The Inventure Group, a snack food manufacturer, has added three new flavors to its Burger King line of snack chips. The three flavors include Hot Fries, Cheese Fries and Hot & Spicy Onion Rings.
Viterra and Dakota Growers Pasta Company have signed a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which a subsidiary of Viterra will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Dakota Growers, a producer and marketer of dry pasta products in North America.
Wild Grill Foods, a wholly owned subsidiary of Prime Star Group, has entered into an agreement with UniSea to cater to its increased production needs.
The Meat House has commenced a full-scale, franchise development program to expedite the company's market penetration. The company has opened new stores in three different markets across the US and continues to procure franchise development agreements.
Pizza Inn has opened its new restaurant in Oklahoma City. The new restaurant is the company's third in this region and fourteenth in the state.
Sensible Portions, a developer and marketer of gourmet snacks, has launched three new snack products namely Miner's Gold, Potato Straws and Apple Straws.
Hershey Company has introduced three new varieties of chocolate bunnies, in addition to the peanut-butter-filled Reese’s Reester Bunny for the easter season. The new bunny selections include: 5-oz Solid Milk Chocolate Princess Bunny, Cookies ‘n’ Creme Bunnies, Bliss Milk Chocolate Bunnies with a Meltaway Center.
Tetra Pak has reported net sales of EUR8.95bn in 2009, up 1.2% compared to the prior year. Packaging solutions reached EUR8bn in net sales in 2009, an increase of 1.8% over prior year while sales of processing solutions declined 3.8% in comparable terms to EUR917m during this period.
Morinaga Milk Industry, a dairy company in Japan, has received a no objection letter from FDA in response to its GRAS notification for Bifidobacterium longum BB536, the company's proprietary probiotic strain. The official FDA affirmation that the ingredient is GRAS allows it to be included in functional foods.
Nestle Professional North America, a Cleveland, Ohio establishment, is recalling approximately 6,000 pounds of a ready-to-eat (RTE) bacon base product that may be contaminated with Salmonella.
Luna, the maker of the Whole Nutrition Bar for Women, has introduced a protein bar for women, which comes in three flavors such as Chocolate Peanut Butter, Cookie Dough and Chocolate Cherry Almond.
