Chobani Expands La Colombe Manufacturing In Michigan
Chobani has announced a planned $567 million expansion of its La Colombe coffee production facility in West Michigan.
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Edible Garden Enters RTD Protein with Tetra Pak Partnership
Indoor farming business Edible Garden is expanding into RTD nutritional shakesv through a manufacturing partnership with Tetra Pak.
Tea Drops Takes On Self-Manufacturing
Tea Drops has increased its speed to market and new product development after moving production in-house in the wake of its co-packer closing.
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Ball Corporation Moving to ‘Less Beer’ In Mix After Over-Indexing
Ball Corporation is making beer a smaller part of its mix after over-indexing in the category, CEO Daniel Fisher shared during the company’s Q2 earnings report earlier this week.
Westrock Coffee Opens Second New Arkansas Production Plant
Westrock Coffee Company has cut the ribbon on another coffee manufacturing and fulfillment center in Conway, Arkansas, the company announced this week. The 525,000 sq. ft. facility compliments the company’s plant it opened in the city last summer.
For Bitter For Worse Relocates to Rochester, New Facility
ANA cocktail brand For Bitter For Worse has moved operations from Oregon to Rochester, N.Y. where it will expand its production to include co-manufacturing for other emerging beverage companies.
State Garden Ramps Up Co-Packing Business with Beverage Expansion
State Garden is known for its salad offerings with brands like Olivia’s Organics, but the Massachusetts-based business now wants to position itself as a leading organic juice and beverage manufacturer as well.
Chris Reed Picks Up Pa. Co-Packer Out of Bankruptcy, Reopens Former Joriki Plant
Chris Reed, the founder of ginger beer brand Reed’s, is going deeper into the co-packing business via the acquisition of the recently-shuttered Joriki Beverage aseptic beverage production facility in Pittston, Pa.
Kettle & Fire Co-founder Wants To Modernize Food Testing
There is a growing push to hold the food industry to higher traceability and transparency standards. One startup believes it can push the industry forward while creating a “virtuous cycle” between transparency to increased revenue.
Reddy Family Expands Manufacturing With Trillium Foods, Backed by Bain Capital
There’s a new-ish manufacturer in town. After Flavor Reddy Foods grew its food manufacturing footprint via M&A in the past two years, the company is bringing the combined businesses together under one new entity, Trillium Foods.
Levia Seltzer Co-Founder to Lead New Infused Bev Firm
Levia Seltzer co-founder Troy Brosnan is joining Rhode Island-based cannabis and hemp processor Monarch Emulsions to launch Monarch Beverage, a vertically integrated turnkey service provider.
Monster Brewing to Shutter Utah Facility
Monster Brewing will cease operations in Utah late next month, the company announced Thursday. Production of its Utah-based brands Wasatch Brewing and Squatters Brewing will shift to other facilities within Monsters’ bicoastal network, according to a statement from Monster Brewing president Ray LaRue.
Chobani Grows Idaho Production Footprint
Greek yogurt brand Chobani has broken ground this week on a 500,000 sq. ft. expansion to its Twin Falls, Idaho facility that will increase capacity by 50%.
Universal Pure Buys Dora’s Naturals’ HPP Business
Northeast distributor Dora’s Naturals is out of the High-Pressure Processing business as the company has sold its HPP assets to Universal Pure Holdings LLC, a cold chain food safety solutions provider.
Inside bWorks, The Beverage Incubator by Symrise
Seeking to take a bigger bite swig out of the U.S. beverage industry, global flavor and fragrance solutions provider Symrise announced in December the relaunch of its beverage incubator under the new bWorks brand name, pivoting to focus overall on packaged beverage development for companies of all sizes.
Ball Acquires Florida Can Manufacturing Facility, to Build New Plant in Oregon
Ball Corporation’s full-year earnings call proved eventful, with the world’s largest can manufacturer announcing plans to build a new dual-line can manufacturing facility in Oregon, as well as acquire a Florida manufacturer in a $160 million deal.
A2 Dairy Is Gaining Momentum, But Can Suppliers Keep Up?
The A2 dairy milk market didn’t exist in the U.S. two decades ago, but consumer interest is on the way up even as the overall dairy space faces declines.