Bob Evans Farms Inc., Columbus, Ohio, said it has begun distributing several of its top-selling retail packaged Homestyle favorites in Florida supermarkets.
There's no place like a meal to talk about new food product development. In fact, McDonald's CEO Jim Skinner talked about product innovation as a strategic goal.
American Meat Institute (AMI) officials said buyer attendance at the Worldwide Food Expo's 2009 International Meat, Poultry & Seafood Industry Convention and Exposition exceeded 2007 totals.
The board of directors of the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) said it voted Wednesday to switch the association's dairy trade show to "an annual event focused on the dairy industry."
Southeastern Mills, Inc., Rome, Ga., said it purchased Superior Quality Foods (SQF), an Ontario, Calif., supplier of food bases, gravy mixes and dry seasoning blends for retail and industrial customers.
Frozen organic food processors Helen's Kitchen, Irvine, Calif., and The Organic Bistro, Scottsdale, Ariz., said they merged to form Food Collective Inc.
MKG Provisions, Woodville, Texas, said it has begun partnering with an unnamed seafood processor in El Salvador to supply frozen seafood items to commissaries as well as foodservice and retail customers.
Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia, Inc., New York, N.Y., said it will partner with The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. and its affiliate Hain Pure Protein Corporation to introduce a new Martha Stewart-branded food line at retail.