With 90% of ALDI products being sold under private labels, ALDI is able to ensure that customers have a wide selection of options free of these ingredients and available at the low prices they are known for.

Walkers Shortbread, Inc., the wholly-owned U.S. subsidiary of Scotland-based Walkers Shortbread Ltd., announced the appointment of Mark Kleinman as CEO, effective January 1, 2016. Kleinman, who held senior posts at ConAgra Foods, Groupe Danone and Novartis, has joined the company and is working closely with current CEO Steve Dawson.

Cargill's board of directors today elected David W. MacLennan, currently Cargill's president and chief executive officer, as chairman of the board in addition to his current responsibilities.

About 70 employees and contractors are currently based in the center. The staff will eventually expand to approximately 200 ADM colleagues.

Starting in September, Target will carry PROBAR bite™ organic snack bars in all locations around the country as part of the retail giant’s effort to double it’s stake in the organic and sustainable grocery business in 2015.

Several significant developments have the potential to shape the types of claims that producers make about the genetically engineered (GE) content of their foods. 

Flowers Foods, Inc. announced a definitive agreement to acquire Alpine Valley Bread Company, a family-owned producer of certified organic and all natural breads in the U.S., for $120 million in cash and stock.

Harmless Harvest, manufacturer of critically and commercially acclaimed Harmless Coconut® Water, announced that Giannella Alvarez will be joining the company as the new CEO and that Brad Paris will take on the newly created position of Chief Operating Officer (COO), beginning Sept. 21, 2015.

Enjoy Life Foods announced the expansion of its sales and marketing team with the addition of seasoned sales veterans, Amy Feldman and Jim Davock, as vice presidents of sales, and Jamie Siegel as marketing manager. Effective immediately, the new hires were made to further strengthen the company’s trajectory of rapid expansion across the U.S. and Canada.

The 15,700-square-foot site will include lab, office and meeting space—including dedicated lab space for mint and oral care products—and will house a staff of flavorists and applications technologists.