Meat plant closure puts 550 jobs at risk
Up 550 jobs are threatened as a result of the winding down of two Brazilian poultry plants, owned by meat processor BRF.
Archives for June 8, 2016
General Mills and Organic Valley enter dairy partnership
General Mills has entered a strategic sourcing partnership with Wisconsin-based dairy cooperative Organic Valley that will help roughly 20 dairy farms add around 3,000 acres to organic dairy production over the next three years.
HPT process could offer fresher preserved food on commercial scale by 2019
A new processing technique to preserve food for months without loosing freshness could be commercially available as soon as 2019, say researchers developing the technique.
Door to Door Organics and Relay Foods extend geographic reach & resources with merger
Door to Door Organics and Relay Foods are teaming up to create a new powerhouse in online grocery retail that has sweeping geographic reach and extensive technological and operational expertise that combined will help the new organization tackle ongoing...
Can ice cream be a meal replacement? Brio thinks so
Vermont-company Brio says it has developed a product that can satiate a sweet tooth and fulfill cravings for a cold treat in a guilt-free manner with its nutrient-dense “meal replacement” ice cream.
Little Spoon gives iconic pudding a modern day twist for a novel frozen dessert
Pudding is no longer a mid-century dessert frozen in time – now it is frozen in freezers for a modern day twist on an iconic treat, thanks to the innovative duo behind the startup little spoon frozen pudding.
Loacker, Glico, among non-US companies that want a bigger piece of (the apple) pie
There are big snack brands from around the world that are relatively unknown in the United states, but actually share the same ubiquity in pantry shelves and public consciousness in their home countries as Oreo and Goldfish crackers do in American...