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2 Ireland dairy processors form joint venture

The move will reinforce the companies' continuing commitment to pay the highest possible milk price to their milk producers through continuing innovation, efficiency and excellence.
May 4, 2016
Lakeland Dairies Co-operative Societies, Ireland, acquired the Fane Valley Dairies, also based in Ireland, effective May 1.
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Cargill Lake Odessa plant

Cargill dedicates $27M “egg-spansion” to important customer

The plant expansion adds approximately 28,000 square feet of egg processing capabilities and specialized equipment.
May 3, 2016
Cargill and its customers, community leaders, government officials and employees will dedicate a $27 million expansion of the Lake Odessa, Mich., egg processing facility.
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Blount Fine Foods new plant sign

Blount Fine Foods advances transition of former Food Source plant

On the heels of its January 2016 acquisition of Food Source LP, Blount Fine Foods began implementing the training and professional development programs it uses in its Massachusetts and Rhode Island plants.
May 3, 2016
Blount Fine Foods, Fall River, Mass., advanced the transition of its McKinney, Texas, business it acquired back in January.
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Nielsen: 75% of survey respondents say country of origin is most important

Respondents in Asia-Pacific and Africa/Middle East are more likely to say that origin is more important than the other selection factors.
May 3, 2016
The new research examined whether consumers prefer goods produced by global/multi-national brands (defined as those that operate in many markets) or by local players (those operating only in a single market—the respondent's home country), based on responses from more than 30,000 online respondents in 61 countries spanning 40 categories.
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Ventura Foods acquires Cargill’s dressings, sauces, mayonnaise business

Cargill's business adds greater depth to Ventura Foods' already strong capabilities in the custom dressings, sauces and mayonnaise categories.
May 3, 2016
Ventura Foods, a Brea, Calif.-based producer of custom and proprietary dressings, sauces, mayonnaises, oils and other flavorings, acquired the dressings, sauces and mayonnaise (DSM) business of Cargill, Wichita, Kan.
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Graphic Packaging acquires Australia-based folding carton supplier

Colorpak operates three converting facilities in Melbourne, Australia; Sydney, Australia; and Auckland, New Zealand.
April 29, 2016
Graphic Packaging Holding Co., an Atlanta-based provider of packaging solutions to food, beverage and other consumer products companies, announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Graphic Packaging International Australia Pty Ltd., completed a previously announced acquisition of 100% of the outstanding shares of Colorpak, a folding carton supplier.
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