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Ready for more bacon? Industry supplier Bell Flavors & Fragrances predicts bacon will be the most popular savory flavor this year.

The Raleigh/Durham, N.C., Triangle Business Journal reported that Reser’s Fine Foods, Beaverton, Ore., will begin a three-phase, $15 million expansion at its Halifax County, N.C., plant.

Emerging global cuisines are literally opening up a whole new world of culinary experiences to American consumers of all ages due to the nearly infinite range of ingredients, forms and flavors.

Cincinnati-based John Morrell & Co. said today that it will permanently close its hog processing and fresh meat fabrication plant in Sioux City, Iowa, effective April 20, 2010.

JBT Corp., Chicago, said its JBT FoodTech business has signed a $6.1 million contract to supply freezing solutions for a new plant in Hau Giang province, Vietnam.

The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) and the Global Cold Chain Alliance (GCCA) announced they will co-host a Food Logistics Forum, June 6-8, 2010.

Hormel Foods Corp., Austin, Minn., today said it agreed to purchase the Country Crock chilled side dish business from Unilever United States Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J.

Drug store retailing giant Walgreen Co., Deerfield, Ill., plans to offer fresh foods and prepared meals to its more than 7,000 stores.

Meat and poultry processor Quantum Foods LLC, Bolingbrook, Ill., said it merged with a former customer, North Star Foods Inc., St. Charles, Minn.

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