This acquisition will help expand fruit and beverage product offerings in the United Kingdom.
December 7, 2016
The Hain Celestial Group, Inc., Lake Success, N.Y., and Hain Celestial United Kingdom acquired Orchard House Foods Ltd., a UK-based leader in prepared fruit, juices, fruit desserts and ingredients.
Younger consumers, those under age 40, have increased the annual eatings per capita of fresh vegetables by 52% and frozen vegetables by 59% over the last decade.
November 16, 2016
The continual parental reminder to “eat your vegetables” stuck with Millennials and Gen Zs because they are driving the growth in fresh and frozen vegetable consumption, according to a study released by The NPD Group.
Mercer Foods is a leading producer of natural and organic freeze-dried fruits and vegetables.
November 11, 2016
Graham Partners, Inc., Newtown Square, Pa., acquired Mercer Foods, LLC from Harris Williams & Co., a preeminent middle market investment bank based in Boston.
The facility allowed Titan Frozen Fruit to start processing strawberries just seven months after breaking ground.
November 4, 2016
Lineage Logistics, a Colton, Calif.-based warehousing and logistics company sponsored by Bay Grove Capital LLC, San Francisco, contracted with Fisher Construction Group, Burlington, Wash., to build a 216,777-square-foot LEED-certified facility for Titan Frozen Fruit, Salinas, Calif.
Expansion plans call for include an additional 50,000 square feet of space, a new packaging line for frozen fruits and vegetables and double the size of refrigerated docks.
August 2, 2016
G&C Food Distributors, a foodservice re-distributor based in Syracuse, N.Y., acquired a food distribution facility in Van Buren, N.Y.