Hope Foods, the Louisville, Colo.-based producer of Hope Hummus, established a new business unit—Hope Fresh—to bring the shelf-life extension and food safety technology to the broader food processing community.
Tyson Foods, Inc., Springdale, Ark., continues to accelerate the strategic expansion of its value-added foods portfolio with the acquisition of Circle Foods, LLC, a San Diego, Calif.-based producer of refrigerated and frozen hand-held Mexican foods, uncooked tortillas and Indian flatbreads, from Claridge.
Joe Rainert will take on the role of chief executive officer, taking over for Jerry Shafir, who founded the company and who will transition to chairman of the board of directors.
Anthony “Tony” Walter Kunis, vice president of operations for Reser's Fine Foods, Beaverton, Ore., lost a valiant fight from pancreatic cancer, as he passed away at his home Nov. 20.
According to the Chinese New Year, 2012 is the year of the dragon, but for many in the refrigerated and frozen foods industry, it was more like the year of mergers, acquisitions, buyouts, sellouts, resignations and new retail product launches.
