National refrigerated salads and prepared foods processor Reser's Fine Foods, Inc., Beaverton, Ore., said it expects this fall to complete an $18.25 million cash purchase of Vaughan Foods Inc.
Who says there's no such thing as a free meal? To introduce its frozen pizza to more consumers, Dr. Oetker U.S.A., LLC, Mount Laurel, N.J., is preparing its second annual "Ristorante Sampling Tour."
Your grocer's produce section is becoming a meal solutions department. Chiquita Brands International Inc. said its Fresh Express subsidiary in Salinas, Calif., introduced a line of value-added salad kits to address rising demand for "salad meals."