Diversified ingredients and minerals supplier SunOpta Inc., Toronto, said it sold frozen fruit processing equipment located in Salinas, Calif., to strawberry processor Cal Pacific Specialty Foods, LLC, Moss Landing, Calif.
Avocado products processor Calavo Growers, Inc., Santa Paula, Calif., said it agreed to buy Renaissance Food Group (RFG), LLC, a Rancho Cordova, Calif., processor of retail fresh-cut fruit and vegetables.
Looking for that next dessert product development idea? The Food Channel, Chicago, has identified what it believes are the most significant food trends in dessert for 2011.
Most shopper behavior studies dissect shoppers by income, ethnicity and/or geographic location, but very few focus on shopping habits of men versus women.
In a recent first quarter earnings release, West Coast restaurant operator Real Mex, Cypress, Calif., noted that -- although restaurant sales are down -- the company is continuing to expand its manufacturing.
Cono Italiano, Inc., Red Bank, N.J., said it purchased equipment to process its Pizza Cono product, a unique cone-shaped frozen pizza for QSR, take-out and leisure foodservice operations.
Diversified foods giant General Mills, Minneapolis, said it signed definitive agreements with PAI partners and Sodiaal to acquire a 51 percent controlling interest in Yoplait S.A.S.