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    "Liverwurst"
    Food Safety

    Boar’s Head Closing Jarratt, Virginia, Plant Tied to Deadly Listeria Outbreak

    Andy Hanacek
    Sept. 13, 2024
    Company announces it will also discontinue liverwurst production and appoints four national food safety experts to a new food safety council who will advise a new chief food safety...
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    Ingredients

    New Ingredients: September 2024

    Sept. 13, 2024
    Plant-based butter substitute from Bunge; marbled steaks from Planteneers GmbH; upcycled certification from Ingredion Inc.; protein and cereal bars from Gelita USA; sante and ...
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    Mergers & Acquisitions

    Farmhouse Inc. Buys T-Pain’s ‘Dranks’ Company

    Andy Hanacek
    Sept. 12, 2024
    Functional beverages brand Nappy Boy Dranks, founded by T-Pain, looks to grow in a big way with Farmhouse’s backing.
    Milcho Petrov Milev
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    Business Strategies

    PE Firm Invests in Mama Lycha Foods

    Andy Hanacek
    Sept. 11, 2024
    Rotunda Capital Partners looks to accelerate growth of Latin American foods processor in partnership with founding Padilla family.
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    People on the Move

    Nissin Foods USA Names New Chief Human Resources Officer

    Andy Hanacek
    Sept. 11, 2024
    Karen Robinson joins the company to lead HR programs and set hiring practices for new processing plant in Greenville County, South Carolina.
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    Supply Chain

    Mama’s Creations Hires Veteran Supply Chain Exec to Be Its New COO

    Andy Hanacek
    Sept. 9, 2024
    Moore “Skip” Tappan joins the deli prepared foods processor after more than 30 years of supply chain leadership for Walmart, Campbell Soup and Procter & Gamble.
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    Fruits and Vegetables

    Fresh Del Monte Appoints North American Senior VP to Drive Operational Excellence

    Andy Hanacek
    Sept. 9, 2024
    Danny Dumas has been appointed senior vice president of Sales, Marketing & Product Management for the company’s North America operations.
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    Ingredients

    GLP-1 Diets – Opportunity, not Liability

    Claudia O’Donnell
    Sept. 6, 2024
    There is much current excitement over GLP-1 drugs for weight loss, but their appetite suppression must be countered with protein and other nutritional ingredients.
    Andrey Starostin
    Fresh cold sliced bacon with dill branch on the wood background
    Capital Spending

    Construction Resumes on New Bacon Processing Plant in Davenport, Iowa

    Andy Hanacek
    Sept. 6, 2024
    Fair Oaks Foods had paused the $134 million project in August 2023, but local reports say construction has resumed in earnest.

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    Cheribundi, Inc.
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    Mehmet Cetin
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    People on the Move

    Hormel Foods’ Retail EVP to Retire, Former Applegate Exec to Return

    Andy Hanacek
    Aug. 20, 2024
    Former Applegate president will return and take the reins of the company’s retail division from Deanna Brady, who will retire at the end of October.
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    Alternative Protein

    Elmhurst 1925 Offers a DIY Plant-Based Chicken

    Dave Fusaro
    Aug. 19, 2024
    The plant-based dairy introduces TerraMeat Plant-Based Chick’n, an ingredient pouch to make hemp-based ‘chicken’ at home.
    baibaz
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    Mergers & Acquisitions

    Calavo Growers Sells Fresh Cut Produce Business to F&S Fresh Foods

    Andy Hanacek
    Aug. 16, 2024
    Sale of former Renaissance Food Group to New Jersey produce processor will allow Calavo to focus on avocado and guacamole businesses.
    Alexandr Chytil
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    Worker Safety

    DOL Fines Mar-Jac Poultry, Requires Additional Safety Measures in Settlement Over Teen Worker’s Death

    Andy Hanacek
    Aug. 15, 2024
    Poultry processor will pay more than $164k in fines and be required to significantly increase safety measures after the death of a 16-year-old contract sanitation worker in July...