Chaucer Food Group, a United Kingdom-based producer of premium food ingredients, and Simple Pitch Ventures, Newport Beach, Calif., entered into an agreement to invest in Crunchies Food Co., a freeze-dried fruit and vegetable brand based in Westlake Village, Calif.
Brazil’s Cutrale-Safra Group acquired Chiquita Brands International Inc., New York, and all outstanding common shares of Chiquita for $14.50 per share in cash.
The global frozen food market is expected to be worth $293.75 billion by 2019, according to a recent study conducted and produced by Transparency Market Research, Albany, N.Y.
Wyman’s of Maine, Milbridge, Maine, released a team of new products, including fresh frozen dark sweet and red tart cherries, Nantucket cranberries and a strawberry, blueberry, cherry and kale blend.
Inventure Foods, Inc., Phoenix, Ariz., advanced the frozen fruit category with the introduction of Rader Farms Fruit PLUS Vitamins, what is said to be the first-ever fortified whole frozen fruit product.