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Farmer-owned cooperatives to explore joint ownership of Michigan cheese plant

The plant is expected to process 6 million pounds of milk a day and make 220 million pounds of American-style cheese annually.
June 10, 2016
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), Kansas City, Mo., Foremost Farms USA, Baraboo, Wis., and Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA), Novi, Mich., committed to exploring joint ownership and operation of a major cheese processing plant in the Michigan.
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Fortune Fish & Gourmet acquires Coastal Seafoods

The acquisition will expand Fortune Fish’s service footprint to Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota and areas of Northern Iowa and Northern Wisconsin.
June 10, 2016
Fortune Fish & Gourmet, Bensenville, Ill., announced plans to acquire Coastal Seafoods, a Minneapolis-based seafood purveyor and retailer.
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Canadian consumers opt for frozen foods amid rising produce prices

The average Canadian household will spend $8,631 on food, $2,416 of which will be outside the household (at restaurants), meaning that Canadian consumers will spend $345 more on food in 2016.
June 9, 2016
For 2016, the Food Institute is forecasting food inflation rates across Canada to be anywhere between 2-4%.
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Swisslog creates new regional software and controls hub for the Americas

The consolidation of these resources into one software and controls hub will permit Swisslog to provide region-specific functionality and market insight to the software team at a worldwide level.
June 9, 2016
Swisslog, Newport News, Va., formed a new software and controls hub, designed to strengthen its offerings by integrating FORTE’s software while also constructing a common platform for its customers.
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Foodservice equipment manufacturer acquires Italy-based supplier of catering equipment

Through its foodservice technologies businesses, Marmon designs and manufactures equipment for the preparation of hot and cold foods in leading quick-serve food outlets and other commercial and institutional markets globally.
June 9, 2016
Marmon Food, Beverage & Water Technologies Co., a Chicago-based division of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., acquired Angelo Po, an Italy-based manufacturer of professional catering equipment, from horizontal and vertical cooking ranges to food preservation systems.
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Woodbridge International sells TSA Griddle Systems to CPM Acquisition

TSA Griddle Systems designs and manufactures high-output griddle machinery for large industrial users such as food processors.
June 9, 2016
Woodbridge International, a global mergers and acquisitions firm based in New Haven, Conn., sold its client TSA Griddle Systems to CPM Acquisition Corp. (CPM), Merrimack, N.H.
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AIT Worldwide Logistics opens new office in Texas

The AIT-Laredo site is near the U.S./Mexican border, making it ideally situated in providing in-house U.S. and Mexican customs brokerage and maquiladora import services.
June 9, 2016
AIT Worldwide Logistics, Itasca, Ill., opened the doors to its new office in Laredo, Texas.
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Study: Consumers making more online purchases than in store

This is the first time in the study’s 5-year history that more than half (51%) of all purchases made by respondents are made online, up from 48% in 2015.
June 9, 2016
Consumers are shopping more with their smartphones and demanding a more seamless experience between virtual and physical stores, according to the fifth annual UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper study, produced by United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS), Atlanta.
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General Mills, Organic Valley partner to expand organic dairy production

The program will drive more acres in the United States into the organic certification process, and builds upon General Mills' commitment to double the organic acreage from which it sources ingredients by 2019.
June 9, 2016
Minneapolis-based General Mills announced a strategic sourcing partnership with Organic Valley, La Crosse, Wis., to help about 20 U.S. dairy farms add around 3,000 acres of organic dairy production over the next three years.
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