Poultry processor Townsends, Inc., Georgetown, Del., said that it and four wholly owned subsidiaries filed voluntary petitions for relief under Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code.
A day after its general announcement, frozen seafood processor High Liner Foods Incorporated, Lunenburg, N.S., said it has plans to acquire Viking Seafoods, Inc.
Frozen seafood processor High Liner Foods Incorporated, Lunenburg, NS, said it agreed to purchase an undisclosed "value-added foodservices company based in North America with annual revenues of approximately CDN$40 million."
Refrigerated juice processor Sunny Delight Beverages Co. (SDBC), Cincinnati, said it will spend more than $70 million to (1) upgrade its five North American manufacturing facilities.
Grocery retailer and wholesaler SUPERVALU Inc., Minneapolis, said it expects by December 31, 2010, to sell its third-party services business, Total Logistic Control (TLC), in a stock purchase agreement.
The (White Plains, N.Y.) Journal News reported that Sabra Dipping Company LLC expects by early 2011 to move its corporate headquarters to a 30,000-sq.-ft. office in White Plains, N.Y.
Maxwell Farms, LLC, Goldsboro, N.C., and Seaboard Corporation, Merriam, Kan., said they finalized a nine-month purchase of turkey processor Butterball, LLC from Murphy-Brown, LLC.
Pittsburgh, Pa., retailer Giant Eagle Inc. opened a refrigerated foods plant in Freedom, Pa., to process and supply refrigerated fresh-cut fruit, soups and other products to area stores.