USA: Conagra Brands to close Michigan plant
Conagra Brands, the leading US food manufacturer, has announced plans to close its pie filling plant in Fennville (MI), with the potential loss of 85 jobs, according to a Just Food report. The closure follows the shutdown of Conagra Brands’ Birds Eye frozen vegetables plant in Beaver Dam (WI), last April, which resulted in 252 workers […]
USA: Conagra acquires Sweetwood Smoke & Co
Conagra Brands, the leading US food manufacturer, has announced the acquisition of Sweetwood Smoke & Co, the manufacturer of the Fatty brand of smoked meat sticks. Founded in 2010, Sweetwood Smoke & Co makes ready-to-eat meat sticks from pork and beef, smoked with hickory wood. Commenting on the acquisition, Conagra Brands president and chief executive […]
USA: JM Smucker acquires Wesson brand from Conagra
US-based food producer JM Smucker has signed an agreement to acquire oil brand Wesson from Conagra Brands, in an all-cash transaction worth about $285 million. Under the new agreement, Conagra Brands will remain as the producer of the Wesson branded products and provide certain other transition services for up to one year. After this point, production […]