Meat industry veteran William Geoppinger, the former president & CEO of Sara Lee Foods, has joined investment committees for Stockwell Capital LLC and its affiliate, Glencoe Capital, LLC.
'Tis the season -- to make predictions. And McCormick & Company, Inc. predicts that America’s preference for more complex and intense taste experiences will shape next year's taste trends.
What's hot when it comes to restaurant menu trends? The National Restaurant Association (NRA) says it put that question directly to more than 1,500 professional chefs.
The Modesto (Calif.) Bee reported that Modesto-based Foster Farms agreed to buy two ice cream plants in Sacramento, Calif.; and Salem, Ore., from Matterhorn Group Inc.
Already a leader in the U.S. retail refrigerated yogurt category, Danone, Paris, said it agreed to purchase foodservice frozen yogurt mix supplier YoCream International Inc., Portland, Ore., for $103 million.
Campanelli Companies, Braintree, Mass., said it expects by fall 2011 to build a 141,521-square-foot cold storage facility in Linden, N.J. for Preferred Freezer Services.
Diversified foods giant General Mills, Minneapolis, said it improved the health profile of products comprising 25 percent of its U.S. retail sales during fiscal 2010.
National wooden pooled pallet leader CHEP USA, Orlando, will gain some complementary strengths when its parent, Brambles Ltd., Sydney, Australia, completes a $1.2 billion acquisition.
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