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    Dairy, Cheese, Eggs

    Oberweis Dairy Receives Stalking Horse Bid, Raising Optimism About Future

    Andy Hanacek
    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.
    Economic Development

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

    Andy Hanacek
    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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    Capital Spending

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

    Andy Hanacek
    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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    Dairy, Cheese, Eggs

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

    Andy Hanacek
    April 17, 2024
    North Aurora dairy plant will close this summer, resulting in the layoff of 127 workers; fate of ice cream stores uncertain.
    Dairy, Cheese, Eggs

    Bird Flu Strikes Michigan’s Top Egg Producer, Herbruck’s Poultry Ranch

    Andy Hanacek
    April 5, 2024
    Highly pathogenic avian influenza was detected in flock at Green Meadow Organics farm in Ionia County.
    Courtesy of Tillamook County Creamery Assn.
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    People on the Move

    Tillamook Announces President & CEO Transition

    Andy Hanacek
    April 4, 2024
    Longtime leader, Patrick Criteser, will step down later this year and hand the reins to current EVP of brand growth & commercialization, David Booth.
    Dairy, Cheese, Eggs

    Avian Influenza Case Wipes Out Nearly 2 Million Birds at Cal-Maine Texas Facility

    Andy Hanacek
    April 3, 2024
    Production has been halted and more than 1.9 million birds culled at Parmer County egg facility after HPAI was found to have infiltrated the flock.
    Courtesy of Unilever
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    Business Strategies

    Unilever Spinning Off Ice Cream Business, Cutting 7,500 Jobs

    Andy Hanacek
    March 19, 2024
    The diversified CPG will cut nearly 6% of its global workforce and embark on a cost-savings program over the next three years.
    Mergers & Acquisitions

    Cal-Maine Completes Acquisition of Tyson’s Dexter, Missouri, Processing Plant

    Andy Hanacek
    March 15, 2024
    Facility will be converted to process shell egg and egg products, Cal-Maine Foods announced.

    Recent

    Courtesy of Walmart
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    Courtesy of California Dairy Research Foundation
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    Courtesy of Sandridge Crafted Foods
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    Mergers & Acquisitions

    Sandridge Crafted Foods Acquires Winter Gardens Quality Foods in New Oxford, Pennsylvania

    Andy Hanacek
    Nov. 10, 2023
    Addition of the New Oxford facility expected to increase production capacity and capabilities for Ohio-based food processor Sandridge.
    Tony Webster
    "Miyoko's Creamery - Vegan Cream Cheese"
    Business Strategies

    Miyoko’s Creamery to Close Petaluma Processing Plant While Weighing Growth Options

    Andy Hanacek
    Nov. 10, 2023
    Company shifting to “bigger and broader scale opportunities” for production growth, says CEO Stuart Kronauge.
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    People on the Move

    Former Swift Prepared Foods Exec Named New President, CEO of West Madison Foods

    Andy Hanacek
    Nov. 2, 2023
    Tom Lopez, who led Swift Prepared Foods as well as two separate divisions at Kraft Foods/Kraft Heinz in his career, joins the processor of dressings and dips out of Chicago.
    Power Lunch

    Power Lunch: Food Processors Can Help Create a Database for Food Microbes

    Wendelyn Jones
    Oct. 31, 2023
    The Global Branded Food Products Database invites food processors to contribute health data on yogurt cultures and other live microbes.