Dairy foods processor Foremost Farms USA, Baraboo, Wis., said it expects by early 2011 to complete an expansion at its Appleton, Wis., mozzarella cheese plant.
Chiquita Brands International, Inc., Cincinnati, said it entered a European joint venture with Paris-based Danone to market Chiquita's Just Fruit in a Bottle fruit beverages.
The Tri-City (Wash.) Herald reported that ConAgra Foods' Lamb-Weston business plans on May 30 to close its frozen potato processing plant in Prosser, Wash.
Mintel, Chicago, says the environment remains a concern for the majority of Americans. More than one-third (35 percent) of survey respondents say they would pay more for "environmentally friendly" products.