The Columbus (Neb.) Telegram reported that Cargill Value Added Meats, Wichita, Kan., will purchase Lopez Foods' beef processing plant in Columbus, Neb.
Food processing and distributing giant George Weston Ltd., Toronto, said it expects during the first quarter of 2009 to sell its U.S. fresh bread and baked goods business to Grupo Bimbo, S.A.B. de C.V.
Beef processor FPL Foods LLC, Augusta, Ga., said it will close its West Columbia, S.C., plant at the end of January, only eight months after opening the facility.
All-natural pork processor Heritage Acres Foods LLC, Jefferson City, Mo., agreed to lease a Pleasant Hope, Mo., hog processing plant that was shuttered in July by Tai Shin Foods USA.
Dr. Oetker UK Ltd., Leeds, United Kingdom, said it agreed to purchase a pizza production plant in Leyland, England and the Chicago Town frozen food brand from The Schwan Food Co.
Hain Pure Protein Corp., Plainville, N.Y., said it is expanding its Plainville operation to "meet growing demand" for natural, antibiotic-free, vegetarian kosher poultry products.
Savory, moist, flavorful, succulent. The preceding adjectives could have been pulled from reviews of the hottest gourmet restaurant in town, or they could describe the latest refrigerated and frozen prepared entrees and side dishes.
It might be a coincidence that Albuquerque Tortilla Co. Inc.’s new prepared foods plant extension gives the company’s headquarters a horseshoe shape. Then again, this is the land of cowboys and frontiersman. And what better symbol is there for being authentic and independent than horses, cowboys and the Old West?
It makes sense that a company headquartered in Albuquerque, N.M., would have lofty aspirations. Not only is the southwestern city host to an annual hot air balloon festival, but it’s also an area well-known for its hang- and paragliding. In fact, taking to the sky seems to be somewhat of a local past time.