Caviness Beef Packers, Hereford, Texas, announced plans to grow its beef business through the acquisition of San Angelo Packing Co., San Angelo, Texas.
Westin Foods, Omaha, Neb., expanded its health and wellness division by acquiring a majority interest in Dominex, LC, of St. Augustine, Fla. This acquisition will bring about the creation of Dominex Natural Foods.
The International Baking Industry Expo (IBIE), Washington, D.C., is enhancing its cutting-edge education curriculum with more than 20 new seminars focused on the most relevant issues facing the industry.
To increase the visibility of its SMITH’S brand to a new generation of consumers, Smith Dairy, Orrville, Ohio, unveiled Herd of Heroes, a game app for mobile devices.
Butterball, LLC named Prime inc. as the Butterball Carrier of the Year for 2012. Prime inc., Springfield, Mo., has been serving Butterball as a valued partner since Butterball’s inception in 2006.
To meet retail customer and consumer demand, Cargill, Inc., Wichita, Kan., is investing $2.3 million to install ground beef production and packaging equipment at its Wyalusing, Pa., beef processing facility.
PMMI, the Reston, Va., owner and producer of the PACK EXPO tradeshows, announced it will team with B2B media company BNP Media, the Troy, Mich.-based parent company of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods, to bring the latest iteration of the Food Safety Summit Resource Center to PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2013.
NORPAC Foods, Inc., a Salem, Ore.-based producer of fruit and vegetable products, reached an agreement with Henningsen Cold Storage Co. to construct a 260,000-square-foot frozen food storage and distribution facility adjacent to NORPAC’s Salem packaging facility.