Nestle USA has begun work on a $359 million production plant for flavored milk drinks and liquid Coffeemate products. The plant will be located about 40 miles northeast of Indianapolis, and is expected to total nearly 900,000 sq ft.
CARLINVILLE, Ill.-Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc. has appointed Edward Mullins as exec. v.p. and CEO. Mullins' appointment follows the July death of Roger Capps, who served as CEO of the dairy cooperative since Oct. 2000. Capps was 70, and died of cancer.
Last month a U.S. District Court in Washington D.C. dismissed a lawsuit by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine (PCRM)'s that requested lactose intolerance warning labels for milk.
The Dannon Co., Inc. is planning a $200 million expansion of its current production facility in West Jordan, Utah. According to a local news report, the plant will add 10 production lines.
MORTON GROVE, Ill.-Lifeway Foods, Inc., has acquired Helios Nutrition Limited, its top competitor in the kefir market with a No. 2 overall market share and a No. 1 position in the organic category.
Horizon Organic said last month that it had welcomed 27 additional certified organic farms in 2006 to its rapidly-growing network of organic family farmer partners.
NEW YORK-Kraft Foods may not have to wait much longer to break off from tobacco company parent Altria. Analysts said a federal ruling last month could speed the process.
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