The Foodservice Packaging Institute (FPI), Falls Church, Va., overhauled its website to provide new value to its members and serve what is said to be the foremost source of information about foodservice packaging.
New research published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests that eating a protein-rich breakfast reduces hunger, boosts satiety and reduces brain responses involved with food cravings more than a typical breakfast that is lower in protein.
Valley Proteins, Winchester, Va., acquired the Perdue Agribusiness rendering business, which includes existing supply agreements with Perdue processing facilities and two rendering facilities located in Accomac, Va., and Lewiston, N.C.
Colorado Premium, the Greeley, Colo.-based meat processing company serving retailers, restaurant chains and private label manufacturers worldwide, completed a $2 million expansion of its Denver facility.
Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., signed a non-binding letter of intent to form a 50/50 joint venture with Kansas City Sausage Co., LLC, Kansas City, Mo., and its sister company, Pine Ridge Farms, LLC, Greenville, N.Y.
The Association for Advancing Automation (A3), the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based umbrella trade association for the Robotic Industries Association (RIA), AIA - Advancing Vision + Imaging and the Motion Control Association (MCA), launched a new website, www.A3automate.org.