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.

The market for Alcohol Ingredients is projected to reach USD 1.8 Billion by 2020 at a CAGR of 9.4% from 2015 to 2020 in terms of value.

Medifast, Inc., U.S. manufacturer and provider of clinically proven weight-loss and healthy living products and programs, announced published clinical studies demonstrating weight loss effectiveness of two Medifast meal plans - the 4 & 2 & 1 Plan™ (also known as Medifast Achieve™) and the 5 & 2 & 2 Plan™.

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.

For every job that is created in confectionery another seven are supported in related industries, which means that candy drives a multiplier effect of 1:7 or an impact of 700 percent.

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.

Levy Capital Partners, LLC, a new merchant banking firm specializing in M&A and financings for leading growth companies, announced that it has completed financing and related transactions for its client Norbest, Inc., a grower, processor and marketer of turkeys.