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Good Foods appoints Tim Meskill VP of club strategy

He has a background in working with club channels

April 15, 2022

Good Foods, a provider of better-for-you dips, guacamoles and salad dressings, has announced its latest hire, Tim Meskill.

Jessica Zasadni, JLS director of human resources

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JLS Automation appoints new director of HR

Jessica Zasadni brings over 15 years of HR leadership to the growing JLS team

April 12, 2022

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JLS Automation, provider of custom vision-guided robotic solutions for the food packaging industry welcomes Jessica Zasadni to its team as director of human resources.

Plant Openings

ADM to add capacity, build a new innovation center

The demand for alternate protein is behind the expansion and new facility to be located in Decatur, Illinois

April 12, 2022

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ADM will invest approximately $300 million to expand significantly its Decatur, Illinois, alternative protein production.

IMA Dairy & Food USA hired Robert Lindsey as its newest project manager

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Robert Lindsey Joins IMA Dairy & Food as project manager

The experienced applications engineer has several years experience in materials science

April 11, 2022

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Most recently, Lindsey spent more than a decade as an applications engineer with Sulzer Mixpac USA.

Cell-based Foods

CULT Food Science invests in cell-based oyster company

Pearlita Foods is a cell-based, mollusk production company, wanting to transform the way seafood is cultivated for a more healthy and sustainable future

April 11, 2022

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CULT Food Science Corp. has made an investment in Pearlita Foods, which is said to be the world’s first cell-based mollusk company.

Smithfield Foods, Inc. has promoted Andrea Tucker to plant manager of the company’s Tar Heel facility in North Carolina

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Smithfield Foods promotes Andrea Tucker to plant manager of its Tar Heel facility

She has more than 20 years’ experience with the company

April 5, 2022

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Smithfield Foods, Inc. has promoted Andrea Tucker to plant manager of the company’s Tar Heel facility in North Carolina.

Miguel Patricio, CEO at Kraft Heinz (left) and Matias Muchnick, Co-Founder and CEO at NotCo

Scaling up plant-based products with artificial intelligence

This Kraft-Heinz/TheNotCompany, Inc. joint-venture has both the smarts and the manufacturing capabilities to push creative new alternative proteins to market

March 30, 2022

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The Kraft Heinz Company and food tech start-up TheNotCompany, Inc. announced a joint venture designed to reimagine global food production and advance toward a more sustainable future.

Awards

Stellar wins National Safety Excellence Award at 32nd annual Excellence in Construction event

March 24, 2022

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Stellar, a fully integrated firm focused on design, engineering, construction, and mechanical services worldwide, received a 2021 National Safety Excellence Award from Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC).