Items Tagged with 'confectionery'

EIC Alyse Thompson-Richards highlights recent food and beverage industry developments, including Ferrara’s South Carolina plant, Ferrero’s line installation, Conagra Brands’ expansion in Arkansas, Walmart’s new milk processing facility, Kraft Heinz’s investment in Canada, and Swaggerty Farms’ expansion.

The $75 million project creates 50 new jobs, marking the Nutella brand's first new flavor and first product manufactured in the United States.

The first production lines in the new facility are expected to be operational in the first quarter of 2029. 

Looking to reduce downtime caused by cleaning, maintenance and startup, as well as improve print consistency across its lines, the confectioner turned to Leibinger for a coding solution. 

EIC Alyse Thompson-Richards recaps some recent plant openings and expansions in the food and beverage industry.

Designed as secondary packaging for confectionery products, the bags aim to deliver machine performance, material strength and print quality that meets pladis’ production standards.

Under the terms of the agreement, Justin's will operate as a standalone company, owned 51% by Forward Consumer Partners and 49% by Hormel Foods.

Genesee Candy Land is expanding into a location next door, adding almost 3,000 sq. ft. to its existing 4,000-sq.-ft. space.

Once complete, the 130,000-sq.-ft. facility will support Morinaga’s U.S. presence and increase production of HI-CHEW.

The Moosic facility is set to make 400 million Ring Pops annually – or about 1.5 million Ring Pops a day.