October 9/Chicago/Press Release -- Newly Weds Foods Inc. announced the company’s acquisition of the food-coating business of Continental Mills Inc., based in Tukwila, Wash. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Continental’s food-coating applications include starch and flour based coatings and batters for potato and poultry products in addition to other “protein and vegetable type substrates,” according to Newly Weds. The deal includes a 55,000 sq. ft. processing plant in Pendleton, Ore., and assets associated directly with this business.