world's most food sustainable country

World Resources Institute opens “Better Buying Lab” to develop sustainable food strategies

Tecsys acquires Danish technology company

Nestlé speeds up efforts toward full supply chain transparency

Investment firm acquires Bojangles’

GreenSpace Brands sells Rolling Meadow Dairy brand to Organic Meadow Ltd.

Americold acquires PortFresh Holdings, plans to develop state-of-the-art, temperature-controlled facility

Australia, New Zealand create GFSI local group to elevate food safety, consumer trust

US Foods breaks ground on expanded F. Christiana facility

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