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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Business of Food & Beverage

Cultured Meat Hits ‘Pause’

May 3, 2024
One year after the first approval of cultured chicken in the U.S., no factory-grown meat product looks close to commercialization. So when?
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Business of Food & Beverage

Cultured Meat, Part of a Global Conspiracy, Banned in Florida

May 3, 2024
Gov. Ron DeSantis signs a bill “to stop the World Economic Forum’s … authoritarian goals” – or maybe just to protect ranchers in that state.
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Business Strategies

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

May 1, 2024
Personal Care business feeling the impact currently, but more work expected to be done across all categories, the company says.
Mergers & Acquisitions

Atkins, Quest Parent Company Acquires RTD Protein Shake Company

May 1, 2024
Simply Good Foods Co. will add Only What You Need (OWYN) to its portfolio for $280 million in cash, to help diversify the ready-to-drink protein shake offerings.
Capital Spending

2024 Capital Spending Outlook: Unfinished Business

April 30, 2024
After making big capital spending plans for 2023 — and underspending those budgets — food & beverage processors are proceeding at a more normalized pace (+3%).
Capital Spending

2024 Capital Spending Outlook: Top Current Projects

April 30, 2024
Food Processing's Capital Spending Project report looks at what new projects the top food and beverage companies are spending their money on.
Capital Spending

2024 Capital Spending Outlook: Budgets of the Top Food & Beverage Companies

April 30, 2024
Food Processing's annual Capital Spending Report looks at the top food and beverage companies and their capital expenditures.
Courtesy of Conagra Brands Inc.
People on the Move

Conagra Appoints Former Tyson Prepared Foods Exec to EVP Role

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.
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Animal Proteins

Three Rivers Meat Co., Choctaw Nation Partner to Open New Meat Processing Plant

April 17, 2024
New meat processing plant and retail store fills a much-needed gap for consumers and ranchers in the region.
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Dairy, Cheese, Eggs

Oberweis Dairy to Close Processing Plant After Filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

April 17, 2024
North Aurora dairy plant will close this summer, resulting in the layoff of 127 workers; fate of ice cream stores uncertain.
Mergers & Acquisitions

McCain Foods Increases Investment Stake in Ireland Frozen Veggie Company Strong Roots

April 16, 2024
Strong Roots and McCain first entered into a partnership in 2021, and McCain plans to expand the vegetable-forward frozen products into additional global markets.
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Capital Spending

Indian Meals Processor Cafe Spice Opens Second Processing Plant

April 15, 2024
New facility in Beacon, N.Y., spans 70,000-sq.-ft. and gives the company two plants within a few miles of each other, to ramp up production and improve efficiency.