Category: Markets
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Sazerac has acquired Garrard County Distilling to expand Kentucky capacity. The Lancaster operation adds two column stills, existing barrel warehousing, and a recently commissioned production base.
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Alamance Foods is expanding manufacturing capacity in Graham, North Carolina. The $36.6 million project adds a new production line and supports a move into refrigerated cultured beverages.
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fairlife is ramping production at its new Webster dairy facility. The $650 million plant is already sourcing milk from more than 40 farms and has created approximately 380 full-time local jobs.
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Anheuser-Busch is investing $13 million in its Baldwinsville brewery operations. The programme upgrades can and bottle lines, adds Cutwater production capability, and expands technical skills training.
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Bernard Matthews will close its Derby poultry plant in December. Around 600 jobs are at risk after consultation failed to identify a viable route for the site to continue operating.
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Danone has secured UK clearance for its planned Huel acquisition. The phase-one decision removes a major regulatory hurdle while detailed reasoning remains unpublished.
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CMA action will force Vandemoortele to divest its Worcester plant. The remedy is designed to preserve competition in frozen laminated dough while allowing the Délifrance acquisition to stand.
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Bakers Basco recovers reusable bakery equipment during two island investigations. The first operational visits in almost two decades returned 342 Omega baskets and dollies from the Isle of Man and Isle of Wight.
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Michigan has awarded grants supporting food-processing and production infrastructure projects. Funding will support bottling, fermentation, packaging, blast chilling, fish processing, dairy production, bakery capacity, and other tangible manufacturing assets.
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Premier’s Tulbagh closure plan threatens South African canning capacity significantly. The proposed shutdown exposes 246 permanent employees, seasonal workers, and hundreds of fruit growers to the loss of a major export-processing outlet.