Key Technology Introduces COMPASS Optical Sorter for IQF Products

July 25, 2024 Key Technology, Inc.

Key Technology (Key), a member of Duravant’s Food Sorting and Handling Solutions group, introduces their COMPASS® optical sorter for individually quick frozen (IQF) products such as fruits, vegetables, seafood, poultry and meat.

North Coast Seafoods and Atlantic Sea Farms Win Climate Award at Gulf of Maine Research Institute’s Tastemakers Awards

July 25, 2024 North Coast Seafoods

Boston-based North Coast Seafoods, a prominent supplier of premium quality, sustainable seafood, alongside their Maine-based partner and farmed kelp producer, Atlantic Sea Farms, were co-awarded the Climate Award at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute’s first annual Gulf of Maine Tastemakers Awards. The Climate Award is given to companies that champion and bring restorative food into the mainstream.

WH Group To Spin-Off Smithfield Foods

July 25, 2024 Joe Cornell, Forbes

On July 14, 2024, WH Group Ltd., the parent company of Smithfield Foods, announced a spin-off of the latter’s US and Mexico operations.

AURI and USDA Release Final Report on Meat Processing Sector in the Upper Midwest

As part of its ongoing efforts to serve the local and regional meat processing sector in Minnesota and the Upper Midwest, the Agricultural Utilization Research Institute (AURI) is pleased to announce the publication of new research and resources devoted to Empowering Local and Regional Meat Processors.

The Bouqs Company Launches Flower Shops in Whole Foods Market and Secures over $23M in New Capital

July 25, 2024 The Bouqs Company

The Bouqs Co. (“Bouqs”), a leading disruptor in direct-to-consumer (“DTC”) floral delivery, today announced it has launched three shop-in-shops inside Whole Foods Market throughout California. With the tailwinds of Mother’s Day, the largest floral holiday, the first shop was opened in Orange County followed by La Jolla and San Francisco. Prior to these openings, the Company launched its first retail store on Robertson Boulevard in Los Angeles, along with pop-up shops and same-day delivery in Manhattan, Miami and Chicago.