While building on its historical Materne® and Mont Blanc® brands sold in France, the MOM Group created the fruit squeezers category

Dr. Smoothie's on-trend, authentic product portfolio enjoys strong brand equity, serving customers in the coffee house, health club and restaurant segments.

As Chief Operating Officer, Hjort will have responsibility for the Company’s Finance, Information Systems, Manufacturing, Pricing and Supply Chain functions.

The new Research and Development (R&D) facility shows Surlean Foods’ investment in growth strategy for 2016 and beyond.

Owners Olivia Kelvin and Robert Stanton will receive $50,000 in seed funding from Archer Daniels Midland Company and $50,000 in services from National Foodworks Services (NFS), along with other prizes, all designed to help advance their food innovation.

Darigold announced that it will move its corporate headquarters to the Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle next year. Just a few miles away from the current location on Rainier Avenue, staff will relocate during the spring of 2017 to Georgetown Squared at 5601 6th Avenue South.

Prior to his employment with Hormel Foods, Finnestad worked as the corporate chef for Michigan-based Cherry Republic, Inc.

Utz® Quality Foods, Inc. celebrates the attainment of its integration milestones related to its 2015 purchase of Condor Snack Company of Denver, CO and Keystone Pretzel Bakery of Lititz, PA.

AAK, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of high value-adding specialty vegetable fats and oils, announced additional new hires to its AAK USA team. Anker Fog joins AAK as Business Development and Marketing Analyst, Jesse Alexander as Account Manager, and Jennifer Alli as Senior Account Manager.

The Board of Directors of the Specialty Food Association announced that it has named Phillip M. Kafarakis as President of the not-for-profit trade association.