The American Dairy Products Institute (ADPI) welcomed three additional industry professionals to the ADPI Center of Excellence. Joining this group of resource specialists are A. Kent Keller, Andrew M. Novakovic, and Geoffrey W. Smithers.

This year’s products range from freeze-dried organic fruits and craft beers made with locally grown ingredients to infused olive oils, craft chocolate, gourmet nuts and nut butters, healthy snacks and everything in between, even all natural dog treats, which showcase the diversity of quality foods and beverages made in Central California.

Campbell Soup Company outlined its strategies to unlock its purpose, potential and performance. Led by President and Chief Executive Officer Denise Morrison, executives detailed plans to strengthen Campbell’s business through four strategic imperatives.

Unlike a book, you can judge a food product by its cover. In fact, more than half of American adults (56%) actively seek out nutritional information and guidelines on food labels, according to market research firm Packaged Facts in the report, Nutritional Labeling and Clean Labels in the US: Future of Food Retailing.

Lenny will take a look at winning in-market examples of innovation and discuss how presidents and VPs of R&D/Innovation can differentiate themselves and lead change in new directions.

The company's recent agreement to acquire WhiteWave Foods, known for popular brands Horizon Organic Milk and Silk, positions Danone to become a leader in a lucrative—and still growing—natural and organic food and beverage industry.

AAK has acquired a West Coast based vegetable oils company California Oils Corporation from Mitsubishi Corporation of Japan. California Oils Corporation, also known as CalOils, had last year revenues of approximately SEK 1,350 million and a volume of approximately 110,000 MT, with 65 employees.

Canada-based Weston Foods has picked Hendricks County for its new US headquarters. The company is planning to pump more than $1.6 million into renovations to its Maplehurst Bakeries LLC facility in Brownsburg, Ind., creating a centralized location for its US leadership team.

Based near Houston, Texas, Lawler Foods is a family-owned business that has steadily grown over its 40-year history by producing the highest quality cheesecakes and other desserts for retail and foodservice customers.

Born to a lauded Sonoma wine family, Jon Sebastiani grew up working in—and surrounded by—the aura of wine, food and hospitality.