Frozen bagged seafood and entrees processor Contessa Premium Foods, Inc., San Pedro, Calif., said it filed Chapter 11 reorganization proceedings in Los Angeles.
Chicken, beef and pork processing giant Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, Ark., said it became the first major food company to become a full member of the IMAGE program.
Rich Products Corporation, Buffalo, N.Y., said it purchased Celebration Foods, a New Britain, Conn., processor and distributor of frozen desserts and ice cream cakes.
The National Frozen & Refrigerated Foods Association (NFRA), Harrisburg, Pa., said it will host its 19th Annual Executive Conference April 11-13, 2011, at the Tempe Mission Palms Hotel & Conference Center in Tempe, Ariz.
Just a few months after selling a western regional yogurt brand to General Mills, dairy giant Dean Foods, Dallas, agreed to sell its private label yogurt business and several plants.
Rich Products Corporation, Buffalo, N.Y., said it agreed to have frozen drink processor Island Oasis, Walpole, Mass., occupy a Rich's manufacturing site in Buffalo.
Ricotta and mozzarella cheese processor Miceli Dairy Products expects by mid-2012 to complete the first phase of a $16 million to $20 million expansion to its Cleveland plant.