Oberto Sausage Co., Kent Wash., entered the refrigerate deli category with new hot links, Italian charcuterie and smoked sausages.

The deli meat market is projected to grow $114.18 billion, at a CAGR of 11%, by 2023, according to “Global Deli Meat Market 2019-2023,” a report published by Technavio, London.

Johnsonville, LLC, Sheboygan Falls, Wis., formed a joint venture with Frabelle Fishing Corp., based in the Philippines.

Ben E. Keith Foods, Fort Worth, Texas, announced plans to build a 425,000-square-foot foodservice distribution center in New Brockton, Ala.

Zur Mühlen Group, Germany, announced plans to acquire the German sausage business of Bell Food Group, Switzerland.

Greenleaf Foods, SPC, the Chicago-based owner of Field Roast Grain Meat Co., partnered with Elysian Brewing Co., Seattle, Wash., to create Field Roast Bratwurst, made with Elysian beer.

Beyond Meat, Inc., El Segundo, Calif., expanded its partnership with Zandbergen World’s Finest Meat, The Netherlands, to produce the brand’s plant-based meats at a new manufacturing facility being constructed in Zoeterwoude, the Netherlands.

North Country Smokehouse, Claremont, N.H., collaborated with Harpoon Brewery, Boston, Mass., and Vermont Farmstead Cheese Co., South Woodstock, Vt., to add two new sausage products.

Wellshire Farms, Swedesboro, N.J., launched Bloody Mary-flavored dry rubbed uncured bacon.

Hormel Foods Corp., Austin, Minn., and IGS Solar, Dublin, Ohio, began construction on a solar energy project at the Hormel Foods Swiss American Sausage Co. facility in Lathrop, Calif.