Due to travel and other obligations, I’ve been derelict in updating this blog. I’m back in the saddle today. Here are the week’s headlines:
Meijer acquired the plant operations at Bareman's Dairy. Meijer said it will invest more than $8 million to expand the Holland, Mich., plant. Meijer will assume ownership on April 1, 2012. In addition, Carlinville, Ill.-based Prairie Farms Dairy has acquired the rights to the Bareman's Dairy brand and all Bareman's distribution facilities, along with exclusive rights to distribute Bareman's brand products throughout the Great Lakes region.
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