Food

Smithfield Foods, Inc., which lost out to Tyson last year in the bidding to acquire beef packer IBP, is reportedly continuing on the expansion trail.

Smithfield Foods Inc. today announced a new, expanded management structure to facilitate the company's rapid growth.

Agribuys, the leading supply-chain integrator for the food industry, on Thursday announced the opening of its new global headquarters in Torrance.

SureBeam Corporation, leading provider of electron beam food safety systems and services for the food industry, is debuting the nation's first SureBeam facility capable of processing food simultaneously with SureBeam electron beam and x-ray technology.

ConAgra Foods Inc. is in the final planning stages to construct three new distribution warehouses in Florida, Tennessee and Texas.

VNU Business Publications USA announced on Monday that it will merge its leading food retail publications, Supermarket Business and Progressive Grocer, in order to create the largest magazine serving the food retailing industry.

An anthrax scare forced a Meijer store in Clermont County's Union Township, Ohio, to close Sunday after powder was found on items in a poultry case, according to Cincinnati's WLWT Eyewitness News 5.

Acirca Inc., maker of Walnut Acres ready-to-eat organic soup, announced on Thursday it has acquired ShariAnn's Organics, the second largest ready-to-eat certified organic soup company in the United States.