Blount Fine Foods, Fall River, Mass., said it purchased the assets of Cape Cod Chowder Company, a Marion, Mass., competitor in fresh and frozen soups, dips and spreads.
The Canadian Federation of Independent Grocers (CFIG) has announced its "Top 10 Innovative Products" for 2012 at day two of Grocery Innovations Canada.
Millard, a leading refrigerated warehousing and distribution services company, said it purchased the Springfield, Ohio, distribution center of BEF Foods, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Bob Evans Farms, Inc.
The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., Melville, N.Y., said it purchased the Europe's Best line of all natural, frozen fruit and vegetable products in Canada from The J.M. Smucker Company.
Private label foods giant Ralcorp Holdings, Inc., St. Louis, said its Board of Directors met and considered an unsolicited, non-binding proposal from ConAgra Foods to acquire Ralcorp.