PURCHASE, NY. — Three-and-half months after unveiling the $1.2 billion deal, PepsiCo, Inc. has wrapped up its acquisition of ...

CHICAGO — Kellanova is expanding its Cheez-It cracker brand with two new pizza-inspired flavors.

The Spider 200i from BluePrint Automation is a case erect, pack-and-seal system using a multi-axis robot to pick snack bags ...

MCLEAN, VA. — Mars, Inc. has named Alastair Child chief sustainability officer, effective Feb. 3. He will report to Andy Pharoah, vice president of corporate affairs and sustainability and a member of ...

Further supporting values and contributing to the lower carryover forecasts, the USDA revised its 2024 corn production estimate to 14,867 million bus, down 1.8% from 15,143 million bus in December.

NEW YORK — Consumers continued to turn to private label products in 2024 as total category sales rose 3.9% to $271 billion ...

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has fallen short of its facility inspection targets, according to the ...

Premium frozen side and vegetable options have done particularly well, up 3% and 11% in volume sales, respectively, versus ...

CHICAGO — Specialty bakery Sweetmore Bakeries has acquired Azteca Bakeries, a Phoenix-based wholesale manufacturer of ...

RACINE, WIS. — Butter Buds Inc. introduced Cocoa Butter Buds. According to the company, this concentrated powder is made with real cocoa fat that provides formulators with a cost-effective alternative ...

FARGO, ND. — David Boehm has been promoted to director of The Northern Crops Institute (NCI). Boehm has served as NCI’s technical manager since 2019 and co-interim director since February 2024.

MOUNT PLEASANT, WIS. — A partnership between Oterra and Vaxa Technologies, an Iceland-based company that uses an indoor production process to convert geothermal energy into food using microalgae, has ...