Resolved to lose weight in the new year? Consumers Union, Yonkers, N.Y., says the February issue of its Consumer Reports Health magazine reviews of 24 frozen microwaveable diet meals.
Nestlé, Vevey, Switzerland, has agreed to purchase Kraft's frozen pizza business in the United States and Canada, including the DiGiorno, Tombstone, California Pizza Kitchen, Jack’s and Delissio brands.
Industrial Info Resources (IIR) Sugar Land, Texas, said North American food and beverage processors spent an estimated $26.7 billion for facility projects during 2009.
Kraft Foods Inc., Northfield, Ill., said it will introduce more than 20 new foods and beverages in the first few months of the new year "that boast trendy, restaurant-inspired flavors."
Fresh and frozen seafood processor Santa Monica Seafood, Rancho Dominguez, Calif., said it promoted Logan Kock to vice president of strategic purchasing & responsible sourcing.
Pinnacle Foods Group LLC, Mountain Lakes, N.J., said it completed its $1.3 billion purchase of Birds Eye Foods Inc. from a holding company controlled by Vestar Capital Partners.
Poultry giant Pilgrim's Pride Corporation, Pittsburg, Texas, said the company and six of its subsidiaries emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after a 13-month restructuring.
Birds Eye Foods' primary fruit and vegetable supplier Pro-Fac Cooperative, Inc., Fairport, N.Y., said it received a distribution of approximately $238 million from Birds Eye Holdings, LLC upon the closing of the sale of Birds Eye Foods, Inc. to the Pinnacle Foods Group.
Although it's not scheduled for start-up until November 2010, Lamb Weston's new sweet potato operation in Delhi, La., has generated quite a stir in the area, reported the Monroe (La.)
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