Organic Bistro Whole Life Meals, Scottsdale, Ariz., said it will announce the national rollout of its healthy and convenient frozen meal line at Natural Products Expo East in Boston.
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in Chicago.
Stellar, Jacksonville, Fla., said it completed a four-story U.S. "Customer Innovation Campus" in Solon, Ohio, for Nestle Professional, the foodservice arm of Nestle S.A.
Citing a need to trim costs, Kraft Foods Inc., Northfield, Ill., said it soon expects to eliminate 400 jobs, or about 1 percent of its 46,000-employee North American workforce.
Israel's Osem Group, Tel Aviv, said it purchased Tribe Mediterranean Foods LLC, a Taunton, Mass., processor and marketer of refrigerated all-natural and organic hummus products.
Something funny is going on in grocery freezer cases across North America. Some frozen meals and entrees, it seems, have been getting a rather frosty reception from consumers.
For Mark (Par) Grandinetti and Doyle Converse, it was like déjà vu all over again. Since the 1990s, the two had worked at Western Country Pies, the Salt Lake City bakery that was their base for more than a decade before it shut down in 2004.
Rocky Mountain Pies Founder and President Mark “Par” Grandinetti has a simple business axiom that has served him well for more than 18 years in the pie industry: “Understand the rules and play to win.