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Pilgrim's Pride to expand Mayfield poultry processing complex

The project includes the removal or relocation of existing processing equipment and the installation of new equipment to enable the facility to transition from a fresh foodservice and debone operation to a debone portioning operation by July 2017.

June 6, 2016

Pilgrim's Pride Corp., Greeley, Colo., received state approval for a $24 million expansion project at its Mayfield, Ky., poultry processing complex.

Simply Essentials to open chicken processing plant

Once open, the state-of-the-art, innovative chicken processing plant will produce high-quality, premium chicken products.

June 6, 2016

Simply Essentials, LLC, Overland Park, Kan., purchased the Cedar River Poultry chicken processing plant in Charles City, Iowa, and announced plans to invest more than $30 million to reopen it in the fall.

Green Plant installs second HPP machine

Green Plant is also dubbed to be the first and only Florida-based company with an HPP machine capable of producing 4 million bottles of cold-pressed juice per month.

June 3, 2016

Green Plant LLC installed its second Hiperbaric high-pressure processing (HPP) machine in six months.

Southeast Frozen Foods expanding S.C. operations

The Gaston site distributes refrigerated and frozen foods to hundreds of retail grocery stores and provides cold storage services to processors and manufacturers.

June 3, 2016

Southeast Frozen Foods, Miramar, Fla., announced plans to expand its Gaston, S.C., operations.

WFLO elects new chairman, and more

June 3, 2016

Check out this week's personnel news.

Country Pure Foods acquires Ridgefield’s Brand

Ridgefield’s 100% fruit juice products will allow Country Pure Foods to provide school nutrition customers with more meal choices for students.

June 2, 2016

Country Pure Foods, Akron, Ohio, purchased the assets of The Ridgefield’s Brand Corp., which includes Smooth-Frozen Ridgefield’s SideKicks and Cup Slushies products.

Liberty Cold’s new cold storage facility delivers state-of-the-art 3PL services

This state-of-the-art facility was designed with food safety and security as a top priority.

June 2, 2016

In anticipation of West Liberty Foods opening the doors to its new cold storage facility, Liberty Cold, June 30, Marina Mayer, editor-in-chief of Refrigerated & Frozen Foods magazine, sat down with Tim Cox, vice president of Liberty Cold, Bolingbrook, Ill., to learn more about this new state-of-the-art facility that was built with food safety and security as top priority.

Cargill to acquire Five Star Custom Foods

Adding Five Star Custom Foods to the Cargill family will enhance the company’s existing cooked protein capabilities, optimize supply chain efficiencies and provide innovation opportunities.

June 2, 2016

Cargill, Inc., Wichita, Kan., signed an agreement to acquire Five Star Custom Foods, Ltd., a Fort Worth, Texas-based processor of cooked protein products and custom prepared soups and sauces for the foodservice and food processing sectors.

Vaping company acquires Ada’s Natural Market

Ada's Natural Market is a natural and organic grocery store in Ft. Myers, Fla.

June 2, 2016

Vapor Corp., a Dania Beach, Fla.-based distributor and retailer of vaping products, announced that, through its wholly owned subsidiary Healthy Choice Markets, Inc., completed the acquisition of Ada's Natural Market.

Cargill, Jollibee Foods form joint venture

The agreement includes building and operating a poultry processing plant in Santo Tomas, Batangas, in the Philippines.

June 1, 2016

Jollibee Foods Corp. (JFC), an Asian foodservice company, and Cargill Philippines, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Cargill Inc., Minneapolis, entered into an agreement to build and operate a poultry processing plant in Santo Tomas, Batangas, in the Philippines.