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Cargill’s protein business headquarters will remain in Wichita, Kan., but relocate from 151 North Main Street to a new office building to be built at a yet-to-be-determined site within the city limits.

Meal kit delivery services are here, and are answering the age old question— "What's for dinner?"

Despite declining unit counts for the last two years, independent restaurant operators represent a third of broadline foodservice distribution dollars, and their spending has increased year-over-year for the past two years, according to a study produced by The NPD Group, Port Washington, N.Y.

SDP/SI – Stock Drive Products/Sterling Instrument, a New Hyde Park, N.Y.-based provider of mechatronic-based design, engineering and manufacturing services for critical motion control applications, will be moving to a new world-class engineering and manufacturing facility later this year.

The Middleby Corp., Elgin, Ill., acquired Follett Corp., a manufacturer of ice machines, ice and water dispensing equipment, ice storage and transport products and medical-grade refrigeration products for the foodservice and healthcare industries.

Polymer Logistics, a retail-ready packaging provider based in Riverside, Calif., announced plans to locate a new logistics and distribution center in Dublin, Ga.

Wincove Private Holdings LP, Boston, acquired Bluff Manufacturing, a provider of material handling and warehouse safety equipment based in Fort Worth, Texas.

Total U.S. retail sales of natural and specialty cheeses were $17.4 billion in 2015, according to Packaged Facts, Rockville, Md.

Retale evaluated recessionary impact on grocery buying, specifically, among survey respondents.

Kraft Heinz, Pittsburgh, Pa., announced plans to invest over $100 million in an expansion of its New Ulm, Minn., cheese processing plant.