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Shore Capital Partners, Chicago, announced the closing of its inaugural food and beverage fund, Shore Capital Food & Beverage Partners Fund I (F&B Fund I), which raised $148 million.

General Mills, Minneapolis, released its 2019 Global Responsibility Report, outlining the company's approach to creating environmental, social and economic value in the countries where it operates.

The processed seafood market is projected to reach $267.3 billion by 2023, at a CAGR of 5.2% from 2018, while the seafood processing equipment market is projected to reach $1.9 billion by 2023, at a CAGR of 5.6%, by 2023, according to new market research from MarketsandMarkets, New York.

The Greenbrier Cos., Inc., Lake Oswego, Ore., entered into an agreement to acquire the manufacturing business of American Railcar Industries (ARI), Saint Charles, Mo., from ITE Management LP, New York, for $400 million.

A La Mode, New York, introduced new 100% recycling packaging, including color changing spoons, to its line of handcrafted nut-, sesame- and egg-free ice cream.

Taylor Farms, Salinas, Calif., acquired Earthbound Farm, San Juan Bautistsa, Calif., from Danone SA, effective immediately.

Amazon, Seattle, Wash., acquired Canvas Technology, a Boulder, Colo.-based robotics startup that builds autonomous carts that move goods around warehouses.

Sysco Corp., Houston, Texas, acquired J & M Wholesale Meats and Imperio Foods, Inc. for approximately $44 million in combined annual sales.

Check out this week's roundup of personnel announcements from companies like Kroger, Walmart, Peco Foods and more.

Albertsons Cos., Boise, Idaho, joined the blockchain-based IBM Food Trust network, North Castle, N.Y., to begin piloting technology designed to improve how food is traced from farm to store shelf.