Agropur, a Canadian dairy cooperative, said its Schroeder Company subsidiary in Maplewood, Minn., purchased Farmland Dairies' UHT milk processing plant in Grand Rapids, Mich.
Kellogg Company, Battle Creek, Mich., officially dedicated an expansion at its W.K. Kellogg Institute for Food and Nutrition Research, Kellogg's global product development, research and innovation facility.
The changing economy has spurred many consumers to change their spending habits with more than half of consumers saying they are buying less in the deli and prepared food areas.
The Idaho-Statesman said Boise-based supermarket retailer WinCo Foods LLC, opened its fourth full-line distribution center, a 750,000-square-foot operation in Boise.
Diversified bakery, meat and prepared foods giant Sara Lee Corp., Downers Grove, Ill., said it hired Marcel H.M. Smits as executive vice president and chief financial officer, effective Oct. 1.
Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Domino's Pizza last year introduced a new line of oven-baked sandwiches and says that "overnight [it] became the largest sandwich delivery company in America."
One of the industry's largest suppliers of frozen potato, appetizer and vegetable products, ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston, Eagle, Idaho, said it formed the "Lamb Weston Collaborative."
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