Highlights

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%).
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Food Safety

Bird Flu Infects First Sheep in the UK

March 25, 2025
Highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) evolves to infect a new mammalian species, having made the jump to dairy cattle almost exactly one year ago; still, risk to general public...
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Editor's Plate

Editor's Plate: A Scary Financial Forecast

March 24, 2025
Our Capital Spending Outlook projects the first decrease in capital outlays since the Great Recession.
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Plant Expansion

Smucker to Invest $52.6 Million to Upgrade Buffalo, New York, Milk-Bone Facility

March 24, 2025
The J.M. Smucker Co. responds to growing demand for its dog treats by planning major renovations to the 125-year-old processing plant.
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Bakery & Baked Goods

Hearthside Food Solutions to Close Anaheim, California, Processing Plant

March 24, 2025
175 employees will be laid off when the contract manufacturer’s Anaheim facility shuts its doors on April 27.
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Capital Spending

Bauducco Foods Begins Construction on New Plant in Zephyrhills, Florida

March 24, 2025
First phase of new facility is expected to be operational by mid-2026, with the total plant cost expected to be more than $200 million.
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Capital Spending

Chobani to Invest $500 Million on Twin Falls, Idaho, Plant Expansion

March 21, 2025
Investment ranks as the highest the dairy company has made to date, adding 500,000 sq. ft. and more than 160 jobs — and is expected to be operational in early 2026.
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Plant Protein

Unilever Divests The Vegetarian Butcher to JBS-owned Vivera

March 20, 2025
Unilever decides that supply chain, technology and R&D differences of the plant-based foods brand were too different from the rest of the Unilever foods portfolio that a sale ...
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Mergers & Acquisitions

Goldbergs Group Adds Pasta Mami to Portfolio

March 13, 2025
Atlanta-area pasta manufacturer has partnered with Goldbergs’ subsidiaries to provide fresh pasta to a variety of customers across the region.
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Mergers & Acquisitions

Freshway Foods Acquired by Investment Firm from US Foods

March 13, 2025
Sidney, Ohio-based company processes fresh salad kits, grab-and-go salads and fresh-cut ingredients for retail, and provides foodservice products, transportation and logistics...
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International

Tit-for-Tat Tariff Threats Continue: Trump Floats 200% Levy on EU Champagne, Wines, Spirits

March 13, 2025
President Trump responds to the European Union’s plan for retaliatory tariffs — which itself was a response to his announcement of a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum products ...
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Plant Expansion

Pickled Product Company Bay View Packing Doubles Throughput With Equipment Upgrades

March 12, 2025
Milwaukee, Wis.-based Bay View Packing adds a rotary chuck capper and new label applicator, allowing it to cap as many as 90 jars per minute, versus its former maximum of 40 per...