Jackson’s has announced a plant expansion that will nearly triple its production capacity and add an additional 10,000 square feet of manufacturing space to the Muskego, Wisconsin-based company. The expansion comes less than two years after Jackson’s opened its production facility, which the company believes to be “the first of its kind dedicated to only […]
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Posted inCenter Store, West
Natural Balance Wins 2023 Wet Dog Food Product Of Year
Natural Balance Pet Foods has won a 2023 Pet Independent Innovation Award for its new Limited Ingredient Stews for Dogs. The stews, which hit shelves earlier during the summer, won the award for Dog Wet Food Product of the Year. The Limited Ingredient Stews for Dogs feature single animal protein from chicken, beef or duck […]
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Diamond Crystal Salt Co. Introduces Fine Kosher Baking Salt
Diamond Crystal Salt Co. has introduced Fine Kosher Baking Salt, designed specifically for baking. The Minneapolis-based company said the salt’s finer-cut crystals dissolve, mix and blend faster and more evenly into batters and doughs than table salt. Using Cargill’s proprietary Alberger refinement process, the baking salt delivers increased flavor and is free of additives. The […]
Posted inCenter Store, Midwest
Post Holdings To Acquire Perfection Pet Foods
Post Holdings has agreed to acquire the assets of Perfection Pet Foods for $235 million. Perfection is a manufacturer and packager of private label and co-manufactured pet food and baked treat products. The acquisition includes two facilities in Visalia, California, which will provide Post Holdings with additional manufacturing capacity to source a portion of its […]
Posted inCenter Store, Feature, Northeast
Olive Oil Market Sees Little Decline Despite Higher Prices
While prices continue to rise and supplies are down from last year, the olive oil market is growing. High temperatures and drought in Spain have caused about a 50 percent decline in production, according to Mouna Aissaoui, EVP and COO at Baltimore-based Pompeian Inc. “Although Spain is just one of the producing countries of olive oil, it […]
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Second Nature Brands Acquires Sahale Snacks
Second Nature Brands has agreed to acquire Sahale Snacks from The J.M. Smucker Co. for $34 million. With net sales of more than $48 million, Sahale Snacks is a manufacturer and marketer of premium, branded nut and fruit snack mixes, sold across the U.S. and internationally under the Sahale Snacks brand. The transaction will include all […]
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Catania Oils’ Latest Expansion Boosts Storage, Shipping
To enhance its capacity to store finished goods and streamline shipping, Catania Oils has leased a 215,000-square-foot warehouse at 90 Nemco Way in Ayer, Massachusetts. The development comes on the heels of the company’s 51,000 square-foot expansion at 1 Nemco Way last fall. It also will include space for about 60 employees who are housed […]
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IGA, Nestlé Purina PetCare To Expand Reinvention Program
The Independent Grocers Alliance has continued its strategic partnership with Nestlé Purina PetCare to expand the pet category reinvention program across IGA’s 1,900 U.S. retail members and their wholesalers. This collaboration will enhance the shopping experience for pet owners and provide additional touchpoints for retailers to engage and educate their shoppers in the pet care […]