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Click on to www.foodprocessing.com to keep up with the latest trends in the U.S. Food Industry. Annual research details manufacturing, ingredient and wellness trends. Looking for the most comprehensive list of the U.S. Top 100 Food and Beverage Leaders? Food Processing provides detailed reports on the Top 100’s ﬁnances, divisions and executive team. Sign up today to receive our enewsletters and the digital editions of Food Processing and Wellness Foods. G tC e nn o ct e ! ed Construction is set to begin on the W.K. Kellogg Institute for Food and Nutrition Research in Battle Creek, Mich. sion projects. For instance, Kellogg plans to expand its Battle Creek, Mich., warehouse/R&D facility. The company will add 157,000 sq. ft. of additional space, which will accommodate up to 300 employees. Construction on the project is set to begin this quarter, with an expected completion date of third quarter 2009. The expansion of the company’s global research center (W. K. Kellogg Institute for Food and Nutrition Research) combined with a new manufacturing facility in Kutno, Poland, represent approximately 15 percent of the company’s 2008 capital plan. “The facility in Poland will help us meet consumer demand for our ready-to-eat cereals in the emerging Central and Eastern European markets,” says the annual report. “The expansion of the W. K. Kellogg Institute … reﬂects our commitment to research and innovation, which is a key driver to the growth of our business.” Major expansions are in the works at Campbell Soup and its Pepperidge Farm unit. Campbell plans to expand and enhance its corporate headquarters in Camden, N.J., with construction expected to continue into ﬁscal years following 2008. Expansion of the company’s beverage production capacity also is on the docket. Meanwhile, Pepperidge Farm plans to increase its highcapacity bread production facility in Lakeland, Fla., to a total of 320,000 sq. ft. The expansion will increase the plant’s production capacity by 31 million loaves annually. (In neither case did Campbell reveal the cost of the expansions.) Nestle will invest $60 million in its Jonesboro, Ark., with much of the increased space being handed over to Nation Pizza Products. The plant was built in 2003 and will be expanded by 50,000 sq. ft., creating 200 jobs. Nestle will make more Stouffers and Lean Cuisine pizza-like products there, with Nation Pizza operating parts of the expansion. A water bottling plant in Latrobe, Pa., closed in November 2006 when LeNature was forced into bankruptcy, is being reopened by Pittsburgh-based grocer Giant Eagle. Sargento Foods plans to spend $3 million to expand production facilities in Plymouth, Hilbert and Kiel, Wis. Sanderson Farms disclosed in March it is evaluating sites in North Carolina for a possible new chicken processing plant, although no concrete plans have been made. WWW.FOODPROCESSING.COM http://www.foodprocessing.com http://www.foodprocessing.com http://www.foodprocessing.com

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Food Processing - April 2008 Contents Editor's Plate NewsBites The Trends Rollout Food Biz Kids Consumer Taste Test - Indulgent, Superpremium Chocolate...at 3 Calories a Pop Cover Story - Annual Capital Spending Report - To Build or Not to Build? Ingredients - Trendy Fruits, Nuts and Vegetables Plant Operations - iPlant: Assessing the State of Automation Plant Operations - Your Sanitation Can Be Greener Packaging - For Which Oven? MRO Q&A New Supplier Products Toops Scoops

Food Processing - April 2008

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