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The Q4 2016 findings reveal that 70% of consumers feel their household finances will improve in the next six months, and are willing to pay a premium for higher quality and highly differentiated packaged goods products as well as for the convenience of shopping online.

Low carbon technologies are now cost competitive with fossil fuels, and innovation is gathering pace across the sector, according to a new report by Lloyd’s Register.

Danone’s North American companies, including Dannon and Evian, announced plans to move its White Plains, N.Y., headquarters and accessory food laboratory to downtown White Plains.

Safe Fleet, Belton, Mo., acquired Randall Manufacturing LLC, an Elmhurst, Ill.-based manufacturer of specialized products used mainly in refrigerated semi-trailers.

Clearwater Seafoods Inc., Canada, announced more than $5 million in new investments in its Arctic surf clam fishery.

QSRs, which represent 80% of total commercial foodservice visits, realized no traffic growth in 2016 and total foodservice traffic dipped slightly, according to a report published by The NPD Group, Chicago.

Building on the recent strategic alliance with Label Insight, Chicago, Nielsen, New York, launched Nielsen Product Insider, a retail and consumer measurement tool designed to transform on-pack nutrient and food ingredient labels into quantifiable attributes.

The Tillamook County Creamery Association (TCCA), Tillamook, Ore., gifted $1.5 million to support construction of a new food and beverage facility at Oregon State University, Corvallis, Ore.