Advanta, a Vienna, Va.-based division of Nicholl Food Packaging Ltd., met Rupari Food Services, the South Holland, Ill., packer processor for the Kingsford baby back pork ribs, to discuss this challenge.

Kingsford Products Co., owner of the Charcoal brand and wholly owned subsidiary of The Clorox Co., Oakland, Calif., reached a multi-year agreement with CBQ, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Carl Buddig & Co., Homewood, Ill., to produce Kingsford’s branded pre-cooked ribs and barbecue entrées.

Rupari Food Services, a South Holland, Ill.-based producer of branded and private label restaurant-quality barbequed meats, including Tony Roma's and Butcher's Prime retail brands, reached a definitive agreement to sell to a wholly owned subsidiary of Carl Buddig and Co., South Holland, Ill.