Articles Tagged with ''food manufacturing''

The new facility increases Caraway Tea’s production footprint and strengthens its SQF-certified quality and innovation capabilities. The move supports expanding partnerships across premium tea, wellness blends, and supplement-infused beverages.

Intelligent Blends has added a custom-engineered 105-cu-ft Ribbon Blender to its production facility, boosting throughput and blend consistency across coffee and nutritional products. The upgrade underscores the company’s focus on innovation and turnkey manufacturing solutions.

Chomps is building a 160,000sq-ft manufacturing facility in Beatrice, Neb., in partnership with Landmark Snacks, to meet rising demand for high-protein, on-the-go snacks. The expansion follows triple-digit annual growth and positions the brand to scale production and improve distribution efficiency nationwide.

From Fortune 500s to emerging founders, the sold-out Chicago Venture Summit is showcasing the region’s growing influence in food, sustainability, and innovation. A new Future-of-Food Waste Forum signals where the next wave of opportunity is headed.

Strategic moves across the food and beverage sector—from testing and dairy-free innovation to new leadership, market research and manufacturing scale-ups—signal where growth is headed next. Developers, retailers and suppliers now face a market reshaped by wellness trends, shifting consumer trust and rising expectations around functionality and speed.

ROHA Group has acquired Brazil-based Tebracc, a leader in natural color production specializing in annatto. The deal bolsters ROHA’s supply chain resilience and expands its global reach in natural, plant-based color solutions.

Greenfield Milling has debuted its state-of-the-art Richmond, Utah plant, built to supply Campbell’s Pepperidge Farm under a 20-year agreement and advance key sustainability goals. Backed by strategic partnerships and expansion plans in Texas and beyond, the company is positioning itself as a national flour and bakery mix leader.

Lifeway Foods has completed stage one of its four-part Waukesha expansion, doubling its fermentation tank capacity. The investment supports surging demand for kefir and continues the brand’s record-setting sales momentum.

MBC Companies has acquired Texas-based Alpha Foods, adding significant pizza production capacity and accelerating product innovation. The move expands MBC’s ability to serve customers nationwide across retail, foodservice, and K-12 channels.

Calbee, Inc. has taken a majority stake in Hodo, the Oakland-based tofu innovator, as part of its “Change 2025” plan to expand in the US and strengthen its Food and Health business. Sagamiya Foods also invested, supporting Hodo’s mission to deliver high-quality, sustainable plant proteins to health-conscious consumers.