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Study: Full-service restaurants face an uphill battle heading into 2017

The Top 5 largest full-service brands, four of which are casual dining, all either had negative or slow sales in 2016.
May 11, 2017
A report released by Technomic, Chicago, indicates that the restaurant industry overall fared relatively well in 2016, but full service has experienced some highs and lows, with annual sales growth dipping to 1.4% and unit growth remaining flat.
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Verde Farms acquires Estancia Beef

Leading provider of grass-fed beef acquires like-minded supplier to expand offerings nationwide.
May 9, 2017
Verde Farms, Woburn, Mass., acquired Estancia Beef, the Petaluma, Calif.-based import division of El Raigon Natural Beef Co.
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Vanguard International acquires Pride Packing

Pride Packging is a vertically-integrated 3,000-acre farming operation complete with its own packing and cold storage facilities.
May 9, 2017
The Vanguard International Group, Issaquah, Wash., purchased Pride Packing Co., Wapato, Wash., as part of its strategy to develop a global vertically-integrated fresh fruit organization.
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Pinnacle Foods to exit Aunt Jemima frozen breakfast products

Frozen Aunt Jemima retail products that the company will continue to market include mini pancakes, French toast sticks, breakfast entrees and Griddle Poppers.
May 9, 2017
Pinnacle Foods Inc., Parsippany, N.J., announced plans to exit certain low-margin and non-strategic Aunt Jemima frozen breakfast products sold to retail and foodservice customers.
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RedLine Solutions moves to new facility

RedLine Solutions provides traceability solutions to fresh produce growers and shippers.
May 9, 2017
RedLine Solutions, a Santa Clara, Calif.-based provider of traceability solutions to fresh produce growers and shippers, is celebrating 20 years of service by moving to a new facility.
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Win Chill to build refrigerated food distribution center

Initial designs include thousands of pallet positions to support food manufacturing customers in a 4-state region, with the ability to add capacity as customer needs increase.
May 8, 2017
Win Chill, LLC, Hallandale Beach, Fla., announced plans to build a 54-acre, 205,000-square-foot, full-service refrigerated foods warehouse and distribution center in Foundation Park, Sioux Falls, S.D.
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Survey: Demand for packaging sustainability drives change in the way businesses will compete

Sustainability is now a fast-growing and vitally important area of concern for packaging and addresses economic, environmental and social objectives, according to the study.
May 8, 2017
Data from Smithers Pira, UK, forecast steady growth across the packaging industry – pushing a market valued at $839 billion in 2015 to expand at 3.5% year-on-year and reach a total value of $997 billion in 2020.
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