Posted inCenter Store, Home Page Slider, Lipari Foods, Midwest

Egglife Foods, Sprouts Farmers Market Enter Distribution Partnership

Egglife Foods, the food company that uses cage-free eggs instead of flour to reimagine carb-heavy foods, has announced national distribution with Sprouts Farmers Market on the heels of its one-year anniversary. Its signature egg white wraps, made by utilizing a patented method for transforming egg whites into a tortilla-style wrap, provide an alternative to flour wraps […]

Posted inCenter Store, Home Page Slider, Northeast

B&G Foods To Acquire Crisco Brand For $550M From J.M. Smucker Co.

B&G Foods has entered into an agreement to acquire the Crisco brand of oils and shortening from The J.M. Smucker Co. for approximately $550 million in cash, subject to a post-closing inventory adjustment. As part of the acquisition, B&G Foods is also acquiring a manufacturing facility and warehouse in Cincinnati, Ohio. B&G Foods expects the acquisition […]

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Profile: Meet Sydney Wicklacz With Kraft Heinz Co.

The Shelby Report and The Grocery Group together present this series, People to Watch, to focus on current and future leadership in the grocery industry. In this installment, Grocery Group Founder and CEO Cindy Sorensen interviews Sydney Wicklacz, associate customer category manager with the Kraft Heinz Co. I first met Sydney when she was a […]

Posted inCenter Store, Home Page Slider, Southeast

Southeastern Mills Expanding Center For Superior Logistics

Southeastern Mills has announced the beginning of construction to expand its Center for Superior Logistics, located in Rome, Georgia, by 90,000 square feet. General contractor responsibilities have been awarded to E.A. Benefield, who will use local and regional subcontracts when possible. Southeastern Mills is a fourth-generation, family-owned food company headquartered in Rome. Founded in 1941, the company’s […]

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Nestlé Purina PetCare To Open New $450M Factory In Eden, NC

Nestlé Purina PetCare says it is making an estimated $450 million investment to open a new factory in Eden, North Carolina, to meet increasing demand for its pet foods. This expansion is part of a broader growth plan for Purina that began last year with the grand opening of the company’s newest wet pet food factory and distribution center in Hartwell, […]