The state of Kentucky reported that The Kroger Co. will spend $10.6 million to add 50,000 square feet to its 177,000-square-foot Country Oven Bakery in Bowling Green, Ky.
Pilgrim's Pride Corporation said it plans to close its corporate headquarters building in Pittsburg, Texas, as well as a satellite corporate office in Atlanta as part of its continued integration with JBS USA.
General Mills, Minneapolis, said it received the "Open Innovation Partner of Choice Award" at the Fourth Annual Open Innovation Conference in Philadelphia.
Citing feedback from its members and food processors, the Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA) McLean, Va., said that it will transition to biennial convention, starting in November 2011.
Private investor Littlejohn & Co., LLC, Greenwich, Conn., said it completed the recapitalization of CTI Foods Holding Co., LLC, a Wilder, Idaho-based meat processor.
Fresh wholesale baker Sterling Foods II, Inc., San Antonio, Texas, said it purchased frozen baker Caravan Trading Co., Union City, Calif., for an undisclosed amount.
Breakfast is served! Subway, Milford, Conn., said it has begun offering breakfast sandwiches in more than 25,000 Subway locations in the United States and Canada.
The Associated Press reported that cheese and whey protein processor Bongards' Creameries, Bongards, Minn., purchased a former ACH Food Companies plant in Humboldt, Tenn.