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    Business Strategies

    Hain Celestial Continues to Trim SKUs, Consolidate Operations Across All Categories

    Andy Hanacek
    May 1, 2024
    Personal Care business feeling the impact currently, but more work expected to be done across all categories, the company says.
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    People on the Move

    Conagra Appoints Former Tyson Prepared Foods Exec to EVP Role

    Andy Hanacek
    April 30, 2024
    Noelle O’Mara will lead Conagra’s New Platforms and Acquisitions business after leading Tyson’s Prepared Foods division for several years.
    Business Strategies

    Prime Meats Seeks Acquisitions After Securing PE Investment

    Andy Hanacek
    April 26, 2024
    Duluth, Ga.-based value-added protein processor plans to continue to expand with added support from Shoreline Equity Partners.
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    Oberweis Dairy to Close Processing Plant After Filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

    Andy Hanacek
    April 17, 2024
    North Aurora dairy plant will close this summer, resulting in the layoff of 127 workers; fate of ice cream stores uncertain.
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    Business Strategies

    Quaker Recall Fallout? Company to Close Danville, Illinois, Processing Plant

    Andy Hanacek
    April 5, 2024
    After massive Quaker granola bar and cereal recall for potential Salmonella contamination, production at Danville plant was paused, and now the facility will shut down permanently...
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    Business Strategies

    FPSA Rebrands, Changes Name to Food Production Solutions Association

    Andy Hanacek
    March 27, 2024
    Association will also welcome food and beverage processing companies to its membership in an effort to increase collaboration throughout the operational chain.
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    Deli Processor Freirich Foods Files for Chapter 11 Protection

    Andy Hanacek
    March 25, 2024
    Citing a one-time, $7 million loss of product by a third-party cold-storage facility, Salisbury, N.C.-based meat processor believes it will continue to operate after proceeding...
    Candy & Confectionary

    Blommer Chocolate Co. to Close Legacy Chicago Processing Plant

    Andy Hanacek
    March 25, 2024
    Blommer Chocolate Co. today announced that it will close its Chicago processing facility — the company’s original manufacturing plant, which opened in 1939. The company said the...
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    Business Strategies

    Unilever Spinning Off Ice Cream Business, Cutting 7,500 Jobs

    Andy Hanacek
    March 19, 2024
    The diversified CPG will cut nearly 6% of its global workforce and embark on a cost-savings program over the next three years.

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    Ruiz Foods Opens On-Site Health Center at Dinuba, California, Plant

    Andy Hanacek
    Feb. 22, 2024
    The new health center is the third such facility the company has opened over the last several months at its plants across the country.
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    West Liberty Foods to Eliminate 260 Jobs at West Liberty Plant

    Andy Hanacek
    Feb. 20, 2024
    Company will shift RTE slicing and second-shift log fabrication to its Bolingbrook, Ill., plant over the next year.
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    Shearer’s Foods Confirms Closure of Lubbock, Texas, Snack Plant

    Andy Hanacek
    Feb. 16, 2024
    WARN notice was filed more than a week ago, after the facility saw a decrease in demand from the largest customer it serves.
    Fruits and Vegetables

    Sonoma County, California’s ‘Last Apple Plant’ Will Relocate to Sunnyside, Washington

    Andy Hanacek
    Feb. 15, 2024
    Manzana Products has processed apples into sauce, vinegar, cider and juice in Graton, Calif., for more than 100 years, but the cost to ship apples there will force the company...