BOONTON, NJ. – The snack maker Our Home is acquiring the R.W. Garcia and Good Health brands as well as three manufacturing plants from Utz Brands, Inc. for approximately $182.5 million. R.W. Garcia is a tortilla chip manufacturer and Good Health…
lAS VEGAS — The 2024 Winter Fancy Food Show saw more than 1,200 global and domestic specialty food and beverage makers showcase their newest products Jan. 21-23 in Las Vegas. The $194 billion specialty food market targets consumers interested in…
LONDON, ONT. — Andriani SpA, a pasta manufacturing company based in Italy, will invest C$33.6 million ($25.1 million) to build a production facility in London, which will become the company’s first facility in North America. Andriani will make gluten-free and…
NEW YORK — Existing investors continue to see success in Mezcla, a plant-based protein bar company, which recently raised $4 million in a Series A funding round. Griffin Spolansky, co-founder and chief executive officer of Mezcla, said the funding round was…
SAN DIEGO — Wynn Austin, founder of Wynn’s Kitchen, has taken a leap of faith and opened a crowdfunding round out of hopes of providing more consumers with her better-for-you Asian-based condiments. Wynn’s Kitchen offers two sauces — peanut sauce and…
NASHVILLE, TENN. — A Worker Adjustment Retraining Notification (WARN) Act notice posted by the Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development said that Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. expects to lay off 111 people at its location in Nashville. The notice…
CHICAGO – It should be no surprise red dye No. 3, also known as erythrosine, is in pink Peeps marshmallow chicks; it’s in the lavender colored ones, too, in a blend with blue dye No. 1 and yellow dye No. 6.…
CHASKA, MINN. — QualiTech LLC has named Rick Pedersen as chief executive officer. Pedersen succeeds Mike Hodgens, who was CEO and president for the company for three years. “We are thrilled to welcome Rick to QualiTech,” said Steven Loeffler, managing director…
SEATTLE — In the heart of Seattle, Atomo Coffee is opening its newest facility to scale its upcycled coffee grounds formulated from date pits. The 33,547-square-foot plant will enable the company to produce approximately 4 million lbs of coffee grounds a…
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