PMMI, The Association for Packaging & Processing Technologies’ brand-new Center for Trends & Technology will help educate PACK EXPO Las Vegas attendees and help them improve their production efficiencies. Scheduled sessions offer the tools, methods and experts for real-world applications.
The Food and Drug Administration’s new proposed rule for food-processing facilities is getting negative feedback from sustainable-agriculture advocates, food-safety experts, farmers, the Office of Management and Budget and farm commodity officials.
ConAgra Foods says its proposed venture would spur competition and innovation in the industry, though it wouldn’t itself bring about lower prices for wheat farmers.
SensoryEffects Flavor Systems completes a new 40,000-sq.-ft. warehouse in Bridgeton, Mo., for storing its growing business of frozen, refrigerated and ambient products.
Vice president of sustainability at Procter & Gamble Co., Len Sauers, not only believes in his company and its sustainability mission, he cares deeply about it. He’s part of a small, environmentally committed group not often heralded in the world of corporate sustainability.
Convenience store chain Sheetz Inc., Altoona, N.C., is building a 250,000-sq.-ft. distribution and production facility in Burlington, N.C. The $32.8 million plant will include a Sheetz Bros. Kitchen bakery.
Mars Inc. has been named Best Private Company by Ethical Corp. Responsible Business Awards 2013. Ethical Corp. is a global business publication that focuses on global ethical business and explores how large companies respond to the sustainable business agenda.
Chicago-based Alpha Baking Co. Inc. selects Penske Truck Leasing to serve as its commercial truck fleet maintenance service provider for its 2013 ROUSH CleanTech Ford E-450 bread delivery trucks operating in the Chicago area.
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