Castle Harlan, Inc., a New York-based middle-market private equity firm, acquired Gold Star Foods, Inc., an Ontario, Calif.-based nutritional food distributor to K-12 schools in California, Arizona and Nevada.
The House Agriculture Committee approved a new Farm Bill that will enable elementary schools to serve a broader range of healthy fruit and vegetable snacks, including frozen.
Talk about a fruitful new product development program. Kraft Foods is literally adding a fruit component to the company's popular Oscar Mayer Lunchables line.
Frozen Mexican foods leader Ruiz Foods, Dinuba, Calif., launched a national retail consumer promotion featuring NASCAR driver Ryan Newman, who is sponsored by Ruiz's hand-held frozen snacks brand, Tornados.
