Highlights

Food Processing Capital Spending 2023
Capital Spending

2023 Capital Spending Outlook: Food and Beverage Capital Spending Continues to Grow

March 29, 2023
Food and beverage processors aren’t writing blank checks for capital expenditures, but enthusiasm abounds as food companies plan to invest heavily in their own growth in 2023 ...
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Plant Expansion

Nestlé Purina Announces $195 Million Expansion to Jefferson, Wisconsin, Plant

April 26, 2024
Capital project will add 100 jobs and is part of larger Nestlé growth strategy to expand its pet food capabilities and footprint.
Business Strategies

Prime Meats Seeks Acquisitions After Securing PE Investment

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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"Palermo's Pizza"
Capital Spending

Palermo Villa Plans New Pizza Production Facility in West Milwaukee, Wisconsin

April 23, 2024
New facility will help pizza manufacturer address increasing demand for its products and is expected to open in June 2025.
Dairy, Cheese, Eggs

Oberweis Dairy Receives Stalking Horse Bid, Raising Optimism About Future

April 23, 2024
Dutch Farms’ co-founder Brian Boomsma, named as the bidder, plans to operate and grow the business, according to an email from Oberweis.
Editor's Plate

Editor's Plate: Even the President Is Eyeing Your Price Increases

April 22, 2024
Biden's State of the Union address urged passage of the Shrinkflation Prevention Act.
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"Sara Lee Bread"
People on the Move

Grupo Bimbo Names New CEO; Creates Exec. Chair Role for Current CEO

April 22, 2024
Daniel Servitje, who has been CEO since 1997, will move into a more board-centric, long-term strategy type of role, overseeing new CEO Rafael Pamias.
Economic Development

Dairy Processor Daisy Brand to Build $627 Million Facility in Boone, Iowa

April 22, 2024
Manufacturer of sour cream, cottage cheese and dairy-based dips expects 750,000-sq.-ft. plant to employ as many as 255 when it is fully operational.
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"Fairlife Chocolate Milk bottle"
Capital Spending

Coca-Cola Begins Construction of Webster, New York, Fairlife Plant

April 19, 2024
The 745,000-sq.-ft. facility — which represents a $650 million investment — remains on track to open in the second half of 2025.
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"Quaker BIG Chewy Granola Bar"
Business Strategies

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

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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New Food Products

Natural Products Expo West 2024: Mushrooms, Tinned Fish and Pickleball

April 4, 2024
The annual new products extravaganza always is a reflection and precursor of food and beverage trends.
Mergers & Acquisitions

Custom Made Meals Buys Hearthside Food Solutions’ Jacksonville, Fla., Facility

April 4, 2024
The processing plant manufactures refrigerated kits, raw proteins, ready-to-cook and ready-to-heat meals, and gives Custom Made Meals a boost in those product segments.
Courtesy of Riviana Foods Inc.
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Plant Expansion

Rice Manufacturer Riviana Foods Completes Phase One of Memphis, Tenn., Plant Expansion

April 4, 2024
First phase doubled production capacity for Minute rice ready-to-serve cups; second phase under way and will add more production space for ready-to-serve pouch products.