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Ajinomoto Windsor, Inc., Ontario, Calif., announced plans to expand its frozen foods business in North America by opening a new state-of-the-art coated appetizer manufacturing and R&D facility in Joplin, Mo.

Cascade Dairy Holdings Inc., Othello, Wash., announced its subsidiary, Columbia Basin Dairy Holdings, LLC (CBDH), announced plans to acquire up to 300 additional dairy cows over the next several months.

The Middleby Corp., Elgin, Ill., acquired Globe Food Equipment Co., a provider of commercial foodservice slicers and mixers based in Dayton, Ohio.

Pilgrim's Pride Corp., Greeley, Colo., announced that it will close its Luverne, Minn., poultry processing facility.

Enson Group, Inc., Cincinnati, acquired SDJ Trading, LLC, Philadelphia, Pa.

Eby-Brown Co., LLC, Naperville, Ill., reached a definitive agreement to purchase the assets of AJ Silberman, a wholesale distributor to convenience store retailers, located in Cheswick, Pa.

U.S. consumers have a renewed interest in cooking freshly prepared meals, but not in spending more time doing it, according to a recent kitchen audit conducted by The NPD Group, Chicago.

While online shopping in general is growing, it isn’t the main shopping channel for the majority of food shopping occasions, according to the Food Shopping in America 2017 report produced by The Hartman Group, Bellevue, Wash.

DanoneWave, Broomfield, Co., announced plans to invest up to $60 million in its plant-based beverage manufacturing operation in Mt. Crawford, Va.