Piccadilly Restaurants, LLC, Baton Rouge, La., opened a new division within its restaurant and foodservice company called Piccadilly Emergency Services.
The Canadian Pallet Council (CPC), Ontario, Canada, announced plans to close its doors. Here is a letter president and CEO Belinda Junkin wrote to its members.
To enable foodservice manufacturers to launch more profitable new products, The International Foodservice Manufacturers Association (IFMA), Chicago, and Canada-based Stage-Gate International released a report charting four essential best practices in foodservice new product development.
Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, Ark., continues to accelerate the strategic expansion of its value-added foods portfolio with the acquisition of Circle Foods, LLC, a San Diego, Calif.-based producer of refrigerated and frozen hand-held Mexican foods, uncooked tortillas and Indian flatbreads, from Claridge.
Kontos Foods, Inc. opened a new 45,000-square-foot facility in Paterson, N.J., to manufacture its French-style Traditional and Savory Crepes, the Lite, Elegant Skinny Wrap and several varieties of Kontos Fillo Dough and related Fillo products.
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.
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.