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Study: Store brands are gaining share in fast-growing U.S. retail channels

For the 52-week period that ended 12/24/2016, retailers’ brands strongly outperformed the national brands in the rapidly-growing mass merchandisers segment.
February 22, 2017
Store brands are gaining market share against the big national brands in America’s fastest growing retail channels, according to the latest sales and market share statistics from Nielsen, New York.
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Maple Leaf Foods meats

Maple Leaf Foods to acquire Lightlife Foods

Lightlife manufactures more than 30 innovative products, including plant-based tempeh, hot dogs, breakfast foods and burgers.
February 21, 2017
Canada-based Maple Leaf Foods signed a definitive agreement with Brynwood Partners VI L.P., Greenwich, Conn., to acquire Lightlife Foods, Inc.
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Food safety testing

Top 10 food safety testing, technologies trends

The food safety testing and technologies market encompasses a variety of testing technologies.
February 20, 2017
The food safety testing and technologies market is projected to reach $39.47 billion by 2022, thanks in part to these Top 10 trends.
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Driscoll Foods, D. Brickman merge

The combined companies will employ over 100 employees in upstate New York.
February 20, 2017
Driscoll Foods, Clifton, N.J., signed a definitive agreement with D. Brickman Produce & Seafood, Menands, N.Y., to merge the two wholesale foodservice companies to service the upstate New York market and its surrounding areas.
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Connies Pizza

Palermo Villa acquires Connie’s Frozen Pizza

Included in the acquisition are trademarks for various varieties of Connie’s frozen pizza, which Palermo’s is already manufacturing.
February 20, 2017
Palermo Villa, Inc., Milwaukee, Wis., acquired the assets of Connie’s Naturals, LLC, a Carol Stream, Ill.-based frozen pizza manufacturer.
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Clean Energy Institute unveils testbeds for clean energy technologies

The state-of-the-art user facility features labs for manufacturing prototypes, testing devices and integrating systems.
February 20, 2017
The Clean Energy Institute (CEI), a research unit at the University of Washington (UW), Seattle, Wash., created the Washington Clean Energy Testbeds to increase the rate at which breakthrough science and engineering discoveries turn into market-adopted clean energy technologies.
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