Beyond Meat is entering a 12-year lease in a new, nearly 300,000 square foot space at 888 N. Douglas Street in El Segundo, California. The building is currently under development by Hackman Capital Partners with anticipated completion in spring 2021. The site will serve as the company’s new state-of-the-art global headquarters, making it one of the world’s largest and most technologically advanced plant-based research centers. The cutting-edge campus is slated to open in fall of this year and is a substantial increase in the company’s footprint that will support best-in-class innovation, advanced research labs and the incubation of big ideas that further disrupt and define the plant-based market of the future.
Steven Charles Desserts--which recently changed its name from Steven Robert Original Desserts (SROriginals)--announced it has filled two key leadership roles in culinary innovation and sales.
The new 40,000-square-foot innovation center is an expansion of the company's existing state-of-the-art research and development and culinary capabilities.
September 4, 2019
Conagra Brands, Inc., Chicago, announced plans to build The Conagra Brands Center for Food Design in Chicago at 350 N. Orleans Street, located next to its existing headquarters in The Merchandise Mart.
Internal, external or mixed teams will receive access to Nestlé's R&D expertise and infrastructure, including shared labs, kitchens, bench-scale and pilot-scale equipment.
April 10, 2019
Nestlé S.A., Switzerland, created the Nestlé R&D Accelerator based in Lausanne, Switzerland. The accelerator brings together Nestlé scientists, students and start-ups to advance science and technology to accelerate the development of innovative products and systems.
Nestlé’s researchers collaborate with scientists at local and international academic institutions, enabling them to make scientific discoveries and to advance the quality of Nestlé’s products.
May 24, 2018
Nestlé S.A., Switzerland, announced plans to bring together its two scientific discovery units, the Nestlé Research Center and the Nestlé Institute of Health Sciences, to build one organization called Nestlé Research.
The food center is the primary provider of food product development, technology transfer, commercialization and food safety training for the Saskatchewan, Canada, food industry.
January 25, 2018
The Saskatchewan Food Industry Development Centre Inc., Canada, opened the state-of-the-art Agri-Food Innovation Centre.