date:Jul 30, 2013
Shuanghui International Holdings Ltd. has agreed to buy Smithfield Foods Inc. for approximately $4.72 billion, in a deal that will take the worlds biggest pork producer private.
High Liner Foods announced it will expand its production in Newport News, Va. The action means an investment of $6.6 million and creation of 57 new jobs at its facility in the city, which formerly was Icelandic USA.
Campbell Soup Co. acquired Plum Organics, the nations second largest organic baby food processor. Plum