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Sodexo to deploy data-driven program to halve food waste, food losses

The WasteWatch powered by Leanpath program is said to prevent on average 50% of food wasted.
June 24, 2019
Sodexo, Gaithersburg, Md., announced the deployment of its data-driven food waste prevention program, WasteWatch powered by Leanpath, at 3,000 sites worldwide within a year to halve food waste and food losses from its operations by 2025.
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Nielsen: Private label is the new brand of choice

Emerging, disruptive brands have strong foundations online—and some are either non-existent in brick-and-mortar or have a very small physical presence.
June 24, 2019
There’s a private label outbreak, and there’s no slowing it down—both in stores and online.
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Lamb Weston acquires Ready Meals

The Ready Meals operations will add approximately 70 million pounds of production capacity to Lamb Weston’s existing global manufacturing network.
June 24, 2019
Lamb Weston, Eagle, Idaho, announced plans to acquire Ready Meals, an Australia-based frozen potato processor.
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Study: Dairy products packaging market to register 4.5% CAGR by 2027

The main trends impacting the growth of the packaging industry is the increasing focus on wellness of consumers.
June 24, 2019
The global packaging industry was valued at about $880 billion in 2016, and is expected to register 4.5% CAGR by 2027, according to new research by Future Market Insights (FMI), Valley Cottage, N.Y.
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Amy’s Kitchen breaks ground on first East Coast kitchen

The current plans for the 389,000-square-foot environmentally efficient facility will ultimately be LEED certified, zero waste to landfill and run with renewable energy.
June 24, 2019
Amy’s Kitchen, Santa Rosa, Calif., will break ground on a new production facility and kitchen in Goshen, N.Y.
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Cedar's new facility

Cedar’s Foods nears completion of new $100M production facility

The new facility will feature a fully automated production process, utilizing Cedar’s proprietary processing systems along with advanced robotic technology.
June 24, 2019
Cedar’s Foods is nearing completion of construction on a new 125,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility at its Ward Hill, Mass., headquarters manufacturing plant.
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Study reveals continued growth in flexible packaging

The food industry remains the largest user of flexible packaging, accounting for nearly 50% of the circulation.
June 24, 2019
Increasing consumer demands for convenient packages coupled with an industry-wide push for sustainable shelf-ready designs has the global flexible packaging market poised to eclipse the $290 billion mark by 2023, according to “Flexible Packaging Market Assessment,” a report presented by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, Reston, Va.
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FoodChain ID acquires Decernis

Decernis delivers global compliance and risk management systems and services.
June 24, 2019
FoodChain ID, a Fairfield, Iowa-based portfolio company of Paine Schwartz Partners, LLC portfolio company, acquired Decernis LLC, Washington, D.C.
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Insight Enterprises to acquire PCM

The combination of the two organizations extends positions Insight’s businesses for future growth, transforming and securing data platforms.
June 24, 2019
Insight Enterprises, Tempe, Ariz., announced plans to acquire PCM, Inc., El Segundo, Calif.
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