mergers
Bolthouse acquires Rousseau’s carrot operations to expand Southwest footprint
Bolthouse Farms announced March 25 it has entered into an agreement to acquire Arizona-based Rousseau Farming Company’s carrot operations. The a... continue reading »
B&G Foods acquires veggie tots, fries maker Farmwise
B&G Foods Inc. announced that effective today it has acquired Farmwise LLC, the creator of Veggie Fries, Veggie Tots and Veggie Rings. “We a... continue reading »
The Coastal Companies acquires Lancaster Foods in produce merger
The Coastal Companies has acquired of Lancaster Foods from Guest Services Inc., a hospitality management company based in Fairfax, Virginia. Lanca... continue reading »
Duravant acquires optical color and defect sorting equipment provider WECO
Duravant has reached an agreement to acquire Woodside Electronics (WECO), a manufacturer of optical color and defect sorting equipment. Along with ... continue reading »
Volm acquires stake in palletizing company Solidtec
Volm Companies, an industry leader in packaging and equipment solutions to the fresh produce industry, has announced that its partner, Manter Internat... continue reading »
PSSI, Packers Chemical unifies under single brand, PSSI Chemical Innovations
PSSI, the largest contract sanitation provider across the USDA, FDA and CFIA food processing industries and its sister chemical company, Packers Chemi... continue reading »
Church Brothers Farms acquires Green Giant value-added veggie business
Church Brothers Farms acquired the Green Giant Fresh value-added vegetable business from Growers Express LLC. Details of the transaction were not disc... continue reading »
Utz acquires Kitchen Cooked in snack food merger
Utz Quality Foods announced the acquisition of Illinois-based Kitchen Cooked in a snack foods merger. The acquisition includes the Kitchen Cooked bran... continue reading »
Apple Rush Company adds former Anheuser-Busch VP to advisory board
The Apple Rush Company has added Randy Ornstein, former vice president of Anheuser-Busch, to its official advisory board. Ornstein is a former 18-y... continue reading »
Lamb Weston forms partnership to service South American market
Lamb Weston Holdings announced Oct. 15 that it has formed a joint venture with Sociedad Comercial del Plata in Argentina to serve the nearly two-billi... continue reading »
