Refrigerated & Frozen Foods talks with Lisa Webb, director of distribution and seafood procurement at Gorton’s Inc., The Gloucester, Mass., company is a leader in frozen branded and foodservice seafood.
Refrigerated and frozen seafood products exec Todd Blount was among those recently honored by Ernst & Young LLP (EY), Boston, as one of its New England 2010-11 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Award" winners.
The Fort Wayne (Ind.) News-Sentinel reported that duck processor Maple Leaf Farms, Milford, Ind., expects by October to relocate its corporate headquarters to a renovated former elementary school in Leesburg, Ind.
Broadline seafood processor Fishery Products International Inc. (FPI), Danvers, Mass., said it hired three people to bolster its foodservice program and grow in key sales channels.
Supermarket retailing giant The Kroger Co., Cincinnati, said it recognized several key supplier partners for "exceptional contributions" to Kroger's private label business.
Twin Cities Business reported that Dairy Farmers of America Inc., Kansas City, Mo., is in talks with HP Hood LLC, Lynnfield, Mass., to acquire Kemps LLC.