Reiser and Ross Industries say the new, fully automatic INPACK IN50 Inline Tray Sealer produces modified atmosphere packages (MAP) from preformed trays of almost any size or shape and can package fresh, refrigerated or frozen food products.

Specialty foods giant Premium Brands Holdings Corporation, Vancouver, B.C., agreed to purchase all of the assets and operating divisions of Piller Sausages & Delicatessens Limited, Waterloo, Ont.

Feedstuffs reported that South Korea's Harim Holdings Co. Ltd. won an auction to buy  Allen Family Foods Inc., a  vertically integrated chicken processor in Seaford, Del.

Just days after announcing the purchase of Danfotech, The Middleby Corporation, Elgin, Ill., also said it agreed to buy Germany's Mauer-Atmos GmbH, Reichenau.

San Francisco-based private equity investor Encore Consumer Capital said it completed the $87 million sale of its portfolio company, Aidells Sausage Company, Inc. to Sara Lee Corporation.

Consumers recently polled by Technomic say they eat chicken more frequently than any other type of meat.

Restaurant and retail products supplier Bob Evans Farms Inc., Columbus, Ohio, said it has repackaged its entire food products line.

In conjunction with a third-quarter earnings release, Sara Lee Corp., Downers Grove, Ill., said it agreed to buy premium processor Aidells Sausage Company Inc., San Leandro, Calif., for $87 million.

Odom's Tennessee Pride has expanded its breakfast sandwich line to meet consumer demand for hot breakfast products that are lower in fat.

Canadian meat and bakery foods giant Maple Leaf Foods, Toronto, plans to build new meat processing plants and bakeries -- while it closes other facilities.