ConAgra Foods, Inc., Omaha, Neb., is said to acquire St. Louis-based Ralcorp Holdings, Inc., the largest manufacturer of private label food in the United States.
House Foods America Corp., the Garden Grove, Calif., subsidiary of House Foods Corp. Japan, acquired El Burrito Mexican Food Products, Inc., a leading healthy Mexican food brand based in City of Industry, Calif.
California Dairies, Inc. (CDI), Visalia, Calif., acquired certain assets of Security Milk Producers Association (SMPA), a Chino, Calif., milk marketing cooperative, effective Jan. 1, 2013.
Golden State Foods (GSF), Irvine, Calif., acquired KanPak China, a manufacturer to the quick-service restaurant (QSR) industry, located in Xiantao City (Hubei Province). GSF is now the 51% majority owner of KanPak China.
Franklin Foods, Inc., Delray Beach, Fla., will open a second manufacturing facility in Casa Grande, Ariz. Cream Cheese production is planned to commence in early 2013.
The Alliance of Western Milk Producers, a Sacramento, Calif.-based coalition of California dairy processing cooperatives representing 60% of California’s milk, ceased operations, effective Nov. 1.