Food Processing

Boston Beer Co., maker of the Sam Adams brand, will pay the equivalent of about $300 million to acquire Milton, Del.-based craft brewer Dogfish Head Brewery. Lire la suite >>

Hain Celestial is selling off its poultry unit, raising $80 million and shedding another perceived non-core business. Lire la suite >>

Hershey has announced plans to spend $104 million to expand its plant in Stuarts Draft, Va., increasing production capacity for Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups. Lire la suite >>

Farm products are primary targets in China’s retaliation against the latest round of tariffs imposed by the Trump administration. Lire la suite >>

Make no mistake: The plant-based food and beverage boom has not robbed the dairy category of its potential or opportunity. Fresh takes on milk, butter and cheese abound, according to… Lire la suite >>

Food and beverage companies are wrestling with what should be their role in e-commerce. Lire la suite >>

A veteran yogurt industry executive will take over at siggi’s, a manufacturer of skyr, a yogurt-type product from Iceland. Lire la suite >>

Kraft Heinz has become the latest major food company to start a venture fund for systematic investment in new food technologies. Lire la suite >>

Research finds a severe lack of vegetables in the infant/toddler food market … unless you count French fries. Lire la suite >>

J. M. Smucker Co.’s U.S. baking business – essentially the former Pillsbury – will be sold to two subsidiaries of Brynwood Partners for a value of $375 million, it was… Lire la suite >>

As a consumer of foods and beverages, you might be in for a small bit of sticker shock the next time you go the store for avocados or cherries. According… Lire la suite >>

The FDA tomorrow will make official what it’s been signaling for several months: that the new Nutrition Facts panel will not be required until 2020 or 2021. Lire la suite >>