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Liqui-Box acquires Maverick

Maverick Engineering manufactures bag-in-box-making equipment, while Maverick Flexibles designs and manufactures specialty films and laminates for food and beverage markets.
May 31, 2016
Liqui-Box, Richmond, Va.-based provider of flexible liquid packaging solutions, signed a definitive agreement to acquire both the engineering and flexible operations of Maverick, Cape Town, South Africa.
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Gay Lea cheese

Gay Lea Foods acquires Black River Cheese Co.

Gay Lea Foods is an artisan cheesemaker, producing a wide variety of cheeses for retail and foodservice.
May 31, 2016
Canada-based Gay Lea Foods Cooperative Ltd. acquired Black River Cheese Co., Canada, effective June 1.
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CharcutNuvo packaging

Continental Sausage rebrands as CharcūtNuvo

The rebranding program is a key element of the company’s ongoing process of bolstering manufacturing, staffing and marketing systems.
May 26, 2016
Continental Sausage, Inc., Denver, Colo., completed a comprehensive rebranding of its product line, with a new brand name of CharcūtNuvo.
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French Cheese Board concept

French Cheese Board unveils first U.S. concept store for cheese

The concept store transforms the idea of a mere boutique into an interactive experience to discover cheese culture.
May 26, 2016
The French Cheese Board (FCB), a New York-based umbrella organization for French dairy products, opened its first concept store for cheese in the United States, located in New York City's Soho.
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Silk milk

Silk, Center for Health and the Global Environment launch initiative to examine food industry challenges

The research will focus on environmental sustainability, transparency and health and wellness.
May 26, 2016
Silk, a plant-based food and beverage brand of WhiteWave Foods, Broomfield, Colo., announced a year-long sponsored research initiative with the Center for Health and the Global Environment (CHGE) at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, to research differences in how food companies, academics, industry leaders and the general public perceive the challenges facing the food industry and its attempts to feed the world in a healthy and sustainable way.
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Study shows consumers select c-stores based on better-for-you options

The study indicates that these groups associate “better-for-you” options with “fresh” and “all-natural.”
May 26, 2016
Chicago-based Q1 Consulting launched a comprehensive study that shows how convenience store “regulars,” including younger males and Hispanic males, are increasingly selecting c-stores based on better-for-you options.
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Study shows trends in family mealtimes

Nearly half (47%) of parents say that they share fewer meals with their family than when they were growing up.
May 26, 2016
Eating together as a family is a special moment with lots of benefits, making it a priority for most parents, according to a survey of U.S. parents, conducted by Toluna, Dallas, Texas.
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Peapod meal delivery kits

Peapod.com partners with ConAgra, Campbell’s to expand meal kit offerings

The new kits each contain pre-measured, pre-cut and pre-washed ingredients for mealtime solutions delivered straight to customers’ doors.
May 25, 2016
Peapod.com, a Chicago-based online grocer, announced the availability of three new meal kits made in partnership with ConAgra Foods, Inc., Omaha, Neb., and Campbell Soup Co., Camden, N.J.
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