Highlights

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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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Legal Issues

USDA, DOGE Slash About $1 Billion in School Nutrition Funding Programs

March 11, 2025
Two programs that allowed schools and food banks to purchase more food from local farms and ranches will be cut after Trump administration determines they were not fiscally responsible...
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Bakery & Baked Goods

J.M. Smucker Co. Shuffles Executive Team in Attempt to Spark Hostess Growth

Feb. 27, 2025
Judd Freitag will attempt to return sweet baked snacks business unit to growth while maintaining growth in the U.S. retail pet foods segment.
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Capital Spending

JBS USA to Invest $200 Million in Cactus, Texas, and Greeley, Colo., Beef Plants

Feb. 4, 2025
Cactus plant will get a new fabrication floor and ground beef room, while Greeley will have a new distribution center built.
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Plant Protein

Plant-Based Company Misha’s Acquires Vertage, Access to Fresh Del Monte Produce Logistics Network

Jan. 16, 2025
Plant-based company believes access to logistics network, production capabilities of Fresh Del Monte will accelerate its distribution and new product development.
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Beverage Products

PepsiCo to End Production at Three Additional Plants in Cincinnati, Harrisburg (Pa.), Atlanta

Oct. 30, 2024
Company looks to optimize its manufacturing network, as these three shutdowns join the immediate closure of a Pepsi plant on the South Side of Chicago the day prior.
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Legal Issues

$2.5 Million of Retail, Bottled Terra Delyssa Olive Oil Stolen From Houston Warehouse

Oct. 7, 2024
Thieves slipped away with 18 truckloads of CHO America’s Terra Delyssa olive oil products, the second such theft internationally in the past few weeks.
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Supply Chain

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

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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Cybersecurity

Top 7 OT Cybersecurity Challenges in the Food & Beverage Industry

July 18, 2024
With IT/OT convergence, more and more assets are connected to the OT network, creating a broader attack surface for cyberattacks.
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Capital Spending

Kraft Heinz Unveils Plan for Massive Automated Distribution Facility in Northern Illinois

July 13, 2023
The 775,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility is expected to open in DeKalb, Ill., in 2025 and drive twice the volume for Kraft Heinz customers.
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Cybersecurity

Americold Suffers Second Network Breach in Three Years

May 2, 2023
Cold storage and logistics company requested customers cancel inbound and most outbound deliveries after it had to shut down its breached network.
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Cybersecurity

How Food and Beverage Companies Can Prepare for Cyberattacks

April 3, 2023
More reporting and cooperation among processors should improve defenses, but companies large and small should still be aware of what's at stake with their cybersecurity.
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Transportation

JBS Grand Island Beef Plant Reports Theft of Trailer of Beef

March 31, 2023
About $275,000 worth of beef headed to Virginia never arrived, and the truck’s GPS tracker was disabled.