Cold Foods Industry News

RSS

Pinnacle Foods Group LLC., Mountain Lakes, N.J., said its Aunt Jemima Frozen Breakfast brand launched the first of a three-part social video series starring real employees.

Saputo Inc., Montreal, said it agreed to acquire Fairmount Cheese Holdings Inc., the parent company of DCI Cheese Company Inc., for $270.5 million.

Gluten-free foods marketer Schar USA Inc., Lyndhurst, N.J., expects by early next year to build a 50,000-square-foot bakery in Gloucester County, N.J.

Hanson Logistics, St. Joseph, Mich., said it will spend $2 million to expand a Decatur, Mich., cold storage facility used by Dole Packaged Foods.

Diversified foods giant Premium Brands Holdings Corporation, Vancouver, B.C., said it agreed to buy   Canada Bread Company Limited's pre-packaged sandwich operations and related direct-to-store delivery (DSD) networks.

The Janesville (Wis.) Gazette reported that Pinnacle Foods Group, Mountain Lakes, N.J., is considering an expansion to its Birds Eye Frozen Division vegetable plant in Darien, Wis.

Pinnacle Foods Group LLC, Mountain Lakes, N.J., said it hired Antonio F. Fernandez as executive vice president and chief supply chain officer, effective immediately.

New frozen offerings Nestle Prepared Foods and Sara Lee Corp. earned top food honors at a "2011 Product of the Year USA Awards" ceremony in New York.

Processed meats giant American Foods Group LLC, Green Bay, Wis., said it expects in late February or early March to purchase Double D Foods Inc.

Seafreeze / City Ice, Seattle, said it hired 20-year cold storage industry veteran Bonnie Geise as vice president of business development.