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Article: Mergers & acquisitions.(multiple briefs)
- Article from:
- The Food Institute Report
- Article date:
- July 14, 2003
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Allen Canning Co., Siloam Springs, AR, completed its purchase of the Veg-All canned vegetable business of Birds Eye Foods, Inc., Rochester, NY (see FOOD INSTITUTE REPORT, June 23, page 14).
Apio, Inc., the food subsidiary of Landec Corp., Menlo Park, CA, entered into an agreement to sell its domestic commodity vegetable business to a group of Apio produce suppliers. The new entity will be named Apio Fresh, LLC and continue to use Apio's trademarks and labels in exchange for a per carton royalty charge paid to Apio based on cartons sold.
Last month, Clayton Capital and Bob Gunthner, a former Anheuser-Busch Cos. brand marketing executive, bought Fitz's, a ...