USDA is under increasing pressure from dairy processors who say the agency's sudden decision to delay implantation of updates to milk "make allowances" is costing the industry millions of dollars.
Johnson Refrigerated Truck Bodies, Rice Lake, Wis. has completed a $2 million plant expansion of its manufacturing facility. This includes the development of a state-of-the-art paint facility, allowing Johnson to launch a new Repair and Refurbish Center.
Yarnell Ice Cream Co., Arkansas, has bought the Angel Food brand from Memphis-based Klinke Brothers Ice Cream Co., a move Yarnell says will help it compete in a consolidating industry.
Wells' Dairy has sold its St. George, Utah plant to a financial entity and then leased the facility from the new owner. The company told the Sioux City Journal the sale will not affect operations at the 160,000-sq ft plant.
If officials at Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream Inc. and Nestlé SA wanted a symbol of their frozen snacks' merger, they couldn't do better than the expanded Dreyer's plant in Bakersfield, Calif.
Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) range in combinations of scope, scale, technology and hardware usage from simple software programs tracking inventory, receiving, shipping and pallet putaway to complex automated storage and retrieval systems (AS/RS).
Ben & Jerry's says it will agree to disagree with parent company Unilever over a genetically modified ice cream ingredient for which Unilever is seeking British regulatory approval.