Sysco Corp., Houston, Texas, acquired J & M Wholesale Meats and Imperio Foods, Inc. for approximately $44 million in combined annual sales.

Cargill, Wichita, Kan., announced plans to reposition its Rumba Meats line of fresh variety meats with an emphasis on Hispanic consumers.

The size of the Hispanic food and beverages market approached $18 billion in 2015, according to Packaged Facts, Rockville, Md.

Cheese producer Nuestro Queso LLC, Rosemont, Ill., introduced a new line of Nuestro Yogurt drinkable smoothies.

Goya Foods, Secaucus, N.J., opened four new state-of-the-art manufacturing, production and distribution facilities in Texas, Georgia, California and New Jersey, as part of a $250 million investment for a global expansion to support consumer demands of Goya's healthy product lines.