Thanks to its new facility, TOMRA Sorting Solutions is now able to test the performance of its sorting machines for all individually quick-frozen (IQF) products in a true-to-life environment.
There has been a sea change, with increasing numbers of consumers seeking more transparency from the food and beverage industry and shunning artificial ingredients.
Hormel Foods Corp., Austin, Minn., entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Applegate Farms, LLC, the Bridgewater, N.J.-based owner of the Applegate brand and producer of natural and organic value-added prepared meats.
Smithfield Foods, Inc., Smithfield, Va., and Kansas City Sausage, LLC, Kansas City, Mo., announced construction of a $44.8 million, 90,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art sausage plant in Sampson County, N.C.
Supply chain solutions provider Integrated Distribution Services, Inc. (IDS) announced plans to build a new fulfillment center and headquarters in Plainfield, Ind.